Daily Archives: 01/03/2023
Help on the way?
Prisma experts talk possible new Alzheimer’s treatment
By Andrea Kelley
Courtesy The Journal
akelley@upstatetoday.com
UPSTATE — A new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease could be on the horizon.
Results were published in late November of a three-phase trial for treatment of early-stage Alzheimer’s disease.
An 18-month study of the monoclonal antibody Lecanemab showed “moderately less decline on measures of cognition and function” than the placebo, according to the results, though it was associated with adverse events.
Prisma Health physicians Dr. Shilpa Srinivasan and Dr. John Absher met with reporters
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Woman charged after chase
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — A woman faces multiple charges after police allege she led them on a chase to avoid arrest last week.
According to a Pickens County Sheriff’s Office news release issued Tuesday, deputies with the Uniform Patrol Division’s Bravo Team responded to the Stop-A-Minit convenience store on Liberty Highway on Dec. 27.
They were searching for Nikki Elisha Harrison, who was wanted on multiple outstanding arrest warrants, the release
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Easley teen dies in single-vehicle wreck
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
CENTRAL — An Easley teen died in a single-vehicle accident last week.
Pickens County chief deputy coroner Heather Harrison identified the victim as Simon Landreth, 19, of Easley.
The collision occurred at 5 p.m. Friday, Dec 30 on U.S. Highway 123, about one mile north of Central, according to Lance Cpl. Tyler Tidwell of the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
Landreth was driving a 2011 Lexus SUV north on U.S. 123 when the vehicle ran off the left side of the road and struck an embankment, Tidwell said.
Landreth was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the vehicle, Harrison said.
He was pronounced dead at the scene, she said.
The Highway Patrol is investigating.
Pickens County Advocacy Center seeking volunteers
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — The Pickens County Advocacy Center is seeking volunteers to help provide assistance to survivors of sexual assault.
“We are a sexual assault advocacy center,” volunteer coordinator Alex Cook said. “We offer free counseling, legal assistance and any other help a survivor of sexual 
assault might need in their process.”
A survivor might need a pro bono attorney or counseling, she said. The center has one counselor on staff currently, with plans for a second in the coming weeks.
“We provide free counseling to anybody above the age
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Feemster, Whitehurst reflect on county council service
Councilmen chose not to seek reelection in November
By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal
goliver@upstatetoday.com
PICKENS — Outgoing Pickens County Councilmen Ensley Feemster and Trey Whitehurst are glad to have played a part in various improvements in the county during their years of service.
“One was the prison that was designed for 93 people and we were having 200-225 there regularly,” said Feemster, who decided last year not to seek reelection after representing the Clemson area in District 1 since winning the seat in 2014. “Another was
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Central official: Renovated depot nearly ready to open
By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal
goliver@upstatetoday.com
CENTRAL — The Central Train Depot is nearly ready to reopen after a several-year renovation effort.
The only thing lacking, Central town administrator Phillip Mishoe said recently, is putting in up to four Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant parking spots.
“We can’t open it up to the public until we get that,” Mishoe told The Journal during a recent tour of the facility.
A train depot committee was created in 2016 to help in the renovation efforts. The cost for the Central Depot Heritage Park project is estimated at $1.2 million and, in addition to an amphitheater, the bathrooms will be made ADA compliant. The facility is expected to be used as an event space for
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Residents voice displeasure with development plan
By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal
goliver@upstatetoday.com
CLEMSON — A planned development proposed to cover more than 2 acres on College Avenue that would complement recommendations for the Uptown area was 
presented last month to the Clemson Planning Commission, but some voiced concerns over the impact of student housing in their neighborhood.
Spencer Hyatt, designated agent for project developer Signet Tiger Realty LLC, told commission members the mixed-use development would be located between 408 and 412 College Avenue, with 172 units as designed. The proposed
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Mt. Pisgah seeking wreath donations
Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church in Easley wants to honor all 80 of the veterans who are resting in its cemetery. The church will be having its annual Wreaths Across America ceremony in December 2023 and needs help acquiring all the wreaths it will need. For anyone who would like to support the ceremony for 2023, for the purchase of two wreaths for $30 at wreathsacrossamerica.org/SC0226, the location will receive five wreaths due to a matching program that ends Jan. 17. Pictured, from left, are participants in the church’s Wreaths Across America ceremony last month. U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kenneth Nations presented the U.S. Army ceremonial wreath, U.S. Navy Lt. David Waldrop presented the U.S. Marine Corp. ceremonial wreath, U.S. Navy Petty Officer, Third Class, Henry Earl Phillips presented the U.S. Navy ceremonial wreath, U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Trent Berry presented the U.S. Air Force ceremonial wreath, U.S. Army Spec. 4 Robert Osborne presented the U.S. Coast Guard ceremonial wreath, retired U.S. Air Force Col. Larry Floyd presented the U.S. Space Force ceremonial wreath, U.S. Air Force Sgt. William Chavis presented the U.S. Merchant Marine ceremonial wreath and retired U.S. Navy Cmdr. Kevin D. Borden presented the POW/MIA ceremonial wreath.
Barnett’s bold predictions for 2023
Back, by popular demand — my predictions for the new year, 2023 edition.
Disclaimer: Since I am the self-proclaimed pundit of this column, I can predict anything I want, but I make no guarantees of accuracy.
So why not go with some wildly optimistic prognostications?
Here we go:
Vladimir Putin, also known as Pootin the Terrible, is going to be visited by the ghost of Rasputin, the deviant spiritual advisor to the last czar. From this nocturnal encounter, “Poot” will undergo a mystical transformation not unlike that of
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Enjoying the comforts of remaining the same
As God continues to move upon the earth, He has never stopped calling His children to be truth seekers, to speak His words and demonstrate His character. The painful fact is this does not happen automatically. There must be a passion to advance into God, and this means the closer we come to Him, the more we will become 
the best version of ourselves.
Most people have never really studied religious history and know very little about why we believe the way we do. The traditions the masses learn about God derive from what they have been told and very few have the desire to research on
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