Dacusville Middle’s Hazel given award named for late teammate
EASLEY — Emotions ran high at Dacusville Middle School on Thursday as faculty, staff and studentsgathered in the gymnasium for More »
Pickens Folk Festival set for this weekend
PICKENS — The Greater Pickens Chamber of Commerce and Hagood Mill Historic Site are set to host the third annual More »
Local couple gives millions to CU to fund scholarships
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com PICKENS — Supporters of higher education gathered Thursday to celebrate a generous gift and More »
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Pickens downs Daniel to reclaim Region 2-4A title
By Bru Nimmons Sports Editor bnimmons@thepccourier.com PICKENS — One year removed from dropping its first region championship in over a More »
Liar’s Competition returns to Hagood Mill Oct. 17 & 18
PICKENS — This October, the Hagood Mill Historic Site will once again echo with the laughter, chills, and wonder of More »
Dacusville Middle’s Hazel given award named for late teammate
EASLEY — Emotions ran high at Dacusville Middle School on Thursday as faculty, staff and studentsgathered in the gymnasium for the inaugural presentation of an award named in honor of a student who died tragically over the summer.
The Play Like Payce award, set to be given to one female volleyball player in the Anderson, Oconee, 
Pickens Middle School Athletic Conference (A.O.P), is named in honor of Ansley “Payce” Chappell, a Dacusville Middle School student and volleyball player, who passed away from bacterial meningitis on July 1 at the age of 12.
Dacusville Middle School’s Lucy Hazel, a lifelong friend and teammate of Chappell, received the inaugural award at a surprise assembly held at the school.
Both Chappell’s family and Hazel’s family were there to witness the announcement, along with the entire
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Wolf Creek annexation gets early OK
PICKENS — The city of Pickens recently approved planned development (PD) zoning associated with a 
proposed annexation and residential project known as Holder Ridge, located near Wolf Creek School Road and Mauldin Lake Road, during a regular monthly meeting held on Tuesday, Oct. 7, at Pickens City Hall. The PD framework establishes specific design, density and infrastructure standards for the project while
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Pickens Folk Festival set for this weekend
PICKENS — The Greater Pickens Chamber of Commerce and Hagood Mill Historic Site are set to host 
the third annual Pickens Appalachian Folk Festival this weekend.
The festival will be a two-day event, taking place Friday and Saturday, Oct. 24-25, at 138 Hagood Mill Road in Pickens. The festival is free, but attendees are asked to bring their own chairs.
“The festival promises two unforgettable days filled with live
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Pickens man charged with lottery fraud
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — A Pickens man is accused of fraud involving lottery tickets after an investigation by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.
SLED spokeswoman Renée Wunderlich said the South Carolina Education Lottery requested the investigation.
Charles Ray Seawright, 47, of Pickens, is charged with two counts of intent to defraud, counterfeit game 
tickets, she said.
Seawright was charged on Oct. 4.
A warrant alleges that on July 26, Seawright “with intent to defraud” unlawfully passed a quantity of stolen South Carolina Education Lottery
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Local couple gives millions to CU to fund scholarships
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Supporters of higher education gathered Thursday to celebrate a generous gift and to lay 
down a challenge to others to expand its reach.
Pickens residents Jim and Julee Kaplan made a $2.5 million Academic Cornerstone gift to Clemson University that will help Pickens County students lay the foundation for their educational and career goals.
Officials celebrated that gift and the newly announced Pickens County Promise: Kaplan Scholarship Challenge on Thursday at a reception at the Kaplans’ home.
“Their commitment in elevating and supporting
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Clark announces bid for Easley City Council Ward 4
EASLEY — Chris Clark, a longtime Easley native, is running to represent Ward 4 as part of the Easley 
City Council. According to Clark, her slogan is “Born Here; Raised Here: Ready to Serve.”
Clark was born at Baptist Easley Hospital and graduated from Easley High School, and except for an 11-year stint in the Mt. Pleasant/Charleston area, she has lived in Easley most of her life.
“I’m not running because I have it all figured out; I’m running because I
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Mayor: City is steady, responsible and proud
When I talk about the strength of Pickens, I’m not just talking about our spirit — I’m talking about our finances, too. A strong city needs both. And I’m proud to say that in 2025, the city of Pickens is in better 
financial shape than it’s been in many years.
If you’ve been following along with city council meetings or reading the budget summaries, you’ve seen the change for yourself. If you’ve been listening to some on social media more concerned with creating drama than knowing or telling the truth, you might think the city is on its last legs. They are talking about the past and ignoring the progress of the last two years.
Back in 2023, our general fund budget was overspent by around
Find your challenge
Philippians 4:12-13 “I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: everywhere and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all 
things through Christ which strengthens me.”
One of life’s greatest rewards is to find a challenge, study it, work it and achieve it! To be challenged is to be motivated. Motivation is the key to action and ultimately success and that great feeling of accomplishment.
Unchallenged people may be sad and have not a clue why. An uncle retired from an automotive plant in Ohio and moved back to
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It is faith that builds peace
There is a fundamental relationship between faith and peace. We are told that the harvest of faith is peace. But what is the nature of this peace and how do we understand it?
First and most importantly, there is peace that results from relationship with God, which is the very foundation of faith itself; this means the knowledge of God, devotion and servitude to Him. This peace is transcendent, eternal, and beyond any limitations of materiality. It is the Light of the holy spirit that emanates from God and illumines our hearts; it flows to our being as we turn obediently to Him, conferring on us an inner state of faith and peace.
An obligatory and inseparable aspect of this peace, is being at peace with each other. In the Beatitudes, Jesus tells us that God loves and blesses peacemakers, and calls them His children. This implies that relationship to
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