Frances Elizabeth Pruitt, 83, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 24, 2025. Born in ...

A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after a holiday weekend on a popular South Carolina lake. The brain-eating amoeba enters the body when water is forced up the nose, like ...

School taxes will be slightly higher in Cherokee Countyduetoa3milltaxincreaseindebtservice to provide additional money to maintain and repair aging school buildings. School trustees voted unanimously ...

The Ladies of Iris Incorporated awarded $6,000 dollars in scholarships to students in Union, Spartanburg and Cherokee counties. The Iris organization continues its mission of providing support to ...

Blacksburg football players have their first practice Thursday to ramp up their preparations for the new season. There are many new players competing for playing time as the Wildcats must replace ...

City of Gaffney police responded to a Walnut Street home June 22 after a woman believed her neighbor let his dogs loose to attack her. The 911 caller stated her neighbor let his dogs out and they ran ...

Nearly 70 students received free back to school haircuts Monday from Fade98 owner Shawn Ellis and his staff. The haircuts were sponsored by city council member George Duncan. Jeremy Pinero, one of ...

The legacy of Gaffney High football coach Bob Prevatte will be permanently honored at a new plaza at The Reservation stadium. After trustees voted to close Limestone in late April, Prevatte’s family ...

The Cherokee County School Board will resume its search for a new superintendent this fall. The school board plans to advertise the superintendent position in September and review applications Oct.

It sure doesn’t feel like it with the temperatures soaring into 90s, but fall is coming and that means Gaffney High football takes center stage. Make that midfield. Gaffney varsity and junior varsity ...

Katherine “Kay” Edmundson Jones, 81, passed away Monday, July 28, 2025 at Atrium Cabarrus in Concord, NC. Born in Wayne County, NC she was the widow of William “Bo” Smith Jones and the daughter of the ...