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Friday, March 22, 2013  Hundreds of American Legion Riders and military members paid their respects to Private Donald Tatro at Ft. Jackson National Cemetery Thursday.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  A homeowner in Cherokee County will not be charged in the death of a volunteer firefighter who drove onto the man's property and fought with the homeowner.

Tuesday, February 05, 2013  Authorities say a Gaffney man has confessed to killing his 78-year-old mother and dumping her body in a trash bin behind her Cherokee County home.

Monday, February 04, 2013  Authorities say they are questioning the son of a 78-year-old woman whose body was found in a trash bin behind her South Carolina home.

Sunday, May 20, 2012  Authorities say a Gaffney man has been shot to death by a family member after an argument.

Thursday, March 29, 2012  Authorities say a couple has found a man's body by a pond in Blacksburg.

Wednesday, June 08, 2011  The Cherokee County coroner says he needs more room to store dead bodies.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011  Transportation Department officials say the northbound lanes of Interstate 85 in Cherokee County have reopened after a fatal tractor trailer crash that killed two men earlier this week.

Saturday, July 24, 2010  Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler said in a news release that Teresa Ann Laney of Rock Hill died Friday near Blacksburg.

Friday, April 16, 2010  A high school and middle school student in Chesnee were both killed in a wreck around 8am this morning.