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• Church renovation fund raiser planned
Cold Spring Missionary Baptist Church will host a church renovation fund raiser on June 22 starting at 9 a.m. There will be a fish fry and hot plate sale, along with a huge yard sale. The event will take place at 508 West Lee Street in Pickens.
All donations appreciated and a 100 percent of the proceeds goes toward the repairs needed on the 154 year old church.
All donations can be sent to Cold Spring Missionary Baptist Church, 169 Cold Springs Church Road, Pickens, SC 29671 or to P.O. Box 51, Pickens SC 29671.
• PC Transportation Committee to meet
Pickens County Transportation Committee will host a meeting 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 25 at the Pickens County Council Chambers in the Pickens County Administration Building located at 222 McDaniel Avenue, Pickens, SC 29671.
• Widowed persons group meets in Easley
Moving Forward, a widowed persons group meets the second Tuesday of each month at Silver Bay Restaurant 7027 Hwy 123, Easley at 5:30PM.
For more information call: Marian Huskins@864-270-6032
• Dillard/Hillcrest to restart H.O.P.E.
Dillard Memorial Funeral Home and Hillcrest Memorial Park have announced the renewal of its H.O.P.E Ministries program. The program, which helps others
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Investigations net drug charges
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — More than a dozen people face charges as a result of recent undercover drug investigations by the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office.
According to a PCSO release, the agency’s Special Operations Unit and Community Action Team recently concluded several undercover drug
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More sentenced in drug ring case
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COLUMBIA — More defendants have been sentenced after pleading guilty to state 
grand jury charges connected to a large drug trafficking organization in the Upstate, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced last week.
The drug trafficking organization was run by South Carolina Department of Corrections inmates as well as by women who fled to Mexico to escape
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Local teenager running fresh market in Clemson
By Caleb Gilbert
Courtesy The Journal
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CLEMSON — Jackson Brooks finds himself at an unfamiliar place for most 19-year-olds — owning and operating a business. He’s the owner of Hometown Market, a fresh market in Clemson that sells a wide variety of products.
Brooks worked at Concord Market, a fresh market in Anderson, through high
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Six Mile man dies in accident
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
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CENTRAL – A Six Mile died in a two-car collision Sunday.
Pickens County Chief Deputy Coroner Andrew Wilson identified the victim as Christopher James Grant, 23.
The accident occurred at 6:10 p.m. Sunday, June on SC 137 near Cedar Lane
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DEW: Pickens County unemployment rate sees slight decrease
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COLUMBIA — The unemployment rate in Pickens County went down slightly during in the latest jobs report released in late May.
The S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) reported that unemployment went down two tenths of a percentage point from 3 percent in March
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AnMed wins national award for equity of care
Only 3 health systems in the US earn prestigious AHA honor
UPSTATE — AnMed is among only three health systems in the U.S. to be named 
winners of the 2024 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award from the American Hospital Association. The
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Happy Father’s Day
We want to wish our dad, Larry R. Thomas, a very happy Father’s Day. We want to let our dad know how thankful we are for him, and we love him so much.
Love, Ann and Angie
Community Calendar 6-12-24
• Dillard/Hillcrest to restart H.O.P.E.
Dillard Memorial Funeral Home and Hillcrest Memorial Park have announced the renewal of its H.O.P.E Ministries program. The program, which helps others through programs and the exchange of ideas and information, will host its next meeting on July 8. “We are pleased to offer this as a support system for families in
PHS student struck by car while retrieving cart
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — A teenage employee at a Pickens grocery store was airlifted to an upstate hospital after being hit by a vehicle Monday afternoon as he tried to retrieve a shopping cart.
Pickens Police Chief Randal Beach told the Courier on Tuesday morning that a
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