Daily Archives: 10/25/2023
Help is on the way
$95 million to fund SC 183 expansion, improvements
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — A highway in Pickens County that has long needed attention will receive more than $95 million to fund improvements.
State and local officials have a message for drivers frustrated with the traffic and safety issues on S.C. Highway 183.
“Help is on the way,” Pickens County administrator Ken Roper said during a news conference Friday morning in county
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Fight to the finish DONT MISS THIS WEEK’S “FRENZY”
Red devils use fourth quarter comeback to top Landrum, Lions win region title, > Injuries doom Wave against Rams, Flame lose on late Berea score and Tigers fall to Miami in 2OT.
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Local elections two weeks away
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — With less than two weeks until voters go the polls, the races are heating up in municipalities around Pickens County.
Candidates in Central, Easley, Liberty, Norris, Pickens and Six Mile are all vying to serve their communities in municipal government.
Easley, Norris, Pickens and Six Mile will all have mayoral elections on the ballot this year. Two incumbent mayors will be running for reelection, with Easley’s Butch Womack attempting to hold off challenges from David Cox and Lisa Talbert and Norris Mayor Odell Williams
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Drug Take Back Day this weekend
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Many people are aware of the dangers that can result from taking too many prescription medications or mixing them with alcohol and other drugs — dangers that can result in injuries or even death.
But unused, unneeded and expired prescription medications carry other
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Liberty man killed in head-on collision
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — A Liberty man died Thursday after a two-vehicle collision.
Pickens County deputy coroner Tommy Page identified the victim as Jonathan James Hall of Roanoke Ridge in Liberty.
The wreck happened at 8:16 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, on Old Greenville Highway near Quarry Road in Liberty, according to South Carolina
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Nonprofit seeking warm items for elderly
COUNTY — A local nonprofit aims to help area senior citizens stay warm as cool weather arrives and is also looking ahead to Christmas.
Members of Warmth and Comfort for the Elderly in Upstate SC use their crochet skills to provide warm items for nursing home patients, hospice groups, home health patients and elderly people who live at home and can’t afford them.
From now through November, the group is collecting new or handmade items of warmth such
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Celebrate Veterans Day weekend in Pickens County
COUNTY — The Pickens County Veterans Affairs Office, in collaboration with the community, is inviting all to join in on a weekend filled with gratitude, honor and celebration as they pay tribute to our veterans on the following dates.
On Nov. 11, the Pickens County Veterans Appreciation dinner will be held at Golden Creek Baptist Church in Liberty from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. According to the Veteran Affairs Office, the dinner will be an evening of camaraderie and reflection as locals come together to express deep
YLA to host ribbon cutting
COUNTY — Each year, Youth Leadership Academy students, staff, and families take part in a school wide service project that benefits a 
child/family with special needs or extreme medical conditions/costs.
In the winter of 2023, YLA recognized a need in Pickens County for fully wheelchair
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Semper Fi Barn hosting final group event of year to honor fallen Marines
CENTRAL — The Semper Fi Barn will be hosting its final group event of the year this Sunday at 6 p.m.
CEO and founder Tom von Kaenel told The Journal that 241 Marines who were murdered in barracks in Lebanon on Oct. 23, 1983, will be remembered in a ceremony hanging individual dog tags of those killed and the playing of taps. A release from Von Kaenel, a 20-year Army
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Let’s talk Pickens Parks and Rec
The weather is changing… slowly… and I hope that you are taking advantage of these beautiful days to be out in nature. As the cooler weather comes in, we have started working on clearing our trails for the fall hikers to enjoy. With the strong storms over the past year several trees 
have lost their fight against gravity and settled on the surface with us humans. This brings an obstacle for us, and an opportunity for other critters. As you hike our trails and look
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