Daily Archives: 01/17/2024
Three Pickens women charged with shoplifting during medical emergency
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Three Pickens women are facing shoplifting charges after allegedly attempting to steal goods from Stop-A-Minit in Pickens, while the store’s clerk was having a medical emergency.
Clair Lee, 25, Emily Lee, 27 and Macie McLaughlin, 23, all of Pickens, each face one charge of
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Honoring his legacy
Pickens Mayor Isaiah Scipio, pictured right, addresses the audience at the 18th Annual Unity Prayer Breakfast in commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The event was jointly organized by the Griffin Ebenezer Baptist Church, Pickens Presbyterian Church, and various other community congregations. This year marks the 41st Celebration of
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which celebrates the life and legacy of the acclaimed Civil Rights activist.
King’s legacy as a Civil Rights advocate began in 1955 when he led a boycott of Montgomery’s segregated city bus lines.
In addition to organizing the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957 and the anti-segregation protest he led in Birmingham, Ala., in 1963, King is best known for his August 1963 March on Washington, during which he delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
In the same year, King and the SCLC joined the voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala. Photo courtesy City of Pickens
SC 183 project gains approval, project manager
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — A couple of key steps toward improving S.C. Highway 183 have been approved or 
announced, according to Pickens County administrator Ken Roper.
In October, the State Transportation Infrastructure Bank approved awarding $44.7 million to Pickens County for safety enhancements on S.C. 183.
To qualify for those funds, Pickens County had to provide a
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Human Trafficking Task Force releases 2023 evaluation
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COLUMBIA — Members of the S.C. Human Trafficking Task Force intend to ask the General 
Assembly this year for funding to open shelters around the state for minors who have been victims of human trafficking, according to S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson.
Officials connected with the task force gathered in Columbia earlier this month to mark the
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Murder charges in fentanyl case an ‘aggressive legal strategy’
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COLUMBIA — Prosecutors are hopeful that those who knowingly sell fentanyl to customers who 
later die from fentanyl poisoning can be successfully tried for murder.
Murder charges were included in recently
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