Monthly Archives: January 2019
Courier Notice to Creditors 1-16-19
The publisher shall only be liable for an amount less than or equal to the charge for the space of the item in error in the case of errors in or omissions from any advertisement, and only for the first incorrect insertion.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES
All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on Form #371ES with the Probate Court of PICKENS COUNTY, the address of which is 222 MCDANIEL AVE., B-16 PICKENS, SC 29671, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements on the prescribed form (FORM #371ES) indicating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the
Courier Trespass Notices 1-16-19
In the state of South Carolina, trespass after notice is a misdemeanor criminal offense prohibited by section 16-11-620 for the South Carolina Code.
Those who enter upon the lands of others without the permission of the owner or manager shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor trespassing. All persons are hereby notified and warned not to hunt, fish, cut timber or
Courier Classifieds 1-16-19
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Tigers leave no doubt to reach mountaintop again
By Eric Sprott
Courtesy The Journal
eric@upstatetoday.com
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — It had been a 35-year wait before the Clemson football team was able to repeat the feat of winning its first national championship in 1981.
The wait for the third title was just a touch more bearable.
On Monday night, Clemson once again rode the play of true freshmen Trevor Lawrence and Justyn Ross, while the defense didn’t allow Alabama into the end zone after the first quarter in a resounding 44-16 victory at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., for its second championship in three years.
By winning the College Football Playoff National Championship Game, the No. 2 Tigers (15-0) became the first team in the modern era to finish 15-0, and they knocked off Alabama for the second time in the teams’ fourth
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Former Pickens officer faces sex charges
McKnight suing city, department
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — A former Pickens Police Department officer faces multiple 
charges in connection with allegations of illicit sexual activities with minors.
Pickens County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Creed Hashe said 28-year-old Akiel Jamar McKnight, 28, is charged with two counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor, three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, one count of criminal solicitation of a minor and one count of misconduct in office.
S.C. Law Enforcement Division agents arrested McKnight on Jan. 2, according to a release from special agent Thom Berry.
Online records show McKnight, who had been employed by the Atlantic Beach Police Department in Horry County since last month, was booked at the J. Reuben Long Detention Center in North Myrtle Beach at 7:43 p.m. Jan. 2. He was released a little more than an hour later and transferred to the Pickens County Detention Center, where he was booked at around 1 a.m. and later denied bond on all charges.
Warrants allege McKnight asked a minor to send him sexually explicit photographs and/or videos between Oct. 1, 2017, and Nov. 29, 2018, and
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Police: Man, 81, dies in murder-suicide attempt
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Pickens County Sheriff’s Office investigators believe an 81-year-old Pickens man shot and wounded his wife before taking his own life Thursday.
The sheriff’s office received a report of a shooting on McJunkin Road in Pickens at 9:35 p.m. Thursday, according to a release from Chief Deputy Creed Hashe.
Deputies arriving at the scene found a 73-year-old woman with what appeared to be a gunshot wound.
The woman was taken to the hospital and underwent surgery Friday morning “to repair injuries sustained from having been shot one time
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Residents press legislators to make education changes
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — Several residents called for the Pickens County Legislative Delegation to do its part toward eliminating the state’s Education Oversight Committee.
Comprised of Sens. Thomas Alexander and Rex Rice and Reps. Davey Hiott, Neal Collins, Gary Clary and West Cox, the delegation held its annual meeting Monday night at the Pickens County Performing Arts Center in Liberty.
Johnelle Raines of Pickens spoke on behalf of United States Parents Involved in Education “to recommend an education governance structure change.”
“It is evident South Carolina public schools are failing after the latest results of the nation’s report card,” she said. “It is a disgrace. Our rankings have gone further downhill. This is not acceptable.”
Legislators must change the leaders who are making decisions about the
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Foundation impressed by Dream Center’s success
Hipps Foundation recently gave to Opportunity Village
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — Tucker Hipps had a passion for helping the homeless, and the foundation that bears his name wants to help homeless people in his memory.
After Tucker’s death, his mother, Cindy Hipps, said the family was told many stories about people witnessing Tucker helping the homeless.
“He’d take them out to lunch or open his wallet and give them money,” she said.
Cindy Hipps is the president of the Tucker W. Hipps Memorial Foundation, which recently made a $25,000 donation to the Dream Center
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Long-time Pickens Savings and Loan president and CEO retires
PICKENS — After nearly half a century in the banking industry, Pickens Savings and Loan Association president and CEO Alex Gettys is entering a 
new role in 2019 — retiree.
After joining the bank as CEO in 1993 and later becoming president of the organization in 2009, Gettys recently announced his retirement from the bank effective Dec. 31.
Gettys spent 46 years working for large and midsize banks throughout South Carolina.
“It was a great experience working in banking in different parts of the state, and I made lifelong friends in the process,” he said. “I was mentored by some great bankers in Charleston, Hilton Head, Columbia and
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