Texas holds the top spot in the USA Today preseason coaches football poll released on Monday. The Longhorns received 28 of the 67 first-place votes. Defending national champion Ohio State is No. 2 ...

Blacksburg football players finally get a chance to hit a different opponent in their first preseason scrimmage this weekend. Blacksburg plays East Rutherford Saturday at 6 p.m. Head coach Josh ...

An extraordinary spat of cautions in Sunday’s Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol allowed William Byron to save an extraordinary amount of fuel, and that proved the difference in Byron’s second victory ...

Daniel Mac Wentz, 46, of Blacksburg, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Evidence presented to the court showed that on ...

Blacksburg Middle eighth grade math teacher Kiri Shehan was named the Cherokee County School District teacher of the year Thursday during its opening staff session. Shehan will receive $1,000 from the ...

Someone struck a power pole at the intersection of Peachtree and West Robinson streets and left the scene July 4. City of Gaffney police were called to the area in response to a motor vehicle accident ...

Cherokee County Sheriff Steve Mueller and Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler will team up again this year for the “14th Annual Back To School Supply Drive” along with law enforcement officers and ...

About 700 Cherokee Charter Academy students started classes Wednesday when the charter school began a new school year. Cherokee Charter Academy (CCA) will serve students in 4-year-old kindergarten ...

The statue of Coach Bob Prevatte is being put in place by Sossamon Construction Company employees after being moved from Limestone University to its new home at The Reservation at Gaffney High School.

A Gaffney man will spend the rest of his life in prison after a jury found him guilty of numerous sex crimes against a minor. Daniel Machito Buckson, 46, abused the victim for two years while she was ...

Kenneth McClure Jolly, 77, of Gaffney, SC, passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 20, 2025, surrounded by his loving family. Born in Gaffney, SC, he was the husband of Glenda Martin Jolly, and son of ...

Juanita Lovelace Blanton, 89, of 914 N. Green River Road, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at her residence. Born in Kings Mountain, NC, she was the wife of Donald Blanton and ...