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The Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce has announced this year’s winners of the Hall of Fame Award and the Duke Energy Award for Public Service.

James Batchler will be posthumously inducted into the Chamber’s Hall of Fame at their Annual Meeting. His family will be presented the Hall of Fame plaque in his memory.

Batchler, who served […]

The Employment Security Commission reported last week that Cherokee County’s unemployment rate remained at 16.8 percent during December 2009, giving the county the 16th highest ranking in South Carolina. But the bad news came with a bit of good news.

A local textile plant has announced a $6.5 million investment in the area that will create […]

South Carolina experienced 881 traffic fatalities during 2009, the lowest amount since 1995.

In light of that, the Cherokee County Commission on Drug and Alcohol Abuse honored four local men last week for making the state’s streets safer. 

Top officials from the Blacksburg Police Department, Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, Gaffney Police Department, and the South Carolina Highway […]

As a coalition of charitable organizations committed to improving the community, United Way of the Piedmont likes to make things happen.

When group learned that local non-profits were using old computers and office equipment, or even going without, so that more money could be spent fulfilling their mission of helping others, they decided to do something […]

The Cherokee County Council conducted its first meeting of the New Year on Monday night with a range of emotions. The group took the opportunity to embrace the future, while also reflecting on the past, as a new member was welcomed, and another was remembered. 
A special ceremony was held to swear in Tracy McDaniel, […]

Blacksburg has remained unrepre-sented on the Cherokee County Council since August, when James Batchler, its voice for 43 years, died.
That will change, though, as early as Monday, when the Council’s newest member is sworn-in.

Tracy McDaniel will be that newest member after winning Tuesday’s District 7 election. The Republican solidly defeated his opponent, Democrat Thomas Moss, […]

The Blacksburg High School Drama Department presented, “Christmas in the Forest,” on Tuesday, Dec. 8 for the students at Blacksburg Primary School, Blacksburg Elementary School, and Blacksburg High School. 

The holiday play depicts Goldilocks, played by Lauren Hensley, and Little Red Riding Hood, played by Ashley Fortner, celebrating Christmas with the forest animals. 

The three Bears, played […]

A former Gaffney police officer found himself in handcuffs and behind bars last week.

Scott Tallent, who previously worked as a police sergeant for the City of Gaffney, was found guilty of misconduct last Friday after a four-day trial.

The verdict came two years after Tallent arrested two men from Blacksburg, Eddie Leon Gilfillan and Leonard Paul […]

Raymond R. Schroeder, president of Interim Healthcare, and Charyl M. Schroeder, vice president, recently wrote a letter to Terry Dennis, executive director of Cherokee County Meals on Wheels.
The letter thanked the organization for its service and pledged a $2,500 donation.
For the rest of the story, see this week’s Blacksburg Times.

   With the end of fall semester classes on Wednesday, and the beginning of final exams on Thursday, Limestone College students are supposed to be studying this week. But many are struggling to understand why one of their classmates is no longer with them.
Academics were temporarily put on hold on Monday morning as shocked students […]