Liberty swears in new mayor, council members
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com LIBERTY — The city of Liberty’s new mayor and four new city council members More »
UWPC receives Angel Award
EASLEY — South Carolina Secretary of State Mark Hammond honored United Way of Pickens County as one of ten Angel More »
Tigers outlast South Carolina in rivalry battle
By Will Vandervort Courtesy The Journal sports@upstatetoday.com COLUMBIA — Clemson was not about to let South Carolina’s LaNorris Sellers beat More »
Upstate native Jackson’s place in history
I’ll never forget something one of my editors at The Greenville News told me as he was assigning me to cover Jesse Jackson.
He said every time we wrote about Jesse, our phones would start ringing with angry callers threatening to cancel their subscription.
“But we’re not going to quit covering him if he’s making news,” he said.
This was around 2005. The Greenville native had long been a national
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Time to bury the hatchet
Andrew Pickens and his wife, Rebecca, lived in a log cabin that overlooked the Seneca River (now Lake Hartwell).
Following the American Revolutionary War, the land would be awarded to Gen. Andrew Pickens for his military service, and Hopewell plantation would become one of the largest plantations in the Pendleton
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Play the piano for brain health
I’ve been reading in too many places about taking steps to hold off memory and cognitive impairment, so I’ve paid 
attention to some of the ideas we can use to keep our brains active.
One idea that’s been very enticing is playing the piano and using that as a protective factor against dementia and impairment.
When I began my hunt for a piano, I quickly realized that space
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A True Sense of Place and Belonging
By Dr. Thomas Cloer, Jr.
Special to The Courier
For Black History Month, we have focused on the book Liberia, South Carolina: An African American Appalachian 
Community, by Dr. John M. Coggeshall, an Anthropologist and Professor at Clemson University. Liberia is a historic community that dates back to the abolition of slavery here in upper Pickens County, South Carolina. Soapstone Baptist Church and Soapstone School date back to the Emancipation Proclamation, and are part of a community
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PHS hosts Charles Johnson Raider competition
PICKENS — On Saturday, Feb. 17, the Pickens High School JROTC program hosted the first-ever U.S. Army Specialist Charles Johnson Raider competition, joined by teams from the Liberty, Daniel, West-Oak and Spring 
Valley JROTC programs.
Raiders is an after-school team offered only through
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Courier Community Calendar 2-28-24
• Oyster Roast set for St. Michael’s, Easley
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church will host its annual oyster roast from 2-5 p.m. Saturday, March 9, at 1200 Powdersville Road in Easley.
Proceeds from the event benefit multiple charitable organizations in Pickens County.
Attendees enjoy all-you-can-eat oysters, brunswick stew, sides and beverages (photo ID required). If oysters aren’t
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Courier Classifieds 2-28-24
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Courier Trespass Notices 2-28-24
In the state of South Carolina, trespass after notice is a misdemeanor criminal offense prohibited by section 16-11-620 for the South Carolina Code.
Those who enter upon the lands of others without the permission of the owner or manager shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor trespassing. All persons are hereby notified and warned not to hunt, fish, cut timber or trespass in any manner whatsoever upon the lands of the undersigned:
Dollie G. Morris Mar. 2024
Pamela Dodson April 2024
