Monthly Archives: November 2021
Going for state!
Daniel High School receiver Eli Merck gets away from a Chester defender during the Lions’ Upper State championship win over the Cyclones on Friday night. Daniel is hoping to repeat as Class 3A state champion this Friday against Camden in Columbia. To read more, scoll to Courier’s Football Frenzy section below The State AAA Championship will televised on WMYA (My40 Asheville-Greenville) Kick off is set for 2 p.m. on Friday. . John Bolton/boltonphoto.com
Police seeking driver in deadly hit and run
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — The South Carolina Highway Patrol is seeking a driver involved in a fatal hit and run last week.
Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley identified the victim as Jackie Jerome Cumbow, 47, of Arrow Ridge Drive in Easley.
The collision occurred at 1 a.m. Nov. 24 on U.S. Highway 178 near Knoll Street, about a mile south of Liberty, according to South Carolina
Highway Patrol Master Trooper Gary Miller.
Cumbow was driving a 2014 moped east on U.S. 178 when a vehicle struck the moped from behind, causing him to be ejected, Miller said.
The second vehicle then left the scene, he said.
Cumbow was pronounced dead at the scene and died of
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Lighting the night
Community members gathered for a lighting ceremony for the huge Christmas tree at Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative headquarters on Main Street in Pickens last week. Pickens Mayor Fletcher Perry and his great-granddaughter, Naomi, pressed the button to light the tree alongside Blue Ridge president and CEO Jim Lovinggood.
Photos by Rocky Nimmons/Courier
Pickens man faces felony DUI charge
PICKENS — A Pickens man has been charged after a fatal collision on Thanksgiving Day.
Barney Lewis Trotter, 33, of Pickens is charged with felony DUI with death, according to Master Trooper Gary Miller with the South Carolina Highway Patrol. He was being held without bond Tuesday at the Pickens County Detention Center.
Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley identified the victim as 40-year-old Jodah Mullinax
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Humane Society in need again
The dogs and cats of Pickens County need your help.
Yes, again.
I’ve written this story several times since 2014, when Pickens County cut back its funding of the Pickens County Humane Society.
The county Humane Society is not connected to the national Humane Society and gets no funding from it. Prior to 2014, it had been getting $60,000 a year from the county to help with the costs of operating its animal shelter on Five Forks Road near Liberty.
It had also been surviving partly off some money that had been left by a benefactor prior to that, which has
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Prisma official discusses omicron variant of COVID-19
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
STATE — A Prisma Health infectious disease physician says the omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus is “almost certainly already here” in the United States.
An infectious disease physician, Dr. Helmut Albrecht is the medical director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy for
Prisma Health and the University of South Carolina.
He discussed the omicron variant during a news conference Monday.
The World Health Organization has named the omicron variant “a variant of concern.”
The omicron variant popped up in disease surveillance systems in Botswana and South Africa between Nov.
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DAR honors local vets
by Ann Warmuth
Special to the Courier
news@thepccourier.com
CLEMSON — Fort Prince George DAR chapter vice regent Mildred Brewer and fellow commemorative events co-chair Martha Hannah recently presented more certificates to honor local veterans. Brewer and Hannah were in Clemson honoring eight World War II veterans and two Vietnam veterans.
“Fort Prince George Daughters love being able to meet and show our appreciation for their service to our
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Courier Community Calendar 12-1-21
• Hee Haw Christmas set for Hagood Center
The Hagood Community Center, located at 129 Schoolhouse St. in Pickens, will present Hee Haw Christmas in the Hagood Community Center Auditorium this Saturday, Dec. 4.
There will be two performances — one at 2 p.m. and another at 6 p.m. The local cast will present good old country music and comedy.
Tickets are $5, in advance only, from Nov. 17-Dec. 1 at the Senior Center on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10-11 a.m. or call (864)
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Christmas parades start this week
COUNTY — The annual Christmas parade season will get cranked up this weekend in Pickens County.
Central will kick off the holidays this Friday, Dec. 3, at 5:45 p.m. as it lights up the town caboose with Christmas lights. Jitters Brewing Company will be giving away hot chocolate as the people of Central watch their neighbors take part in the annual Christmas parade 
through downtown. Entries will start at Cannon Baptist Church.
At 6 p.m. the next day, Saturday, Dec. 4, Liberty will be holding its Holly Jolly Christmas Parade. The paradewill begin at the former Liberty High School football stadium and will run through downtown
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The importance of shopping small
Small businesses have had a rough couple of years, beginning with the pandemic and continuing with the labor shortage and breaks in the supply chain.
Still, South Carolina’s small businesses have persevered. Despite the many challenges, they’ve continued to provide the goods and services their customers need, and they’ve continued to support their communities.
That’s why we need to support local businesses this holiday season.
It’s easy to forget, but small business is the heart of South Carolina’s economy. By the federal
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