PICKENS — The Pickens Historical Society, along with art teacher Avis Fisher and history teacher William Wagner, recently offered Pickens Middle School students both an amazing challenge and opportunity in the form of a historical watercolor painting competition.

PICKENS — Ralph Anderson, owner of Anderson’s Portrait Photography Studio in Pickens, has announced his retirement and the closure of his practice.

PICKENS — Cannon Memorial Hospital along with the Pickens County Library System and other national, state and community organizations, are leading a massive effort to highlight the importance of advance healthcare decision-making — an effort that culminated in the formal designation of April 16 as National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD).
As a participating organization, Cannon Hospital is providing information and tools for the public to talk about their wishes with family, friends and healthcare providers, and execute written advance directives (healthcare power of attorney and living will) in accordance with South Carolina state laws. 

EASLEY — Police are still investigating the deaths of two people in Easley on Monday in what coroner Kandy Kelley called a murder-suicide.
The Pickens County Sheriff’s Department was called to a home on Red Oak Court on Monday in reference to a shooting. When deputies arrived they found the bodies of Jeffrey Scott Carroll, 49, and Kelly Denise Metcalf, 42, lying in a bed at the home the couple shared.
Kelley said both died from a single gunshot wound to the head.
According to official PCSO reports, when deputies arrived they were met by the daughter of Metcalf, who deputies say was at the scene with her husband and her brother.

LIBERTY — A Liberty couple faces four charges each of unlawful conduct toward a child after they were found living with their four children in an unclean home with no running water.
On Monday, deputies arrested Alishia Nichol Edwards, 29, and Barry Dean Edwards, II, 29, of 1674 Greenville Highway in Liberty.
The two are accused of placing their four children, ages 1, 3, 5 and 6, at unreasonable risk of harm by allowing them to live in an unsafe, unhealthy and unsanitary environment.

LIBERTY — The third annual Wings and Wheels event to benefit Pickens County Meals on Wheels is scheduled for this Saturday, April 14, at the Pickens County Airport.
The event, which will run from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., will feature a classic car show, airplane rides, food and fun for the entire family. Admission is free.