Another person wants to be sheriff. Gaffney Police Major Brian Blanton has filed to run for the office in June’s Republican Party primary. Sheriff department’s chief deputy Billy Anthony filed for ...

Cherokee County second graders might not have learned whether the chicken or the egg came first, but they did learn where their food comes from and the importance of responsible farming during the 5th ...

When the Cherokee County Family YMCA moved into its new facility on Whelchel Road in 2010, staff member Summer Parker never imagined the organization would one day outgrow the state-of-the-art space.

Five Republicans are running for governor: Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, state Sen. Josh Kimbrell, U. S. Reps. Nancy Mace and Ralph Norman, and Attorney General Alan Wilson. Two Democrats are running for ...

The county’s audit, an update from the city on the Carolina Rising project and second reading of an economic development project highlight today’s County Council audit. CPA Ben Kochenower will present ...

Inside his home office in Gaffney, Rick Patterson is surrounded by reminders of a life spent between the lines. Framed newspaper clippings and photos line the walls, old relics rest on shelves, and ...

The older ones among us doubtless remember. Back in the day, people would write in to advice columnists who would answer those questions in newspapers around the country. The most famous of them all, ...

If you own a house, then you know there are inherent annoyances. Some of the maintenance, repairs, and upgrades are simple — tightening the knobs on the kitchen drawers, replacing a shower head, ...

The campus of Limestone University will continue to sit vacant as an interested party has selected another closed school for its new facility. Limestone was reportedly in the running to become a ...

While Read Across America is nationally recognized during the first week of March, Cherokee County First Steps is extending the celebration throughout the month with a countywide literacy initiative ...

The city’s District 6 will soon have a District 6 council member. The seat has been vacant since Kasey Carnley resigned late last year after a complaint was filed to investigate if she lived in the ...

Cherokee County Sheriff Steve Mueller is dispelling rumors that someone was injured while in custody at the Cherokee County Detention Center recently. On Tuesday, March 10, an inmate was released from ...