Monthly Archives: February 2021
Courier Trespass Notices 2-17-21
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 trespass in any manner whatsoever upon the lands of the undersigned:
Courier Notice to Creditors 2-17-21
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
Courier Legal Notices 2-27-21
NOTICE OF VIRTUAL COURTROOM
HEARING
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF PICKENS
IN THE FAMILY COURT
Case No.: 2020-DR-39-445
BROOKE ANN ELISAE MCKINNEY, Plaintiff -vs- BRANDON GAGE MCKINNEY, Defendant.
TO: THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT,
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, you are hereby notified that a FINAL HEARING has been scheduled for MARCH 22, 2021 AT 11:00 AM FOR 15 minutes before the Honorable Judge Karen Roper.
To participate in the hearing, you must use the Google Chrome browser. Internet Explorer will not work. Please download Google Chrome prior to the hearing date. To attend the hearing: 1) At least 20 minutes before your scheduled hearing time, open a Chrome browser and type
Clemson fraternity members help with Soapstone cleanup
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Members of two Clemson University fraternities did some spring cleaning on the grounds of Soapstone Baptist Church on Saturday morning.
Jamison Taylor is the president of the Pi Alpha Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha.
“We’re rebuilding the grounds of Soapstone Church,” Taylor said. “That includes moving logs
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4 running for Pickens seat
PICKENS — Four men are vying to become the newest member of Pickens City Council in a special election next month to fill the remainder of the term for the seat recently vacated by Donna Owen.
Jonathan Baker, Allen Brewer, Ed Leese and Robert Nealy will appear on the ballot for the March 23 election. The winner of the election will fill the remaining months of Owen’s term, which is set to expire later this year. Owen announced in December that she was resigning the seat.
Baker, who is married with three daughters, has served as an account executive for Halcyon Hospice of Greenville and recently accepted a position as admissions coordinator at Easley Place skilled nursing and rehabilitation center in Easley. He said he regularly takes part in a “very large team effort” to deliver for Meals on Wheels in addition to volunteering at the Gleaning House food pantry.
Baker said he would bring a “fresh eye with true concern for the community” if elected.
“While I am newer to the city of Pickens, I bring a
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Official: COVID-19 numbers give reason for optimism
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Pickens County’s COVID-19 numbers continue to be “sobering, although we see a little bit of reason for optimism,” county administrator Ken Roper told county council during its meeting 
last week.
“It looks like, for the time being, our peak has passed and we hope that trend continues,” he
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SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBERS DROP
COUNTY — The number of quarantines and confirmed COVID-19 cases in the School District of Pickens County dropped significantly last week from the previous week, though the district still had 
more than 60 positive cases and more than 600 in quarantine.
In its weekly update, the district said Friday that 46 students and 15 staff members were positive for the virus last week, a drop from 77 and 21, respectively, the previous week. The district had 581 students and 33 staff members in quarantine last week, down from 629 students and 54 staff members a
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Prisma exhausts vaccine supply as more eligible
PICKENS — Although more South Carolinians are now eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccines, officials announced Monday that Prisma Health vaccine sites will not be offering any walk-in 
vaccinations for the rest of this week.
Dr. Saria Saccocio, co-lead of the Prisma Health Vaccine Task Force, announced the change in an email Monday afternoon.
“There are two factors that led to this
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Easley police seeking shooting suspect
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — Anyone with information about a shooting in Easley on Friday night is asked to contact the Easley Police Department.
According to an Easley Police Department news release, officers responded to a reported shooting incident on Davis Street on Friday night.
Upon arrival, officers found a man who had sustained a single gunshot wound, the release said.
The victim was taken to a local hospital by emergency
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County coal ash saga not dead yet
Lo and behold, another year has passed and Pickens County is still not safe from the possibility of becoming home to a toxic coal ash dump.
A Court of Appeals ruling issued in January 2020 had seemed to put a nail in the coffin of a company’s hopes to pull off a lucrative switcheroo and dispose of waste from coal-fired power plants instead of construction and demolition waste as the county had approved.
Although the Legislature changed state law to ban coal ash from the type of landfills allowed in Pickens County, MRR has continued to press its lawsuit against the county, filed in 2016, claiming breach of contract. Coal ash contains toxic substances such as mercury,
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