Daily Archives: 01/03/2024
Tigers outlast Kentucky in instant classic
By Will Vandevort
Courtesy The Journal
sports@upstatetoday.com
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Clemson’s Phil Mafah scored on a 3-yard touchdown run with 17 seconds to play Friday, lifting Clemson to a 38-35 victory over Kentucky to win the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla.
Shelton Lewis sealed the victory on the next play from scrimmage by intercepting the final pass of Devin Leary’s college
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Area pastor charged with 30 felonies
Wharton, 86, faces charges for indecent liberties with a child
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — A Pickens County pastor, who worked at churches throughout the southeast, faces charges of indecent 
liberties with a child under the age of 13 while in a custodial position and eight felony counts of aggravated sexual assault from while he was a
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial replica to tour in Liberty
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — The observation of Veterans Day 2024 in Pickens County will give residents a chance to view a touring replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
On Veterans Day 1996, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) unveiled a replica of the Vietnam Veterans
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Man charged after fatal Easley crash
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — A man faces multiple charges after a crash that killed an Easley mother of five last month.
Marshall Gerald Padgett was arrested Dec. 22 on charges that include felony driving under the influence resulting in death, hit and run accident with death and DUI-related driving under suspension,
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Pickens man killed in crash
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
SIX MILE — A Pickens man died after a wreck Friday evening.
Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley identified the victim as Jeffrey Abercrombie, 49, of Fowler Road in Pickens.
The two-vehicle collision happened at 5:42 p.m. Friday, Dec. 29, on Main Street in Six Mile, near the intersection with Spur Road and Six Mile Elementary School.
The wreck happened as a 1979 Jeep was traveling south on Main Street,
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Clemson police chief requests body camera upgrades
By Lauren Pierce
Courtesy the Journal
lpierce@upstatetoday.com
CLEMSON — The city of Clemson’s police chief is advocating for new body cameras in efforts to make his department run more efficiently and modernize their equipment.
Chief Jorge Campos told Clemson City Council recently that he will be requesting council to budget for Axon body cameras. The new cameras would integrate with the
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Delegation to hold meeting in Central
CENTRAL — The Pickens County Legislative Delegation will hold a pre-session public meeting at the Central Clemson Library located at 105 Commons Way on Monday, January 8. Reports from organizations and boards will be heard
Champagne, kisses, and hangovers
Being thrust into a new year is stressful and a little “toast” gives you the courage to admit mistakes of the past and the 
strength to face the future. You can’t toast the future with just any old drink, certainly not a beer, it’s too ordinary. Margaritas are too salty. Wine is too bland. It should be something bubbly and sparkly and expensive — like
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Letters to the Editor
New Year’s musings
Dear Editor,
Just a few words on New Year’s Day.
New Year’s is here. How time flies the older you become! I remember old superstitions about New Year’s from when I was growing up.
Things like don’t take the ashes out of the stove on New Year’s Day. Supposed to be bad luck. If a woman is the first
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What does standing for God mean to you?
It’s the New Year and everyone is celebrating a fresh start and making resolutions. However, simply wishing that our lives 
would change for the better, is nothing more than a fantasy or whim that will not just magically happen. It is said that over eighty percent of resolutions fail within the first month. Why? We must develop a strong vision of what
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