Abbie Sossamon

A new face has joined the Ledger family. Kaylei Baker is the newest advertising representative. She took Jayla Mock’s place after she moved to Texas for her husband’s job. Baker is a native of Gaffney and graduated from Gaffney High in 2020. She is married to David Baker and they have a 2- year-old daughter, Olivia. She is also expecting <a href="https://www.gaffneyledger.com/articles/new-face-in-ledger-advertising-department/">[…]</a>

The owner of an Upstate women’s and children’s online clothing boutique has been arrested in Cherokee County, marking her 11th arrest. Pamela Brooke Schronce, 30, turned herself in to the Cherokee County Detention Center Monday. She is charged with one count of obtaining property under false pretense less than $2,000. According to online jail records, Schronce was released on a <a href="https://www.gaffneyledger.com/articles/boutique-owner-arrested-here-faces-charges-in-multiple-jurisdictions/">[…]</a>

Three people have been arrested and two are still wanted in connection with an early December shooting outside of a fast-food restaurant that left three people, including an innocent bystander, injured. Warrants on the five suspects were signed January 30 by Gaffney Police Major Brian Blanton after the solicitor’s office reviewed footage from the December 1 shooting at McDonald’s on <a href="https://www.gaffneyledger.com/articles/3-charged-in-mcdonalds-shooting/">[…]</a>

A rural farming community in Cherokee County got a small win Tuesday night when the City of Gaffney Planning Commission heard their pleas and voted against annexing a 566-acre parcel with high-density housing zoning into the city limits. However, the final decision will come next month when Gaffney City Council meets. Representatives from Gray Engineering and ECS Development made a <a href="https://www.gaffneyledger.com/articles/to-annex-or-not-to-annex/">[…]</a>

The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office seized nearly 500 pounds of methamphetamine, the second largest meth bust in county history, and arrested two Blacksburg residents as part of an ongoing narcotics investigation Tuesday.  Shortly after 12:30 a.m., the Cherokee Sheriff’s Narcotics Team and uniform patrol officers executed a search warrant at an abandoned mobile home located off Kings Creek Ford Road <a href="https://www.gaffneyledger.com/articles/sheriffs-office-seizes-500-pounds-of-meth-in-historic-drug-bust/">[…]</a>

A Gaffney businessman and his son-in-law are recovering following a Monday crash in an ultralight plane. Tracy Blanton was piloting the recreational flying aircraft with his son-in-law, Blake Pennington, when it crashed around 5:30 p.m. into treetops on Beaverdam Road. The two were taken by ambulance to the hospital. Pennington is said to have suffered non-life-threatening injuries while Blanton’s are <a href="https://www.gaffneyledger.com/articles/two-hurt-in-ultralight-crash/">[…]</a>

A man suspected of threatening to shoot up a local plant has been taken into custody in Spartanburg County. Thomas Earl Foster Jr. is facing charges of communicating threats and possibly additional charges, according to Gaffney Police Major Brian Blanton. Last Saturday morning, Brown Packing Co. received a voicemail in which the caller threatened there would be a mass shooting <a href="https://www.gaffneyledger.com/articles/man-charged-with-threatening-to-shoot-up-brown-packing/">[…]</a>

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 just 14 and 15 years old. The crimes took place at three Cherokee County homes, a local hotel, and in his vehicle. <a href="https://www.gaffneyledger.com/articles/man-gets-life-for-incestuous-relationship/">[…]</a>

It’s not Mayberry, but Cherokee County had its own Ernest T. Bass late Monday night. A currently unknown male suspect vandalized eight Floyd Baker Boulevard businesses by hurling rocks through glass windows and doors between 8 p.m. and 4:50 a.m. Although he caused damage, the suspect did not steal any items from the businesses. Wearing a fedora or cowboy hat <a href="https://www.gaffneyledger.com/articles/eight-baker-boulevard-businesses-vandalized/">[…]</a>

City of Gaffney police have arrested a man in connection with a March shooting that left one person paralyzed. Dionte Levon Riley, 28, is charged with attempted murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and possession of a firearm by a person convicted of domestic violence. On March 22, at 7:42 p.m., officers were called to the 800 <a href="https://www.gaffneyledger.com/articles/man-charged-with-attempted-murder-4/">[…]</a>