Black Friday shoppers travel from near and far for deals

Spartanburg Herald-Journal - Fri Nov 27

Destiny Pittman of Kings Mountain takes a break at Prime Outlets in Gaffney on Thursday night.

Retailers have got deals to get you up and out and into stores

Concord-Kannapolis Independent Tribune - Thu Nov 26

How do you entice wary shoppers in a recession? By barraging them with bargains and opening stores earlier than ever -- at least, if retailers' plans for the traditional start of the holiday shopping season are any indication.

GOP nominee named for Cherokee County council runoff vote

Spartanburg Herald-Journal - Wed Nov 25

Published: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 11:30 p.m. Tracy McDaniel won the Republican nomination Tuesday in a primary runoff to fill the District 7 seat on the Cherokee County Council, but a 3-vote difference by the Democrats automatically prompted a re-count today in their race.

Spartanburg to run Cherokee defender's office

Spartanburg Herald-Journal - Mon Nov 23

Published: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 23, 2009 at 10:03 p.m. Spartanburg County Council on Monday authorized bringing the Cherokee County Public Defender's Office and its employee under Spartanburg's administration.

State's jobless rate increases in October

Spartanburg Herald-Journal - Sat Nov 21

Published: Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 1:25 a.m. South Carolina's hopes for a speedy economic recovery suffered a major setback in October.

Cherokee County program helping students graduate

Spartanburg Herald-Journal - Fri Nov 20

A new program this year led by Cherokee County public school administrators and teachers targets students at risk of not graduating.

Oconee jaila s assaults typical, stats show

Messenger - Fri Nov 20

November 20, 2009 - 10:22 p.m. EST Statistics show that prisoners at the Oconee County Detention Center don't have any greater risk of inmate-on-inmate violence than prisoners in other jails of comparable size.

Slain women were acquainted, friend says

Clover Herald - Thu Nov 19

A woman whose body was found severely burned in Kings Mountain State Park on Sunday was acquainted with another woman found dead in York County in late October, the boyfriend of the most recent victim said.

Man charged in connection with Enoree armed robbery

Spartanburg Herald-Journal - Thu Nov 19

Published: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 11:44 p.m. Donovan Tremain Cheeks, 21, on Wednesday was arrested and charged with two counts of armed robbery, two counts of first-degree burglary and two counts of kidnapping from two unrelated incidents.

Teen sentenced to life in prison for invasion

Spartanburg Herald-Journal - Thu Nov 19

Published: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 11:20 p.m. A Gaffney teen on Wednesday received a life prison sentence after jurors found him guilty of masterminding a home invasion and the related beating of a woman and store robbery.