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Blacksburg Primary School re-opened on schedule Monday, after mold was discovered since the start of school on Aug. 16.
Interim Superintendent Kim Bagwell said based on data from mold spore sampling, the school was closed on Thursday and Friday, Aug. 26 and 27.
“In order to ensure the health and safety of our students and staff, it […]

The Cherokee County School District hired Edgar Copeland Taylor of Laurens as interim superintendent following a three-hour closed session Monday night.
Taylor worked as superintendent of Laurens District 55 from 1994 to 2009 and is currently serving on the American Association of School Administrators’ Governing Board.
He was one of three applicants interviewed by the local board.
Andrea […]

BY JANET S. SPENCER
HOMETOWN NEWS

Blacksburg police continued investigating multiple break-ins of businesses discovered on Aug. 14.
Mayor David Hogue said he had been told the problem was not restricted to the town.
“I’m in touch almost daily with Police Chief Jamie Ham. We’re doing everything we can, patrolling and doing what we can to prevent more burglaries. […]

BY JANET S. SPENCER
Hometown News

Blacksburg Primary, Granard and Gaffney Middle schools in the Cherokee County School District are being tested for a possible presence of mold.
Interim Superintendent Kim Bagwell said Tuesday a consultant with Crossroads Environmental worked with district officials to collect and analyze samples from the three schools over the weekend.
Preliminary results showed that […]

BY JANET S. SPENCER
HOMETOWN NEWS

Candy and gumball machines at Papa G’s restaurant were destroyed in a series of burglaries in downtown Blacksburg.
The missing items were minimal from Sassy Scissors, one of four businesses in downtown Blacksburg, hit by burglars over the weekend.
“I feel violated, because they went through my personal papers,” said Renee Wyatt, […]

VFW Post 4941 seeks comrades in arms
BY JANET S. SPENCER
HOMETOWN NEWS

Photo by Janet S. Spencer.
Dewitt Elliott who served in WW II pauses for a somber moment of reflection during the Blacksburg VFW Post 4941 annual meeting.
Local veterans shared more than breakfast during their annual meeting Saturday at the Community House.
The informal gathering by Post 4941, […]

BY JANET S. SPENCER
HOMETOWN NEWS
Blacksburg Town Councilman Joe Ross won re-election Tuesday to his District 1 seat.
Ross received 84 votes or 76 percent of the balloting to defeat local businesswoman and political newcomer Suzanne Patterson. Patterson finished with 25 votes.
Only 23 percent of the registered voters in the district cast ballots.
“I felt there should have […]

BY JANET S. SPENCER
HOMETOWN NEWS

Photo by Janet S. Spencer.
Author Jerrold Peeler of Blacksburg displays, “Thicketty,” his recently released work of historical fiction. He also drew the cover’s art.
  Jerrold Peeler of the Pleasant Hills community in Blacksburg is a storyteller.
His yarns are based on information gleaned as a child from his great-grandfather’s cache of […]

If it’s broke (and it is) then fix it

By Theron Willis
HOMETOWN NEWS

Dr. Michael Fanning of the Olde English Consortium gave a presentation pleading the case for comprehensive tax reform for South Carolina to a full crowd last Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m. at Greenville’s Carolina First Center. Fanning said that the state’s current tax system […]

Former area resident pictures Charleston’s sacred places
By Theron Willis
HOMETOWN NEWS

Photo by Diana Deaver
Steven Hyatt with his Nikon D3S standing on the steeple of St Michael’s Episcopal with St. Philip’s Episcopal in the background. 
Former area resident Steven Hyatt is gaining some artistic fame in the low country for his stunning photography of the historic […]