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***COURIER ONLINE EXCLUSIVE*** Pickens councilman Adams resigns
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — For the second time in a span of four days, a member of Pickens City Council has announced his resignation.
With a heavy heart, Councilman Daniel Adams has announced his resignation from the Pickens City Council, effective today, August 8th. Citing personal reasons and the need to focus on his own wellbeing and his family, Councilman Adams expressed deep gratitude for the support he has received from the community during a challenging time in his life.
In his official resignation statement, Councilman Adams shared the following:
“To the citizens of the city of Pickens, let me first start off by saying that this was not an easy choice, but it is one I am willing to make,” Adams said in his resignation letter, released to the Courier. “My mental health is more important than anything else right now. I would like to thank everyone for the outpouring of love and support for me and my family after the loss of my wife on June 12. Since this day, my world has been turned upside down, and I don’t want to be in the way of someone that could do a better job for this city and its citizens.
“I know there are people in this city, and possibly even on the council, that may be glad that I’m stepping away, and that doesn’t bother me at all. Since my wife passed away, it has been very stressful and difficult to focus and to do what I think I should do as a
Pickens councilman Nealy resigns
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — The longest-tenured member of Pickens City Council announced his resignation on Tuesday, saying the city is “on a course that I no longer wish to be a part of.”
Robert Nealy, the only sitting member of council with more than one term of experience, announced his immediate resignation in a letter to Pickens Mayor
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Taking the field
Pickens County’s four public high schools returned to the field on Friday for the first day of fall practice. Pictured above: Pickens High School prepares for season two under head coach James Reynolds. The Blue Flame are set to open the season again county foe Easley on Aug. 23, while Daniel and Liberty will take Chapman and Fountain Inn, respectively. Those interested in full color schedule posters featuring each Pickens County squad can find them at the Courier office or one of the more than 30 advertisers pictured on the posters. Bru Nimmons/Courier
New Appalachian true crime book features local connections
PICKENS — A retired Western North Carolina police detective and a self-described Upstate South Carolina “armchair detective” and hobby historian have joined forces to produce a new book filled with historic true crime tales based in the hills and hollers of the Appalachian Mountains, including a pair with Pickens County connections.
“Blood on the Blue Ridge” revisits a variety of crimes that happened
over a nearly 200-year period and even dispels some myths that have been passed down through the ages, with stories from both North and South Carolina, Kentucky, Louisiana, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
The book’s 15 chapters recount stories of moonshiners, manhunts, murders, train robberies, a rare book heist at Biltmore House and a random killer who terrorized South Carolina.
Authors R. Scott Lunsford and Alfred Dockery are
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Liberty Elementary gets bike through ‘Pedals Possible’
LIBERTY — The Clemson and Clemson Sunrise Rotary clubs recently donated an adaptive bicycle to Liberty 
Elementary School under Rotary District 7750’s “Pedals Possible” initiative, thereby enhancing physical, recreational and educational opportunities for special needs students.
The contribution aims to promote inclusivity and physical activity among
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Easley pharmacist pleads guilty to radiation drug-related charge
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — An Easley pharmacist was sentenced last week for actions that authorities said could have exposed 
patients to additional radiation without them being aware of it.
U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina Adair Ford Boroughs said in a release that 73-year-old Richard A. Sheriff pleaded guilty on
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Six Mile nature walk project earns statewide recognition
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
SIX MILE — The town of Six Mile recently earned “the Stanley Cup” of South Carolina municipal awards.
Town officials recently learned the Bryson Children’s Nature Walk had earned an Achievement Award from the Municipal Association of South Carolina (MASC).
The award was officially presented to the town during the State of Six Mile event at Town Hall on Thursday.
In her role as field services manager with the MASC, Naomi Reed said she supports around 90 municipalities,
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Pickens County Council OKs $500K aid for childcare
By Evan Smoak
Courtesy The Journal
evan@upstatetoday.com
COUNTY — Pickens County Council approved $500,000 in aid to the Easley YMCA to help childcare in the county at its meeting held last week.
Task force findings
Councilwoman Claiborne Linvill presented the findings of the Pickens County Childcare/Workforce task force first during the committee of the whole meeting last Monday.
This task force included several local entities involved with the industry such as representatives from existing local
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