Gaffney, SC – – Rosemary Heath Tallent Shannon, a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, passed away on May 16, 2026. Born January 6, 1945, in Harmony, North Carolina, she was the ...

I’m not a world traveler. Let me make that very clear from the beginning. In fact, in my fifty plus years I’ve only been out of the country a handful of times. This isn’t necessarily by design. It’s ...

As the biggest headlines in the news continues to be political gerrymandering, I have decided the best solution is a new constitutional amendment. While Congress will doubtfully support it, it may be ...

DeRoy Dowdle, 87, of Simpsonville, SC, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. Born in Fort Benning, GA on April 18,1939, he was a son of the late Lewis Tracy and Florence Robertson Dowdle.

After a decade of service as Executive Director of the Cherokee Historical & Preservation Society (CHAPS) and the Cherokee County Museum, Pam Melton-Cazel is stepping down from her leadership role, ...

Sheba Rena’ Woody, 64, of the Brookview Center in Gaffney, SC, passed away May 14, 2026 at Cherokee Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Bobby Lee Barker and Argie Griffin Barker. Born in ...

Blacksburg police officers caught a “hamburglar” at McDonald’s Saturday morning after they responded to a security alarm. Officers located Brian Jayce McGinnis, 37, of Gastonia still inside McDonald’s ...

Myrtle Beach, SC — Linda Harris Waters, 75, of 962 Southpark Drive and formerly of Gaffney, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, May 11, 2026 at Grand Strand Medical Center. Born in Gaffney, she ...

On paper it makes little sense. Ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, roughly 7,000 miles from the United States, is restricted and gasoline prices in this country soar? The strait is the major ...

COLUMBIA — A bill banning the use of a drug some state representatives called “gas station heroin” during an impassioned debate stalled in the Senate on Thursday, ending its chances of becoming law ...

City of Gaffney police were called to a Palmetto Street home March 30 after the residents were found violating city code. Officers were informed the residents were keeping a pig on the property.

You can flush the notion that rejection of the developer’s request to annex a large parcel in the Grassy Pond community will stop the proposed 1,500-home residential subdivision from getting sewer ...