EASLEY — Easley’s city council meeting Monday night opened with a tribute to the three city police officers and one Pickens County Sheriff’s deputy who put their lives in danger to rescue a S.C. Highway Patrol officer after a crash in the line of duty last month.

CENTRAL — A Seneca man was arrested last week after workers found a camera attached to a urinal at the Central Textile Mill.
According to an incident report from the Central Police Department, a maintenance worker at the mill discovered a camera attached to a velcro strip on the bottom of a urinal in a men’s restroom on March 30
Officers arrested Douglas Eugene Robinson, 44, of Seneca, on April 4, charging him with voyeurism;/violating a place of privacy.
Robinson was released on a $10,000 personal recognizance bond.

COUNTY — Three people were killed in separate motor vehicle accidents around the county within the last week.
According to Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley, on April 4 at 2:45 a.m., Randy Lee Gibbs, Jr., 19, of West B Avenue in Central, was involved in a single-car accident on Furman Smith Highway in Central.
Kelley said that Gibbs lost control of his vehicle and died from blunt force trauma to the head. Gibbs was pronounced dead at the scene. Kelley said he was not wearing a seat belt.

GREENVILLE — On the last two days of last month, more than 500 of the best career and technology students in the state of South Carolina came together at the TD Center in Greenville to compete in the SC SkillsUSA championships.
Students competed in everything from construction science to engineering to cosmetology.

EASLEY — The Easley businessman at the center of an alleged Ponzi scheme involving his company, Atlantic Bullion & Coin, Inc., was charged last week with mail fraud.
Ron Wilson, a former Anderson County councilman and owner of AB&C, turned himself in to U.S. Marshals at the federal courthouse in Greenville last Wednesday, but posted a secured $1 million bond later that afternoon.

COUNTY — With a hit movie and book trilogy, The Hunger Games has taken pop culture by storm in recent months, but the title has taken on a new meaning in Pickens County this April.
Suzanne Burns, who is currently serving her second year on the United Christian Ministries Board, is working diligently to combat hunger throughout the Pickens community.

EASLEY — Toby Porter had to battle Marty Ward the first few laps of Saturday night’s Late-Model Stock main event at Greenville-Pickens Speedway, but once he cleared Ward for the uncontested lead, he stepped on ahead to win his third race of the season.
Porter, who was hounded with handling problems last season which kept him out of victory lane, remains undefeated this year after extensive rebuilding during the winter.