Daily Archives: 09/13/2022
Spokeswoman says Cannon not closing
Spokeswoman says Cannon not closing
By Ron Barnett
Staff Reporter
rbarnett@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — With rumors sparking throughout the community about AnMed Health making plans to change its operations in Pickens County, including 
potentially shuttering Cannon Hospital, a company spokeswoman threw water on the flames Tuesday.
“We are not closing Cannon,” AnMed public relations coordinator Lyndi McMillan said.
Along with the rumblings in recent weeks that Cannon, which became part of AnMed Health in 2009,
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SLED charges ex-detention officer
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — A former Pickens County Detention Center officer faces multiple charges after an investigation into allegations he had an inappropriate relationship with an inmate.
Chester Pierce Ouzts, 58, of Pickens, is charged with misconduct in office, misconduct in office by a public official and first-degree sexual misconduct with an inmate, according to a release issued Monday by Renèe Wunderlich,
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IN SIDE THIS WEEK’S FOOTBALL FRENZY
LIONS STAY UNBEATEN AGAINST HART COUNTY 2B, GREEN WAVE WIN THRILLER OVER JL MANN 3B. BLUE FLAME IN GOOD SPOT COMING OUT OF BYE 5B, LIBERTY USES pair of FOURTH-QUARTER SCORES TO OVERCOME DIXIE ,4B TIGERS TAKE WIN OVER FURMAN 6B.
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Clemson police investigate gas station death
CLEMSON — Clemson police detectives are helping the Pickens County Coroner’s Office with a death investigation after an unconscious person was found at a 
gas station.
Clemson Police Chief Jorge Campos sent out a news release saying officers responded to a 7-Eleven on Old Greenville Highway at approximately 2:29 p.m. Monday for a report of an unconscious person in the store.
Officers attempted to give lifesaving aid to the person, but were unable to revive them.
No other information was available at press time Tuesday.
Easley woman dies from wreck injuries
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — An Easley woman died Saturday from injuries she suffered in a wreck last month.
Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley identified the victim as Kathie Lindsey, 72, of Innis Brook Drive.
The three-vehicle collision occurred Tuesday, Aug. 30, on S.C. Highway 8 near Tinsley Drive, two miles south of Easley, according to South Carolina Highway
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District honors top teacher, support staffer
COUNTY — The School District of Pickens County honored its 2022-23 Teacher of the Year and Support Employee of the Year at a banquet on Monday night.
At the banquet, which celebrated the support employees and teachers of the year for each of the district’s schools and other departments, McKissick Academy 
of Science and Technology (MAST) second-grade teacher McKenzie Martin was named the district Teacher of the Year, while West End Elementary School secretary and bookkeeper Jackie Burrell won honors as the district’s Support Employee of the Year.
TEACHER OF THE YEAR
According to a district news release, Martin is an innovative member of the McKissick Academy staff. Before joining the staff at MAST, Martin taught at River
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Pickens unbeaten heading into region play
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Just a year removed from winning its first state championship in seven years, the Pickens High School volleyball team has seen plenty of change 
over the offseason.
All-State players Bailee Earnhardt and Caroline Lucas have graduated, and former head coach Rikki Owens has shifted her focus to the girls’ basketball program.
Despite the changes, first-year head coach Mellie Crumpton has the Blue Flame rolling so far
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Easley celebrates 50th anniversary of 4A state titles
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — It’s been half a century since Easley High School was home to both the state’s best football and girls’ basketball teams in the 4A classification, and 
last Friday, the high school hosted a celebration to honor the teams before the Green Wave’s football game
against J.L. Mann.
The first of the two state champions was the 1972 Easley football team. Coached by legendary coach Larry Bagwell, who later became the mayor of Easley from
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Five inducted into Liberty High Athletic Hall of Fame
LIBERTY — During halftime of the Red Devils’ football game against Dixie High School on Friday night, Liberty High School honored five LHS legends with induction into the school’s athletic hall of fame.
2022 Liberty High Athletic Hall of Fame inductees
Don Brock
Don Brock, who graduated from Liberty in 1984, was an exceptional all-around athlete, as he accomplished great success in football, basketball and basketball.
During his senior season of football, he was selected to the all-county team as a tight end.
On the hardwood, Brock also showcased his skills as a great basketball player, where he was a three-year starter on the
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Bidding farewell to Queen Elizabeth II
It’s easy for us Americans to make fun of royalty and all the flummery that props it up, but it does make me sad to mark the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.
So what does that have to do with Pickens County, and why should you care?
Well, for one thing, I’m pretty sure that the majority of residents of Pickens County, myself included, can trace their ancestry back to Great Britain. So it’s our heritage.
Of course, many Pickens Countians, myself included, can also count among their forefathers some who fought the redcoats sent over by Elizabeth’s fourth great-grandfather, George III.
But we’ve been friends with the Brits for quite a while since then, so I say best wishes to the new monarch, King Charles
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