Daily Archives: 10/25/2022
Former deputy arrested on drug charge
EASLEY — An Easley man and former Greenville County Sheriff’s Office deputy is accused of providing drugs to a confidential informant.
Nicholas Craig Ison, 22, was arrested by S.C. Law Enforcement Division (SLED) agents on
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Account tied to council hopeful had history of racist messages
By Riley Morningstar
Courtesy The Journal
rmorningstar@upstatetoday.com
CLEMSON — A social media account registered to Republican Pickens County Council nominee Brad White used racist and homophobic slurs and criticized Clemson businesses on numerous occasions over the past 22 months, including calling employees of a new downtown 
hotel that hires workers with intellectual disabilities “lazy,” a review from The Journal showed.
The email and phone number registered to Twitter user @Patriot76472267’s account matched White’s office cellphone and business email at
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Fellow Republicans quiet after offensive tweets come to light
By Riley Morningstar
Courtesy The Journal
rmorningstar@upstatetoday.com
CLEMSON — Republican officials had little to say Monday in response to a report published in The Journal over the weekend detailing racist and homophobic tweets posted by a Republican Pickens County Council candidate’s social media “burner” account.
Brad White said on Friday the tweets calling others “coons” and other attacks from the now-deleted Twitter user @Patriot76472267 were not his words and that “I didn’t make those.”
“I didn’t authorize him to make those very subjective and very horrible comments,” White said of the unidentified Charleston resident he
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Porter’s Chapel event to celebrate 190 years
PICKENS — Porter’s Chapel will host a 190th anniversary celebration on Nov. 5 featuring a yard sale, bake sale, holiday bazaar, hot dog plates and gospel singing. The event will begin at 8 a.m. and run until everything is sold.
Porter’s Chapel is located at 152 E. Preston McDaniel Road in Pickens.
Residents have chance to dispose of old prescription pills Saturday
COUNTY — An upcoming event will give Pickens County residents an opportunity to get rid of unwanted, unneeded and expired prescription pills.
The Drug Enforcement Administration sponsors two National Pill Take Back Days every year, in April and October.
The fall 2022 National Pill Take Back Day will be held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. this Saturday, Oct. 29.
In Pickens County, pills can be dropped off at AnMed Health Cannon Hospital (123 W.G. Acker Drive, Pickens), Prisma Health Baptist
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3 benefits to think about as you pick a Medicare plan
The Medicare Annual Election Period begins on Oct. 15, and nearly 22,500 individuals in Pickens County are ages 65 or older and may be 
eligible to select a health care plan for 2023.
From Oct. 15 to Dec. 7, people eligible for Medicare can review plans to find the best one for their health needs, as well as their wallets. Although it may seem intimidating, it is important that eligible individuals start by identifying their top priorities — like convenience or quality of
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You can be a BOAT, too
Look! Up in the sky!
It’s a bird! It’s a plane!
It’s a BOAT!
No, not the kind that floats. I’m talking about a thing that astronomers are calling the BOAT — the Brightest Of All Time — a cosmic explosion that slammed into our planet on Sunday, Oct. 9.
Did you feel it?
Don’t feel bad. I didn’t see or hear or feel it either. I didn’t know anything about it until I saw the story online at Ars Technica.
But it was, and still is, a BIG DEAL.
It’s not every day that an explosion of this magnitude occurs. In fact, astronomers estimate that
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Ignoring God does not lessen the need for Him
Within the Christian faith, we are taught that every person will someday stand before God and have a discussion about how they lived. A few will argue, give excuses, try to justify and attempt to present their case before the infinite judge and authority of all things.
Many scoff and doubt about not being responsible for the way they live, but for the most part, the majority agrees there is coming a day of judgment. You would think with nearly everyone hearing about being held accountable that it would generate more interest in knowing God and
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