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Hicks to compete at Ms. Wheelchair America contest
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The 53rd annual Ms. Wheelchair America National Competition will be held in Grand 
Rapids, MI, Aug. 19, 2024 – Aug. 25, 2024 at the Amway Grand Hotel and Pickens County will see local representation at the event.
Representing the state of South Carolina in the Ms. Wheelchair
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County buys building to alleviate courthouse traffic
By Evan Smoak
Courtesy The Journal
evan@upstatetoday.com
PICKENS — The purpose of a building recently authorized for purchase by Pickens County has been revealed.
Earlier this week, Pickens County Council gave the green light to buy 208 Garvin St. in Pickens for $850,000 after an executive session discussion. Chairman Chris Bowers said after the vote the purpose of the purchase would be
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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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