Carrie Mae Hames never met a stranger in her 100 years of life as she danced into the hearts of Blacksburg residents. More than 130 Blacksburg residents signed a petition last fall seeking to change ...

Zearn is an educational math program provided to schools across the state by the South Carolina Department of Education. Schools and districts selected as Palmetto Math Schools are also granted ...

Okay, here’s a theological question for you. When the pastor on Sunday prays what is commonly known as “the pastoral prayer,” do you pray along and silently “amen” what he is saying, or do you pray ...

LITTLE Like the annexation itself, a proposed motion for a referendum to allow city voters to decide whether to annex and rezone a 566-acre tract in the Grassy Pond ...

A Facebook post by Blacksburg Town Councilman Brian White and an executive session of council Tuesday raised eyebrows with county leaders, particularly around the possibility of annexation efforts by ...

The county is steering toward its own EMS. The county now has the vehicles to prove it. Five new state-of-the-art ambulances were driven off the lot of Spartanburg Fire and Emergency Apparatus Tuesday ...

Billy Anthony - Sheriff My name is Billy Anthony, and I am proud to be running for Sheriff of Cherokee County. I have dedicated the last 26 years of my life to serving our community through law ...

Cherokee County Council approved second reading of its new fiscal year budget Monday that includes a $20 a month residential garbage fee — for now. Three years ago, council passed its budget with a ...

Blacksburg, SC — Richard Lee “Polo” Porter, 62, of 405 W. Pine Street, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born in Gaffney, he was the husband of ...

Claude Ervin Robbins, 55, of Foxcross Dr., Blacksburg, passed away Tuesday morning, June 2, 2026, after an extended illness. He had many friends that loved him dearly and will be missed greatly. He ...

Linda “Nanny” Phillips Carroll, 78, of W. Carolina St., Blacksburg, passed away May 24, 2026, at Cherokee Medical Center. Born in Shelby, NC, she was a cosmetologist and the daughter of the late Joe ...

Blacksburg mayor Mike Patterson will run for reelection as filing activity heated up in Blacksburg elections. Patterson officially filed Monday to seek a third term as mayor. He has served on ...