This WEEK in FOOTBALL FRENZY
Green Wave lose homecoming heartbreaker to Mauldin; Daniel shuts out Travelers Rest; Devils to open region play; Pickens to return More »
Soup kitchen celebrates two decades of service
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com EASLEY — For more than two decades, an organization in Easley has provided hot More »
Lions win county golf tournament
By Bru Nimmons Sports Editor bnimmons@thepccourier.com PICKENS — For the first time in more than 10 years, The Rock Golf More »
Local residents, businesses provide aid to neighbors, WNC after Helene
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com COUNTY — Following the destruction wrought by Hurricane Helene, many people in the Pickens More »
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES
All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on Form #371ES with the Probate Court of PICKENS COUNTY, the address of which is 222 MCDANIEL AVE., B-16 PICKENS, SC 29671, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements on the prescribed form (FORM #371ES) indicating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the
Rec center named for longtime director
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — After a year and a half of work, the Pickens Recreation Center opened on Sangamo Road in the spring of 2005.
The state-of-the-art 21,000-square-foot complex has since been home to many of the brightest young athletes of the city and now, 17 years later, it has been renamed the Cheri Terrapin Anthony Recreation Complex in honor of the city’s longtime recreation director.
Anthony, who began working at the Pickens Recreation Department in 1995 and became director in 1998, was honored Saturday at the recreation center
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‘Please don’t leave me in the dark’
Pickens fire chief asks for new truck, more openness
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — The Pickens Fire Department responds to calls with aging equipment that is prone to breakdowns and with staffing levels that haven’t changed in 
decades, according to its chief.
Fire Chief Chris Elrod spoke about his department’s needs during a budget presentation at a Pickens City Council meeting on Monday.
Finance director Donna Perry said the fire department has three full-time employees and seven part-time
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Parents sound off on ‘segregated’ lunch at meeting
By Andrea Kelley
Courtesy The Journal
akelley@upstatetoday.com
EASLEY — Several parents spoke out during a Pickens County School Board meeting Thursday in response to a race-related school event held last month.
Pickens Middle School reportedly invited speaker Adrienne Young to come talk to minority students about “how to cope with
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County to crack down on misuse of recycling centers
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — One facet of Pickens County’s new anti litter program aims to target those who are misusing the county’s recycling centers and costing the county 
and its taxpayers money.
“We estimate $180,000 a year that’s lost by contractors not following the rules,” county administrator Ken Roper
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Pickens WWII vet receives French honor
PICKENS — Nearly 80 years after risking his life on French soil during World War II, a Pickens resident was presented last week with the highest decoration bestowed by France for his heroic efforts.
Raymond Dawkins, 96, was awarded the French Legion of Honor by Vincent Hommeril, Consul General of France for the Southeastern United States. Dawkins is now a Chevalier (knight) in the Legion of Honor.
Dawkins joins the ranks of other American recipients of the award, including President
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Legislators step into the batter’s box
Well it’s time once again, baseball fans, to calculate the batting averages of our beloved home team, the Mudville nine.
Just kidding; I meant the Pickens County legislative delegation.
With this being the close of a two-year session, it should give some kind of picture of what the boys we’ve sent to Columbia have been doing down there.
I hate to say it, but a quick glance at the statistics gives not much hope for our guys to make the playoffs.
That is, except for the star slugger in our lineup — who primarily represents Oconee County but has a small slice
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