Monthly Archives: November 2022
Courier Legals 11-9-22
Notice of Self Storage Sale
Please take notice Prime Storage – Clemson Central located at 1737 Old Central Rd., Central SC 29630 intends to hold a Auction of storage units in default of payment. The sale will occur as an Online Auction via www.storagetreasures.com on 11/21/2022 at 12:00PM. This sale is pursuant to the assertion of lien for rental at the self-storage facility. Unless listed otherwise below, the contents consist of household goods and furnishings. Dianca Robinson unit #A065; Jessica Gager unit #D055; Maudriquez Turner unit #E047; Tiesha Dawson unit #K018. This
Liberty sweeps Gray Collegiate for first state title berth since 2014
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — Nearly ten years removed from Liberty High School’s state championship loss to Bishop England, Red Devil head volleyball coach Carla Simpson and her team had a chance to make it back to the championship against fellow upper state finalist Gray Collegiate Academy and fulfill a pact made between Simpson and senior libero Kayden Elrod back in 2014.
“The last time we were at state, I have a picture of me and our libero Kayden Elrod when she was a just little thing,” Simpson said. “We’ve always said that we were going to make it back there before she graduated.”
When the final whistle blew in the Red Devil’s 3-0 upper state championship win over the War Eagles, the duo got to see their dream come true as Liberty will play in the 2A volleyball state championship for just the fifth time in school history on Saturday against Oceanside Collegiate Academy.
“It’s just so surreal,” Elrod said looking back on that moment with her coach after the Red Devil’s win. “I wasn’t even sure that I’d be playing volleyball still, but I’m here and I’m very excited.”
The Red Devils have every reason to be excited with their upper state win marking the culmination of an eight year odyssey to return to state including a rough stretch which saw the Red Devils miss the playoffs twice in a row while they were members of the 3A classification in 2018 and 2019. This year’s senior class came into Liberty High School as freshmen on that 2019 squad and Simpson is proud of the fight and determination the group showed
Wreck claims 2-year-old
EASLEY — A 2-year-old boy was killed in a car accident near Easley last week.
Pickens County deputy coroner Heather Harrison identified the victim as Ethan Shane Rampey.
The single-vehicle accident occurred at 7:53 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26, on Finley Road, 2.5 miles south of Easley, according to Master Trooper
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Pickens girls win state golf championship
HARDEEVILLE — After nearly a decade, the Pickens High School girls’ golf team reached the top of the mountain once again last week, taking home the Class 4A state championship.
Led by head coach Lem Blackwell, the Blue Flame took first place in the state tournament at the Golf Club at Hilton Head Lakes on Oct. 25, finishing 23 strokes ahead of the next highest finisher, defending state champion May River.
Natalie Turner shot a 155 and Ashton Moseley fired a 161 to lead the Blue Flame, earning all-state selections for their performances. Evie Harkins (163), Emily Hall (177), Ashley Anderson (98) and Rylee Reid (107) also competed for Pickens in the championship win.
The win marked the second state championship in program history, with the first coming in 2013.
The Blue Flame will lose Hall and Harkins to graduation this spring, but with both all-state performers returning, expectations should remain high for Pickens as it defends the title in 2023.
Supporters hold rally for city’s historic water tower
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Local historian Barry Crawford believes the water tower that stands above Main Street in Pickens is “worth saving for future generations to enjoy.”
“That’s the best billboard you could ever have for a town,” he said. “The best marketing tool you could ever have for a town.”
In March, Pickens City Council received an assessment of the empty tower that said the tower “was in very, very bad shape,” with issues that included high levels
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THIS WEEK IN FOOTBALL FRENZY
Red Devils overcome three touchdown deficit in win over Chesnee 4B. > Lions finish regular season unbeaten 2B, Wave fall to region champ Greenville 3B, Pickens’ season comes to an end 5B
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Wilson: Woman acting as RN had no license
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
UPSTATE — An Anderson woman faces charges after authorities allege she practiced medicine as a registered nurse at Upstate facilities, 
including two in Easley, without a license.
Alyssa Beth Steele, 37, was arrested on Oct. 24, Attorney General Alan Wilson said in a news release.
Steele faces charges in three jurisdictions, including seven counts of neglect of a vulnerable adult, five counts of unlicensed practice as a registered nurse, one count of financial identity
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Woman killed in Easley accident
EASLEY — An Anderson woman died Saturday morning in a single-vehicle car accident.
Pickens County deputy coroner Heather Harrison identified the victim as Reanna Robinson, 21, of William Walker Road in Anderson.
The accident occurred on U.S. 123 near S.C. 124, about a mile north of Easley, at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, according to Master Trooper Gary
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Residents sound off on SDPC book ban
By Andrea Kelley
Courtesy The Journal
akelley@upstatetoday.com
EASLEY — Eighteen people showed up last week to speak out against the Pickens County School Board’s decision to ban two books from district schools.
During the more than 45-minute public comment session at the Oct. 24 board meeting, parents and teachers voiced their concerns to trustees about the removal of “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” by Stephen Chbosky, and
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South Carolina students making the grade?
I might regret this by the time I’m done, but I’m going to dust off my old education reporter’s hat and take a dive into the test results that came out last week from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
Why would I want to undertake such a torturous, boring-sounding endeavor?
Because I think it’s important. I’ll try to not make it boring.
This test, also called “the Nation’s Report Card” — not to be confused with the School Report
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