Daily Archives: 08/02/2022
Not forgotten, three decades later
Retired Central police chief, investigator still hold hope in woman’s 1992 slaying
By Ron Barnett
Staff Reporter
rbarnett@thepccourier.com
CENTRAL — It’s been 30 summers now since the town of Central was terrorized by a murder so brazen yet so 
mysterious that it will never be forgotten by anyone who lived through it — least of all by the lawmen who spent years trying in vain to find the killer.
It still weighs heavily on the minds of two retired members of the Central Police Department who never gave up in their futile attempts to solve the case.
Frank Cantrell, police chief at the time, and Sgt. Bill Stephens, an investigator on the case, still agonize over the crime that shattered the
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The picks are in
After readers cast thousands of ballots and members of the Courier family spent many hours hand-counting and tabulating the results, the time has finally come to officially unveil the businesses who were honored as the best at what they do in Pickens County in the fourth-annual Readers’ Choice Awards.
Check below or grab a print edition for a special keepsake section listing the winners and honorable mentions across more than 100
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SC officials urge vaccinations as school year starts
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
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STATE — The public health director of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control is stressing the importance of vaccinations and healthy habits as the new school year begins.
Dr. Brannon Traxler gave media a COVID update on July 27.
“We continue to urge parents to get their children vaccinated as we come up on this 2022-2023 school year,” she said. “We know the toll that COVID has taken in the classroom over the last two years, from virtual learning to constantly being in and out of
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Six file for three Clemson council seats up for grabs
CLEMSON — Six people have thrown their names into the hat for three available seats on Clemson City Council, with the filing period for the November election closing at noon Monday.
Voters will decide Nov. 8 from familiar face Margaret Thompson, political newcomers Rocco Cioffoletti, Lillian Boatwright and Adam Jones and incumbents Alesia Smith and John Fulmer in the bid for three seats.
Boatwright
A Clemson resident since 2007 who attended Daniel High School, Tri-County Technical College and Clemson
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Pair arrested on heroin charges
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
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EASLEY — Two people were arrested on heroin distribution charges after an incident in Easley last week.
According to a release from the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office, deputies with the PCSO Uniform Patrol Division saw a disabled vehicle in the parking lot of
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Nonprofit collecting items for stockings
COUNTY — A local nonprofit is collecting items to be put in Christmas stockings for the elderly.
Members of Warmth and Comfort for the Elderly in Upstate SC use their crochet skills to provide warm items for nursing home patients, hospice groups, home health patients and elderly people who live at home and can’t afford them.
They also hold regular donation drives.
“During the month of August, we will begin collecting toiletries and Christmas stockings for our Christmas stockings to the elderly,” said Tammy Ferguson, the group’s CEO. “We prefer smaller sizes so we can place more items in the stockings.”
The group is collecting body lotions, hand lotions, body wash (no bar soaps), shampoos, conditioners, deodorant, combs, brushes, small mirrors, toothpaste, tooth brush, denture cleanser, individual Kleenex packages, hand sanitizers, pens, pencils, small notepads, soft individual mints, meltaway chocolates, costume jewelry and men’s handkerchiefs.
“We will collect these items through Dec. 1,” Ferguson said. “We’ll also fill any needs of the facilities as requested during the month.”
Drop-off sites are the YMCA in Pickens, in Easley at Under the Carolina Moon and Integrated Yoga Therapy, in Powdersville at Front Porch Fixins and in Dacusville/Easley at Earthworks Unlimited.
For more information about the group, email warmthandcomfort@gmx.com or call 668-1021. Learn more about the group at its Facebook page.
White: Traffic, roads near top of local issues
By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal
goliver@upstatetoday.com
CLEMSON — Pickens County Council District 1 Republican candidate Brad White, who will face Democrat Claiborne Linvill in the November general election, said his professional background is in transportation planning and data collection.
He said he feels he could bring that expertise to county council if elected, considering issues the county is facing in that area.
“I know roads, I know infrastructure and want to protect the integrity of (U.S. Highway) 123,” White said. “It seems like Clemson, for 10 years or so, has
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Linvill wants to move Pickens County forward
By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal
goliver@upstatetoday.com
CLEMSON — Clemson resident Claiborne Linvill feels Pickens County has come a long way in her 15 years as a resident.
The desire to see progress continue is one of the reasons why she is running for the District 1 seat on Pickens County Council in the November general election.
Linvill, a Democrat, and Brad White, a Republican, both ran unopposed in their primaries. The winner will succeed two-term
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Unity is the means of healing our world
Unity is a much talked about ideal, and like many ideals, it may appear to be unrealistic or unattainable. But what is unity, and can it exist? Well, if we reflect a little, we can see that in fact, unity is everywhere around us.
From the smallest atoms to the largest stars, there is a oneness and wholeness, harmony and interconnectedness of everything in the universe operating with perfect order and precision. In fact, the word universe means “out of many, all things, turned into one whole.”
Unity, or oneness and wholeness, is the essential and fundamental characteristic of creation, because without it,
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