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 »
Early voting now available
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — With early voting now open and Election Day quickly approaching on Nov. 8, Pickens County voters have plenty of decisions to make at the polls.
Democrat Claiborne Linvill and Republican Brad White will square off in a race to decide who fills the seat of Ensley Feemster, who decided
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Former deputy arrested on drug charge
EASLEY — An Easley man and former Greenville County Sheriff’s Office deputy is accused of providing drugs to a confidential informant.
Nicholas Craig Ison, 22, was arrested by S.C. Law Enforcement Division (SLED) agents on
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Account tied to council hopeful had history of racist messages
By Riley Morningstar
Courtesy The Journal
rmorningstar@upstatetoday.com
CLEMSON — A social media account registered to Republican Pickens County Council nominee Brad White used racist and homophobic slurs and criticized Clemson businesses on numerous occasions over the past 22 months, including calling employees of a new downtown 
hotel that hires workers with intellectual disabilities “lazy,” a review from The Journal showed.
The email and phone number registered to Twitter user @Patriot76472267’s account matched White’s office cellphone and business email at
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Fellow Republicans quiet after offensive tweets come to light
By Riley Morningstar
Courtesy The Journal
rmorningstar@upstatetoday.com
CLEMSON — Republican officials had little to say Monday in response to a report published in The Journal over the weekend detailing racist and homophobic tweets posted by a Republican Pickens County Council candidate’s social media “burner” account.
Brad White said on Friday the tweets calling others “coons” and other attacks from the now-deleted Twitter user @Patriot76472267 were not his words and that “I didn’t make those.”
“I didn’t authorize him to make those very subjective and very horrible comments,” White said of the unidentified Charleston resident he
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Porter’s Chapel event to celebrate 190 years
PICKENS — Porter’s Chapel will host a 190th anniversary celebration on Nov. 5 featuring a yard sale, bake sale, holiday bazaar, hot dog plates and gospel singing. The event will begin at 8 a.m. and run until everything is sold.
Porter’s Chapel is located at 152 E. Preston McDaniel Road in Pickens.
Residents have chance to dispose of old prescription pills Saturday
COUNTY — An upcoming event will give Pickens County residents an opportunity to get rid of unwanted, unneeded and expired prescription pills.
The Drug Enforcement Administration sponsors two National Pill Take Back Days every year, in April and October.
The fall 2022 National Pill Take Back Day will be held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. this Saturday, Oct. 29.
In Pickens County, pills can be dropped off at AnMed Health Cannon Hospital (123 W.G. Acker Drive, Pickens), Prisma Health Baptist
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3 benefits to think about as you pick a Medicare plan
The Medicare Annual Election Period begins on Oct. 15, and nearly 22,500 individuals in Pickens County are ages 65 or older and may be 
eligible to select a health care plan for 2023.
From Oct. 15 to Dec. 7, people eligible for Medicare can review plans to find the best one for their health needs, as well as their wallets. Although it may seem intimidating, it is important that eligible individuals start by identifying their top priorities — like convenience or quality of
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You can be a BOAT, too
Look! Up in the sky!
It’s a bird! It’s a plane!
It’s a BOAT!
No, not the kind that floats. I’m talking about a thing that astronomers are calling the BOAT — the Brightest Of All Time — a cosmic explosion that slammed into our planet on Sunday, Oct. 9.
Did you feel it?
Don’t feel bad. I didn’t see or hear or feel it either. I didn’t know anything about it until I saw the story online at Ars Technica.
But it was, and still is, a BIG DEAL.
It’s not every day that an explosion of this magnitude occurs. In fact, astronomers estimate that
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