Monthly Archives: October 2022
County shining ‘Green Light’ on local veterans
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Pickens County will be highlighting its veterans in the weeks leading up to Veterans Day next month.
The county is taking part in Operation Green Light, a new national collaborative initiative of the National Association of Counties (NACo).
During his report to county council at its Oct. 3 meeting, county administrator Ken Roper discussed that initiative and some county plans to
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Sheriff’s office charges 13 in drug investigations
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — More than a dozen people face multiple drug charges following recent Pickens County Sheriff’s Office investigations.
According to a release issued Friday by the sheriff’s office, its Special Operations Unit and Community Action Team concluded several
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Lions win region crown for first time since 2012
By Eric Sprott
Courtesy the Journal
esprott@upstatetoday.com
CENTRAL — Hayley Hoover didn’t mind if her team stopped and took some time to celebrate last Tuesday night.
After all, the members of the Daniel High School volleyball team weren’t far along in elementary school when the program won its last region championship back in 2012.
With the Lions’ 3-0 victory over rival Seneca on Oct. 4 — on senior night, no less — that clinched the Western 3A region crown, they broke a
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Green Wave dominate Berea
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — After some early-season struggles, the Easley High School volleyball team has started to find its footing with the regular season nearing its end, and the Wave’s improved play was on full display during their 3-0 win over Berea on Thursday.
“They’re playing better as a team,” Easley coach Rachael Huff said. “Early in the season, I said, ‘As soon as we can get past our own mental
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Pickens, Liberty volleyball unbeaten in region play
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Entering the final week of region play on the high school volleyball court, Pickens County’s two most successful teams from a season ago, Liberty and Pickens, are looking capable of strong playoff runs again this fall.
Liberty, an Upper State finalist in 2021, lost a pair of stars to graduation in Chantzli Fowler and Kendall Meinders, but that hasn’t stopped
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Pickens man faces 10 counts of sex exploitation of a minor
PICKENS — A Pickens man was arrested last week on 10 counts of third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor, according to S.C. Attorney 
General Alan Wilson.
Investigators allege Gabriel Charles Hostetler, 39, possessed files of child sexual abuse material.
Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Pickens
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United Way spotlights supporters
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — The theme of United Way of Pickens County’s recent 2022 annual meeting and celebration was “United We Grow.”
The support of the organization’s donors, staff and volunteers has allowed the organization to grow through tumultuous times.
United Way of Pickens County oresident Julie Capaldi asked attendees to “picture
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Weathering the storm, today and tomorrow
Until a couple of weeks ago, the biggest claim to fame for the city of Fort Myers, Fla., was that Thomas Edison and Henry Ford spent their winters there, brainstorming about ways to make a better world.
Actually, the only reason I know that bit of history is because of another important personage who lives in the same neighborhood where those two luminaries had their winter homes — my brother.
I should say “lived” instead of “lives” there, because his house is probably pretty much ruined by
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Courier Letters to the Editor 10-12-22
A response on book bans
Dear Editor,
I want to respond to the recent article titled, “‘Disturbing trend’: Local Dem leader, author react to book ban.”
This article centered around the Pickens County School Board’s 7-0 decision to remove the book “Stamped: Racism, Anti-racism and You”
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If race is obsolete, why is there still racial prejudice?
The idea that we human beings belong to different races is an anachronistic remnant of history; a history of conquest, exploitation, colonization and injustice.
Thinking that humanity is divided into different races is outdated and contrary to what we know to be the fundamental reality of who we are as human beings. Given our current knowledge derived from computational genetics, we know that at the most fundamental level, all humanity
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