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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.

Monday, January 28, 2013  U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham is talking about some of the day's top issues during a GOP luncheon in Gaffney.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013  A Gaffney woman has been sentenced to eight months in prison for stealing more than $60,000 in child support from a Cherokee County fund.

Friday, January 11, 2013  A company that makes plastic closures for beverages, food and motor oil and agriculture is expanding its plant in Cherokee County.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012  Authorities say a convenience store clerk in Gaffney shot a man trying to rob the store at gunpoint.

Wednesday, August 01, 2012  South Carolina prison officials are giving the Cherokee County jail less than three months to develop a plan to correct several problems with overcrowding.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012  A Gaffney teen is charged with homicide by child abuse in the death of her infant son.

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

Sunday, May 13, 2012  The coroner is investigating the death of an inmate who died while being held at the Cherokee County Detention Center in Gaffney.

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

Friday, January 20, 2012  Some residents like Duke Energy's plans to build two nuclear reactors in Cherokee County. Others are concerned about the risk of an accident that could spew radiation, while others worried about the amount of water that would be taken from the Broad River to cool the reactors.

Wednesday, October 05, 2011  A former Cherokee County deputy has been arrested after the State Law Enforcement Division says the officer had sex with an informant he was working with.