Cherokee County News

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.

Beaufort County and municipal officials have marked the start of construction of a $34.6 million span across the Beaufort River on S.C. 802, parallel to the J.E. McTeer Bridge.

Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright said Thursday that deputies recovered about $500,000 worth of equipment that has been stolen across four counties in both North and South Carolina.

A New York-based company said Tuesday that it plans to relocate to South Carolina, bringing hundreds of jobs to Cherokee County in the process.

South Carolina prison officials are looking for an inmate who walked away from her work release job.

A New York company that customizes more than 1,000 promotional products is moving its headquarters and operations to South Carolina.

For the first since a flag flight erupted in Gaffney and spread nationally, the bank manager at the center of it, is sharing her side of the story.

A Gaffney police officer has been suspended without pay after he was accused of providing alcohol to a minor.

It appears a new company is coming to the Upstate and bringing dozens of jobs with it.

A flash flood warning has been issued for western York County until 10:15 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.

A probate judge in Cherokee County is charged with driving under the influence. South Carolina Highway Patrol Lance Cpl.

Some South Carolina residents remain upset with Bank of America because of a branch that briefly removed small American flags near its sidewalk.