Local News in Cherokee County, South Carolina
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Blacksburg Gaffney Kings CreekFamily Didn't Call 911, Feared They'd Be Charged (WLTX-TV Columbia)
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) -- A fire marshal says two South Carolina residents didn't call for help in a house fire because they were afraid they would have to pay for the firefighters.Spiller hopes to push SCFCL to new heights (The Index-Journal) Helen Spiller, of Greenwood, was elected as president of the South Carolina Family and Community Leaders (SCFCL) organization in January. (Staff photo by T.M. James)
Asheville-area and WNC road report (Asheville Citizen-Times) TENNESSEE BLOCKAGE U.S. 64/74 is closed about 12 miles west of the North Carolina-Tennessee state line in the Ocoee River Gorge until the end of March because of a rock slide.
Spartanburg Man Fights Fire With Garden Hose (WSPA Spartanburg) A Spartanburg man used a garden hose to fight a house fire Saturday.
Spartanburg Residents Fight Fire With Garden Hose (WSPA Spartanburg) Spartanburg reisdents used a garden hose to fight a house fire Saturday.
Racial profiling: Fact or fiction? (The Post and Courier) The flashing blue lights startled Darlene Taylor-Williams on Cross County Road as she made her way home from a party around midnight. She wasn't speeding or causing any trouble. She couldn't imagine what the police wanted.
Literary calendar (Asheville Citizen-Times) Your guide to author and literary events in Western North Carolina, March 7-14.
Break for business creates problem (The Post and Courier) COLUMBIA -- As South Carolina legislators scrambled Thursday to come up with ways to spare health care programs from gut-wrenching budget cuts, they rushed to approve huge breaks for businesses that include doing away with the state's corporate income tax.
A Smattering of Snow Pictures from Across Our Area (WDEF Chattanooga) If a picture paints a thousand words... then we've got ten thousands of them. Viewers have sent us snow pictures From Whitwell Mountain in Tennessee to Cherokee County in North Carolina and Villanow, Georgia to the south. Here is a photo tour of of the Tennessee Valley. read more
In the Pews: Erskine singers perform Sunday (Spartanburg Herald-Journal) The Erskine College Choraleers will present a music program at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 880 W. O. Ezell Blvd., during the 11 a.m. worship service on Sunday. Erskine alumni and all music lovers are invited to the performance.