EASLEY — School District of Pickens County superintendent Danny Merck said a rising number of COVID-19 cases in the county and schools is making it imperative that parents do their part to help stop the spread of the virus.

“In Pickens County, the incidence rate and positivity rate of COVID-19 is higher than ever and the highest of any county in South Carolina,” Merck wrote in a letter sent to parents Sunday. “As we work to preserve our schools as safe environments for learning and working, it is extremely

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