Cherokee County News

A pedestrian died several hours after being hit by a hit and run driver of a pick-up truck Tuesday night, according to Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler.

Filbert may have its peaches and McConnells its dairy farms, but David McFalls hopes to make a name for Smyrna with a more unconventional commodity.

An environmental group has filed a petition with federal regulators, seeking to block Duke Energy Corp.'s plan to build and operate two nuclear reactors near Gaffney.

An investigation by a South Carolina newspaper shows that a third of the state's magistrates are employed in a status that gives state senators the ability to fire them.

Some communities are already being asked to voluntarily conserve water, but as the drought worsens, it may soon be mandatory.

Officials from the South Carolina Department of Corrections say an inmate escaped Monday afternoon from the Manning Correctional Institution in Columbia.

A 24-year-old man was killed in a motorcycle crash early Tuesday morning, according to the Cherokee County coroner.

PEC Development Group is pleased to announce that TAG Realty, Inc. has been selected to sell homes at Estates of Fernwood Creek.

A man driving a garbage truck has been killed after a limb fell off a passing truck and hit him in the head through the open driver's side window.

News item form South Carolina: A new group of Gypsies are targeting the area, according to the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies with the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office found and destroyed an illegal liquor still on Thursday.

Mac Middleton is a welding instructor when he's at the Cherokee Technology Center.

Lana Gardner, director of the Cherokee County Public Library, said local funding is crucial for continued library services in the new fiscal year.

Officials said Wednesday they plan to crack down on violent crime in Spartanburg and Cherokee counties by bringing federal gun charges against eligible suspects as part of a three-month initiative.

Duke Energy customers in South Carolina could be on the hook for up to $64.4 million in development costs for two nuclear reactors the Charlotte utility is considering building in Cherokee County.

Stratford High School seniors Ryan Snell, Holly Atwood and Krystal Lynch are among the 2008 graduates who have perfect attendance throughout their school years.

PEC Development Group is pleased to announce that Caroline Simmel has joined the company as a special consultant to manage lot sales for the developer's project, Estates at Fernwood Creek, in Cherokee County.

Controversy about Cherokee County's animal shelter operations forced the appointment Wednesday of an interim manager.

Cherokee County's proposed budget requires a tax increase and includes cost-of-living pay raises for employees but no provision for capital improvement purchases.

Members of the Snowbird community have long maintained traditions, strong Cherokee bloodlines and the language.