Daily Archives: 07/24/2024
Man charged with Central murder
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
CENTRAL — A man has been charged with murder after a shooting in Central on Saturday night.
According to a Sunday morning news release from Pickens County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Brett Barwick, authorities received a 911 call at 11:25 p.m. Saturday about a man being injured in a shooting in Central.
Upon arrival, deputies found a man with an apparent gunshot
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Pickens to pull out of joint water system
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Less than five years after forming the Pickens Joint Regional Water System (PJRWS) along with other local municipalities and water districts, the city of Pickens has voted to withdraw from the group, citing other needs with the city’s infrastructure that have led to discolored water, water main breaks and other persistent issues, as well as higher costs to the city under the previous plan.
“Our primary goal is to ensure that the residents and businesses of Pickens have access to a reliable and sustainable water supply as quickly and efficiently as possible,” Mayor Isaiah Scipio said in a news release issued by the city. “After extensive study, we have decided withdrawing from the PJRWS is in the best interest of our community.”
The decision came with its dissenters, as Scipio and Councilman Floyd Rogers were drawn into a heated argument over whether the measure should move forward without unanimous support from city council before the vote ultimately passed 5-1 at a special called meeting on Monday afternoon.
TEMPERS FLARE
With five years of work on the planning of the local plant already completed and USDA funding for the plant expected
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Airport expansion officially opens
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By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — Officials cut the ribbon Friday morning on a long-awaited project at the Pickens County Airport — the expanded north ramp.
“In total, this was right at a $10 million project,” Pickens County Airport administrator Carlos Salinas told those on hand for Friday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony. “That included the runway resurface, a new taxiway and the apron that you see in front of you here.”
Salinas said the project included “seven different types of funds.”
“That’s federal, state and local,” he said. “That’s just to give you an indication of the kind of creativity that happened to make this thing come together.”
The project increases the Pickens County Airport’s ramp space by 60
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One killed in Pickens crash
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — A Salem woman died Monday after a two-vehicle collision on S.C. Highway 11 in northern Pickens County.
Pickens County chief deputy coroner Andrew Wilson identified the victim as Emily Whitten Hafner, 30, of Cross Creek Road in Salem.
The collision occurred at 9:24 a.m. Monday, on S.C. 11 near Sliding Rock Road, two
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