Daily Archives: 09/24/2024
This Week In FOOTBALL FRENZY!
Lions roll Clinton in final non-region test; Easley overpowered by J.L. Mann; Devils win shootout over Walhalla; Pickens picks up first region win; Explosive offense propels Clemosn Tigers by NC State all this ans more in this week’s FOOTBALL FRENZY, sponsored by Mountain View Funerals and Cremations available only in the Pickens County Courier.
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Lions outlast Pickens in five sets
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — In a battle for first place in Region 2-4A, the Daniel High School volleyball team travelled to Pickens last Tuesday and quickly took a 2-0 lead through two sets against the Blue Flame.
Pickens responded by taking the next two sets and led 10-7 in the decisive fifth set before the Lions stormed back to take it 15-13 and give the Blue Flame their first region loss in over a decade.
“This team is so mentally tough,” Daniel head volleyball coach Hayley Hoover said after the win. “I’m
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Warpath Landing may be added to county park system
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
SIX MILE — Warpath Landing may be added to the ranks of parks originally created by other entities that are now operated by Pickens County.
During Pickens County Council’s Sept. 9 meeting, council members considered a resolution to authorize site design and engineering “for potential operation on behalf of Duke Energy.”
Councilman Henry Wilson discussed Warpath
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Man faces sexual exploitation counts
PICKENS — A Pickens man was denied bond after his arrest on two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor.
Lewis Sterling Eskew Sr., 43, of Sunny Lane in Pickens, faces two second-degree exploitation charges and is being held without bond at the Pickens County Detention Center, according to a news release issued Tuesday by Pickens County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy
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Chad Brooks.
On Friday, the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office received two cyber tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about a person in Pickens County uploading and sharing child sexual abuse material within a social media chat application, Brooks said.
The sheriff’s office’s special victims unit began an investigation and identified the suspected user of the social media platform, according to Brooks, who said investigators executed a search warrant at the suspect’s home.
Brooks said Eskew was found to be in possession of a cellphone that contained multiple files of child sexual abuse material during the search.
Eskew was arrested and charged with the two felony counts, which are each punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The investigation is still ongoing.
Brooks said Eskew was currently out on bond with an electronic monitor for similar charges with the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office that originated in May 2023.
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Clearview-Simpson Community event planned Saturday
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — A local organization will be celebrating its community and connecting residents with available resources they may be unaware of this weekend.
The Clearview-Simpson Community is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit located in Easley.
The nonprofit will hold its fourth annual community event from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday at 304 W. D
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County ponders placing sidewalk near detention center
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — County officials and staff are looking at ways to find funding to pay for extending a sidewalk in Pickens to the Pickens County Detention Center.
Pickens County Council voted to approve an updated resolution “authorizing a pedestrian traffic study in order to provide for more safe and efficient operation of the Pickens County Detention Center” during its Sept. 9 meeting.
Councilman Alex Saitta said half of the route is in the city of
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Youssef Kobach seeking a seat on Pickens City Council
PICKENS — Lifelong Pickens resident Youssef Kobach has announced a bid for a Pickens City Council seat.
A 2020 Pickens High School graduate, the 23-year-old Kobach said he has been in the restaurant business “my whole life.”
“Tony’s Restaurant has proudly been serving the city of
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Ray Wilson is running for seat on Pickens City Council
PICKENS — Pickens Resident, Ray Wilson, has announced his candidacy for Pickens City Council. He is running to fill the 36 Month Unexpired Term.
Wilson and family have lived in Pickens County since 2000 and moved into the city of Pickens in 2021. Wilson and wife, Stephanie, combined have two sons, one daughter and two grandsons. Wilson is originally from West Virginia. In 1995 Wilson was promoted to Operations
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History happened here!
The Cherokee considered the land their sacred mother, whose forests provided a profusion of rabbit, deer and turkey. The rivers were abundant with fish. The Blue Ridge Mountains were extraordinary 
places of beauty that strengthened spiritual healing.
The Cherokee had been peacefully trading with the British since the 1600s. After the deer skins and furs were exchanged for beads, axes and rum, the British would get
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There are some things God cannot do
When we think about God being The Almighty, we see Him as having infinite power and authority in 
heaven and earth, and this is certainly true.
Remember the passage in Matthew 19:26 where Jesus is explaining to His disciples about how difficult
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