Daily Archives: 03/12/2025
Police: Woman killed newborn
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — An Easley woman has been charged with murder after police say she stabbed her newborn baby to death as she gave birth on Friday.
“I have been doing this for two and a half decades and I have never seen anything this gruesome,” Easley Police Chief Brandon Liner said during a news conference on Tuesday afternoon. “I’ve never seen anything this bad.”
An T. Ngo, 31, has been charged with murder/homicide by child abuse.
An arrest warrant alleges Ngo stabbed the newborn repeatedly with a metal letter opener during and after the
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Fruster steps down after 9 seasons as DWD head coach
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
CENTRAL — For the first time in nearly a decade, Daniel High School is in search of a new head
football coach after the School District of Pickens County announced that Jeff Fruster stepped down
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Officials: Ga. woman still missing at Table Rock
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — A Georgia woman last seen at Table Rock State Park has been missing for more than a week.
Search efforts were initiated when the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office received a call about a missing camper, according to a release from Chief Deputy Brett Barwick.
Stephanie Ann Womacks of Temple, Ga., was last seen at approximately 6 p.m. Monday, March 3, at her campsite in the White Oak camping area of Table Rock
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Roper answers fire questions from residents
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — With the state still under a burn ban as of Friday morning, firefighting in Pickens was on 
the minds of residents.
Pickens County administrator Ken Roper answered questions from residents during a Facebook Live update posted Friday morning, with county communications director Jamie Burns posing the questions to him.
A resident asked what their fire fee was being used for.
“So the fire fee was done away with a few years ago,” Roper said. “We had 13
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GCSO: Deadly force justified against Easley robbery suspect
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
GREENVILLE — The use of deadly force in a confrontation between Greenville County Sheriff’s Office deputies and the suspect in a Pickens County armed robbery earlier this year has been deemed justified.
On Sunday, March 9, the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office released a briefing about the deadly officer-involved shooting of 45-year-old Sean Scates.
On Jan. 23, Pickens County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Brett Barwick issued a news release about an armed robbery that took place that morning at the Shell Station at 4931 Old Easley Bridge Road in
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