County staff still discussing Helene lessons
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com COUNTY — Pickens County staff are continuing to discuss ways the county can better More »
Lions’ Williams captures second XC state championship
By Eric Sprott Courtesy The Journal sports@upstatetoday.com NEWBERRY — With roughly 900 meters to go in the final cross-country meet More »
This week in FOOTBALL FRENZY only in PICKENES COUNTY COURIER
Lions outlast Richland Northeast behind Conn’s big day; Liberty, Pickens and Easley season in reviews’ Clemson clobbers the Citadel; all this More »
Red Devils win inaugural Liberty Tip-Off tourney
By Bru Nimmons Staff Reporter bnimmons@thepccourier.com LIBERTY — Trailing 25-19 at halftime of its Liberty Tip-Off tournament championship game with More »
God loves unity
When we read, in Matthew 22:36-40, about our Lord being questioned by the Pharisees as to which is the greatest More »
Blue Ridge Bank opens new Pickens branch
PICKENS — Blue Ridge Bank recently held the grand opening of its new branch at 628 Ann St. in Pickens. More »
Wreck claims 2-year-old
EASLEY — A 2-year-old boy was killed in a car accident near Easley last week.
Pickens County deputy coroner Heather Harrison identified the victim as Ethan Shane Rampey.
The single-vehicle accident occurred at 7:53 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26, on Finley Road, 2.5 miles south of Easley, according to Master Trooper
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Pickens girls win state golf championship
HARDEEVILLE — After nearly a decade, the Pickens High School girls’ golf team reached the top of the mountain once again last week, taking home the Class 4A state championship.
Led by head coach Lem Blackwell, the Blue Flame took first place in the state tournament at the Golf Club at Hilton Head Lakes on Oct. 25, finishing 23 strokes ahead of the next highest finisher, defending state champion May River.
Natalie Turner shot a 155 and Ashton Moseley fired a 161 to lead the Blue Flame, earning all-state selections for their performances. Evie Harkins (163), Emily Hall (177), Ashley Anderson (98) and Rylee Reid (107) also competed for Pickens in the championship win.
The win marked the second state championship in program history, with the first coming in 2013.
The Blue Flame will lose Hall and Harkins to graduation this spring, but with both all-state performers returning, expectations should remain high for Pickens as it defends the title in 2023.
Supporters hold rally for city’s historic water tower
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Local historian Barry Crawford believes the water tower that stands above Main Street in Pickens is “worth saving for future generations to enjoy.”
“That’s the best billboard you could ever have for a town,” he said. “The best marketing tool you could ever have for a town.”
In March, Pickens City Council received an assessment of the empty tower that said the tower “was in very, very bad shape,” with issues that included high levels
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THIS WEEK IN FOOTBALL FRENZY
Red Devils overcome three touchdown deficit in win over Chesnee 4B. > Lions finish regular season unbeaten 2B, Wave fall to region champ Greenville 3B, Pickens’ season comes to an end 5B
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Wilson: Woman acting as RN had no license
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
UPSTATE — An Anderson woman faces charges after authorities allege she practiced medicine as a registered nurse at Upstate facilities, 
including two in Easley, without a license.
Alyssa Beth Steele, 37, was arrested on Oct. 24, Attorney General Alan Wilson said in a news release.
Steele faces charges in three jurisdictions, including seven counts of neglect of a vulnerable adult, five counts of unlicensed practice as a registered nurse, one count of financial identity
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Woman killed in Easley accident
EASLEY — An Anderson woman died Saturday morning in a single-vehicle car accident.
Pickens County deputy coroner Heather Harrison identified the victim as Reanna Robinson, 21, of William Walker Road in Anderson.
The accident occurred on U.S. 123 near S.C. 124, about a mile north of Easley, at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, according to Master Trooper Gary
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Residents sound off on SDPC book ban
By Andrea Kelley
Courtesy The Journal
akelley@upstatetoday.com
EASLEY — Eighteen people showed up last week to speak out against the Pickens County School Board’s decision to ban two books from district schools.
During the more than 45-minute public comment session at the Oct. 24 board meeting, parents and teachers voiced their concerns to trustees about the removal of “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” by Stephen Chbosky, and
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South Carolina students making the grade?
I might regret this by the time I’m done, but I’m going to dust off my old education reporter’s hat and take a dive into the test results that came out last week from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
Why would I want to undertake such a torturous, boring-sounding endeavor?
Because I think it’s important. I’ll try to not make it boring.
This test, also called “the Nation’s Report Card” — not to be confused with the School Report
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Courier Letters to the Editor 11-2-22
White issues response to Twitter story
Dear Editor,
I want to respond to the article last week that implied I wrote some derogatory posts on Twitter last year. As I said in the article, I did not write those posts.
Two years ago, a friend and I created an account on Twitter that we both shared access to. It was a political opinion page, and I contributed to it early on. I left the page and Twitter all together shortly thereafter. (Anyone following my campaign knows I use Facebook or Nextdoor
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God’s authority rewards faith and obedience
Dedicating our heart to God will be our most important decision. Individuals who devote their lives to Christ are aware of what is at stake and embrace the burden of praying for the lost and testifying about God’s love.
For those who rarely venture out beyond the safety of the church and spend the majority of their time within the comforts of private isolation, it’s common to forget how far the world has fallen away from the reverential fear of God, especially in the last few years. We should not be
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