Cherokee County News

Published: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 23, 2009 at 10:03 p.m. Spartanburg County Council on Monday authorized bringing the Cherokee County Public Defender's Office and its employee under Spartanburg's administration.

November 20, 2009 - 10:22 p.m. EST Statistics show that prisoners at the Oconee County Detention Center don't have any greater risk of inmate-on-inmate violence than prisoners in other jails of comparable size.

A new program this year led by Cherokee County public school administrators and teachers targets students at risk of not graduating.

Published: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 11:44 p.m. Donovan Tremain Cheeks, 21, on Wednesday was arrested and charged with two counts of armed robbery, two counts of first-degree burglary and two counts of kidnapping from two unrelated incidents.

A woman whose body was found severely burned in Kings Mountain State Park on Sunday was acquainted with another woman found dead in York County in late October, the boyfriend of the most recent victim said.

Authorities are investigating the murder of an unidentified woman whose burned body was found at a South Carolina park.

Authorities in York County are investigating the death of a young woman found burned Sunday in Kings Mountain State Park.

The recent murders of two Cherokee County citizens - Ricky Allen Dixon on Oct. 21, and Michael William Carpenter on Nov.

A man was killed in a single vehicle crash near Blacksburg on Thursday afternoon, authorities said.

South Carolina has begun the process of totally revamping the way it manages its food stamp program, officially known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP.

Published: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 1:01 a.m. A Cherokee County man is alive today after escaping a fire in his home Sunday morning by climbing through a second-story window, Goucher-White Plains Fire Department Chief Jimmy Lamb said.

Voters in seven Blacksburg precincts will go to the polls Tuesday to pick party nominees in a special election for a Cherokee County Council seat.

Veterans will be honored beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday in a parade through downtown Gaffney.

The Cherokee County Council agreed this week to give two industries tax breaks as incentives for creating about 100 new jobs by March.

Job seekers from several counties attended the annual fall job fair on Thursday at the Spartanburg Expo Center.

Authorities said a 48-year-old Gaffney man was stabbed to death Sunday and his girlfriend is being investigated.

Published: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 11:05 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 4:22 p.m. About 2,000 prospective college students from area schools are expected to attend the annual Spartanburg County College Fair Tuesday at Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium.

Limestone College's new athletic building was dedicated to President Walt Griffin on Friday, following a unanimous recommendation from the school's Board of Trustees.

The Cherokee County Coroner's Office said that a Blacksburg man died after being shot early Wednesday morning.

The U.S. Forest Service is permanently closing the Upper Tellico off-highway vehicle trail system in Cherokee County to correct erosion problems in the watershed.