Monthly Archives: July 2024
Easley pharmacist pleads guilty to radiation drug-related charge
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — An Easley pharmacist was sentenced last week for actions that authorities said could have exposed 
patients to additional radiation without them being aware of it.
U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina Adair Ford Boroughs said in a release that 73-year-old Richard A. Sheriff pleaded guilty on
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Six Mile nature walk project earns statewide recognition
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
SIX MILE — The town of Six Mile recently earned “the Stanley Cup” of South Carolina municipal awards.
Town officials recently learned the Bryson Children’s Nature Walk had earned an Achievement Award from the Municipal Association of South Carolina (MASC).
The award was officially presented to the town during the State of Six Mile event at Town Hall on Thursday.
In her role as field services manager with the MASC, Naomi Reed said she supports around 90 municipalities,
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County admin talks employee salary study
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — As Pickens County’s fiscal year 2024-25 budget was being developed, the focus was not on large projects but on employee pay, county administrator Ken Roper said last week.
Roper discussed the county’s compensation study Friday in a Facebook Live update.
Friday marked the first day county employees would be paid under the new pay
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Mayor speaks on State of Six Mile
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
SIX MILE — Being a town with a population of less than 1,000 people continues to present challenges for Six Mile.
“Like all towns in this inflation-packed time, we’re struggling,” Mayor James Atkinson said during his State of Six Mile address
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Pickens County Council OKs $500K aid for childcare
By Evan Smoak
Courtesy The Journal
evan@upstatetoday.com
COUNTY — Pickens County Council approved $500,000 in aid to the Easley YMCA to help childcare in the county at its meeting held last week.
Task force findings
Councilwoman Claiborne Linvill presented the findings of the Pickens County Childcare/Workforce task force first during the committee of the whole meeting last Monday.
This task force included several local entities involved with the industry such as representatives from existing local
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County unemployment rate rises in June
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COLUMBIA — The unemployment rate in Pickens County saw another big increase during in the latest jobs report 
released earlier this month.
The S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) reported that unemployment went up over a full percentage point from 4 percent
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Pickens County Opportunity Fair scheduled for next week
PICKENS — The Pickens County Boards and Commissions’ Opportunity Fair continues in August.
The opportunity fair will be held again from 5-6:30 p.m. before the Aug. 5 and Sept. 9 Pickens County Council meetings after hosting its first event before the July 22 county council meeting, according to a Pickens County social media post.
The opportunity fair will allow residents to learn more about and apply in-person, if
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Adams selected as Public Works and Utilities Director
PICKENS — Pickens resident Trey Adams, who has served as the ClearWater Solutions (CWS) Project Manager 
under that firm’s outsourced water and sewer management contract with the City, has been named Public Works and Utilities Director.
The reorganized department will now handle streets, garbage
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Anderson family reunion is planned for August 25
The family of Joseph Rugless Anderson and Nancy “Nealy” Anderson will hold its annual reunion on Sunday, Aug. 25, at Mountain Grove Baptist Church, located at 644 E. Preston McDaniel Road in Pickens.
Lunch will be served at 1 p.m.
Focus on the invisible, not the impossible
Stop for a moment and closely observe this trial you’ve been going through.
When you are wounded and perplexed, it seems all you can think about is the pain, but within this raging battle, ask 
yourself (and be honest) if you’re focusing more on the circumstance than on God, who has all the answers. Ask and allow Him to heal your heart.
This situation will not last forever and after a period of suffering the time will come to crawl back to your knees, stand up, dust
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