Daily Archives: 03/07/2023
New exploitation charges filed against Easley man
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — An Easley man already in custody now faces new charges of child abuse.
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the new charges against 35-year-old Carl Lee Robert Price on Thursday.
Price was arrested on 10 charges connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor, Wilson said in a release. He was already in custody on similar charges from 2022 when he was charged with the new counts on March 1, Wilson said.
Investigators received a CyberTipline from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) that led
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Central honors soldier, 22, after tragic death
CENTRAL — The town of Central showed up to honor and bid farewell to 22-year-old U.S. Army National Guard Spc. Jacob Eric Bright on Feb. 28.
A Central resident and 2019 Daniel High School graduate, Bright was on his way home on a weekend pass for his grandfather’s funeral when he was involved in a car accident on Feb. 17. He died the following day.
The hometown effort to honor Bright started with phone calls on Feb. 26 from Celeste Elliot, a Central resident and
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Easley school among national award finalists
EASLEY — An Easley elementary school has been selected as a finalist for a prestigious national award.
The National Institute for Excellence in Teaching (NIET) announced Tuesday morning that Forest Acres Elementary is one of five schools that have received $10,000 as finalists for NIET’s 2023 Founder’s Award.
The award was created by Lowell Milken in 2008 to honor one school in the United States each year for
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Group of residents opposes potential Easley addition
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — A group of residents in the Sheriff Mill Road area are hoping to convince Easley City Council members to vote down a proposed annexation.
Kelsey Crooks has lived in the area for 30 years.
The annexation of Sheriff Mill Road and Brown Drive would ease the way for a proposed development of 250-300 patio homes, she said.
“That seems a little bizarre with the extensive wildlife that’s on the property and the watershed that’s on the
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Soapstone plans return of fish fry fundraiser April 1
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — A popular fish fry fundraiser that benefits a historic church is returning at least one more time.
Soapstone Baptist Church will hold a fish fry fundraiser from 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 1, according to a news release from John Boyanoski with Complete PR.
Soapstone Baptist Church was founded by freed slaves in Pickens’ Liberia community.
The fish frys were a brainchild of Mable Owens Clarke, who told her mother on her deathbed that she would not let the
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Top-ranked Daniel outlasts No. 2 Patriots in home opener
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
CENTRAL — With 11 minutes left in the top-ranked Daniel High School boys’ soccer team’s Class 3A Upper State championship rematch with second-ranked Powdersville on Wednesday, forward Eddie Merck blew by the Patriots’ defense in what seemed like a surefire goal-scoring situation.
However, Merck pulled the trigger just seconds too late, allowing Powdersville keeper Luke Bramblett to make the save and keep things tied
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EHS looking for new boys’ hoops coach
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — Five years after bringing in former Tusculum College coach Mike Jones to lead the Easley High School boys’ basketball team, the Green Wave are once again on the search for a new coach, according to a job listing posted by the School District of Pickens County on Feb. 28.
The listing, which says the school is looking for someone with coaching experience, comes after a tough season that saw Easley finish 6-18 with Jones only coaching the first half of the season before being absent for “personal reasons,” according to Easley athletic director Gil Payne. Assistant coach Brian Smith
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Red Devils can’t keep up with Palmetto
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
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LIBERTY — With region play opening up on Friday, the Liberty High School baseball team hosted Palmetto on Monday night hoping to build some momentum.
Instead, the Red Devils were plagued by mistakes throughout the night on the way to a 13-2 season-opening loss in five innings.
“Things just kind of piled up on us,” first-year Liberty head coach Trey Ulmer said. “I thought our pitchers did a good job throwing strikes at times tonight, but we
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Easley boys finish 2nd in state tournament
Led by head coach Eugene Jolley, the Easley Parks and Recreation Department’s 14U boys’ basketball all-star team participated recently in the 2023 South Carolina Athletic Programs (SCAP) basketball tournament in Pickens. The boys started the weekend off strong with a 43-23 win against East Columbia in the first round on Saturday. The victory sent them to the second round, where they fell to Florence, 40-10, but the boys were able to move to the consolation bracket, where they beat Charleston Peninsula 52-44. The boys moved on to the championship game on Sunday with a rematch against Florence. Despite playing hard, they came up short once again, falling 47-32 to end their season.
Hunters who harvest a tagged coyote can earn free lifetime license
COLUMBIA — The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) released 16 more tagged coyotes statewide recently as part of the Coyote Harvest Incentive Program.
The program was created in 2016 by the General Assembly, which directed SCDNR to develop and implement a coyote tagging and reward program.
Annually, SCDNR traps, tags and releases four coyotes per game zone (16 total). Anyone who successfully takes and reports a tagged coyote will be rewarded with a free lifetime hunting license. The person reporting the tagged coyote has the option to designate anyone for the lifetime license such as a child, relative or friend.
For more information on the Coyote Harvest Incentive Program, visit dnr.sc.gov/wildlife/coyote/coyoteincentive.html.
