Daily Archives: 12/18/2024
Cassell awarded Order of the Palmetto
EASLEY — On Thursday, Dec. 12, a huge crowd gathered at the “Feed a Hungry Child Pickens County” facility to show the man that helped start the program, how much he is appreciated by so many around the state.
State House Representative Davey Hiott and State Senator Rex Rice were on hand to present the organization’s founder, Milledge Cassell with The Order of Palmetto, the State of South Carolina’s highest civilian honor.
“I just can’t express how I feel right now. Sometimes you just can’t express yourself to where people feel the way you feel. That’s where I am right now, Cassell said after being surprised with the honor.
“We started out feeding 20 kids in one school, 15 years ago,” Cassell said. “Now we’re feeding over 700 kids, hungry kids in
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Adams saves $1M for City of Pickens
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Efforts by the city of Pickens’ public works director will result in significant savings for the city as it works to replace its water meters, according to officials.
During Pickens City Council’s Dec. 9 meeting, city administrator Tim O’Briant and public works director Trey Adams discussed the ongoing replacement of water meters.
“We’ve been working for a while on examining our water meters and what we needed to do,” O’Briant said.
Officials had budgeted a $3 million expenditure “to replace everything involved in
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Pickens to begin talks on salary study results
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — City of Pickens officials are set to begin discussing recommendations from a firm tasked with conducting a 
study of city employee pay rates next month.
City administrator Tim O’Briant discussed the salary study in both his report to council during its Dec. 9 meeting and his written report included in the council packet.
“The work is largely complete on the Evergreen Solutions market comparison,” he said.
Council members went over “peer cities” with the goal of determining “what cities we
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Pickens musician Gantt plays the Grand Ole Opry
NASHVILLE, TN – Local musician and singer Jack Gantt of Pickens got to live a dream once again on Dec. 9 when he took 
the stage at the Mecca of county music, The Grand Ole Opry.
The appearance marked the fourth time that Gantt was asked to perform on the most prestigious stage in country music.
Gantt plays lead guitar and band leader as well as sings vocal harmonies for Country Music Association international
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