Cherokee County News

A police chase that began in South Carolina traveled through Cleveland and three other counties and landed a 25-year-old man in jail.

A meth lab found Wednesday in York County is the eighth that drug agents have uncovered there this year.

Cherokee County, located in the Gaffney area of upstate S.C., now has a new center available to help temporarily house puppies until a new home can be found for them.

When she looks back on her life of slightly more than 100 years, Louise Martin recalls her career as a teacher in Gaffney and Union with fondness.

Roger Carl Chatman, Jr., 39, of 2028-1 Bachelor Road in Mooresboro, died after losing control of his ATV about 7:30 p.m. in Cherokee County, S.C., according to Cherokee County coroner Dennis Fowler.

At about 6:08 a.m., the National Weather Service issued a hazardous weather outlook for several counties in the Upstate, including York and Chester, and parts of northeast Georgia and western North Carolina.

A South Carolina coroner confirms that a Gaffney couple found dead outside their rural home died as a result of a murder-suicide. Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler said Sunday that autopsies confirm 74-year-old James Truman Smith shot his 69-year-old wife Doris Marlene Smith in the head, then turned the gun on himself.

Leon Byars has driven on South Carolina's slowly crumbling roads and bridges for decades, but he didn't realize how bad things were getting until last month.

Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler said a Gaffney couple found shot outside of their home died in a murder-suicide attempt.

Five years ago this May the Cherokee County History and Arts Museum at 301 College Drive, Gaffney, opened its doors to the public.

A Gaffney man has been charged with murder after a man died four days after being shot at a gas station.

A burglary suspect from North Carolina has been arrested after he tried to thumb a ride from a South Carolina sheriff.

Glenn Thomas, County Executive Director, of the Spartanburg, Union and Cherokee County USDA Farm Service Agency , reminds foreign persons with an interest in agricultural lands in the United States that they are required to report their holdings and any transactions to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.

Authorities say a 76-year-old Blacksburg man has died while working on a lawn tractor.