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Library youth programs canceled for book review

Library youth programs canceled for book review

By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com COUNTY — Users of the Pickens County Library System will experience changes in services More »

County plans new ambulance facility in Pickens

County plans new ambulance facility in Pickens

  By Mike Pulley Special to the Courier news@thepccourier.com PICKENS — Pickens County is planning to build a new ambulance More »

Daniel girls see season end with third round loss to South Pointe

Daniel girls see season end with third round loss to South Pointe

By Bru Nimmons Sports Editor bnimmons@thepccourier.com CENTRAL — With a trip to the Upper State championship on the line, the More »

Skardon’s ‘Clemson 8 Challenge’ celebrates legacy of POW heroes

Skardon’s ‘Clemson 8 Challenge’ celebrates legacy of POW heroes

CLEMSON — Long before his death at 104 in 2021, retired U.S. Army Col. Ben Skardon made it his mission More »

IT IS TIME TO VOTE IN THE PICKENS COUNTY COUNTY COURIER’S READERS CHOICE AWARDS

IT IS TIME TO VOTE IN THE PICKENS COUNTY COUNTY COURIER’S READERS CHOICE AWARDS

Everyone run out and grab this week’s Pickens County Courier and vote for your favorite businesses in Pickens — and More »

 

2 charged with drug trafficking

By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com

EASLEY — Two people face multiple charges after a brief police chase last month.

According to a release from the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office issued Monday, deputies with the agency’s Community Action Team

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Filing closes for fall races

By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com

COUNTY — With election season inching closer, Pickens County’s municipal general election candidate filing period finished on Tuesday, giving voters an idea of who they will see on the ballot in November.

The period, which began on July 18, had filings available for candidates in Central, Easley, Liberty, Norris, Pickens and Six Mile.

Easley, Norris, Pickens and Six Mile will all have mayoral elections on the ballot this year. Two incumbent mayors will be running for

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End nearing for school district book ban lawsuit?

By Andrea Kelley
Courtesy The Journal
akelley@upstatetoday.com

COUNTY — A months-long legal journey centered around antiracist literature in the School District of Pickens County could be coming to an end after the district filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit.

Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough LLP filed the motion last week on behalf of the school district and requested an oral argument, according to court records.

The lawsuit, filed in April by the Pickens County Branch NAACP along with three sets of parents with children in the district, stemmed from the Pickens County School Board’s

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Dump truck kills moped driver

LIBERTY — A Liberty woman died Monday after the moped she was driving was hit by a dump truck.

Pickens County chief deputy coroner Andrew Wilson identified the victim as 31-year-old

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PS&L announces promotions, state honor for employee

PICKENS — The Pickens Savings and Loan Board of Directors recently announced two promotions. Harold Alexander has been promoted to executive vice president, and Tracey Brock is the bank’s new vice president.

Alexander is the senior lender and loan department manager, and Brock is responsible for consumer lending and loan department operations.

“We are very fortunate to have Tracey and Harold on our team,” PS&L president

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Easley woman hit, killed by vehicle

By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com

EASLEY — An Easley woman died Friday after being hit by a vehicle.

Pickens County deputy coroner Tommy Page identified the victim as Donna Brown, 62, of Brookway Drive.

The accident took place on U.S. Highway 123 at Williams Avenue at 8 a.m. Friday, he said.

Brown, a pedestrian, was pronounced dead at the scene and died of blunt force trauma, Page said.

The Easley Police Department is investigating.

Pickens County Council discusses workforce childcare task force

By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com

COUNTY — Pickens County Council members recently discussed workforce childcare issues in the county and what role, if any, council should play in that discussion moving forward.

The discussion came before the vote on the council’s consent agenda during its July 10 meeting.

Councilwoman Claiborne Linvill asked for “Workforce/Childcare Task Force” to be put on the

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SC District 1 off to hot start in Senior League World Series

By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com

EASLEY — After four days of play at the Senior League World Series, the bracket is beginning to thin out, and host S.C. District 1 is in a great position to advance to the United States final.

District 1 opened tournament play at the J.B. “Red” Owens Complex in Easley on Saturday taking on the Central regional champion Burbank

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Councilman weighs in on Trump rally costs

I read last week’s article about the Trump rally and the costs of the rally. Let me add some clarity.

Lindsay Graham asked the city of Pickens if President Trump could speak at the Independence Day Celebration. The city agreed. People like the city administrator Charlene Carter, Chief Randal Beach, Davey Hiott and Barry Crawford (Market at the Mill) worked with Team Trump

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Calibrating my new AI partner

Most of America’s problems could be solved by the use of an Electromagnetic Alternative Reality Rerouter.

That’s a device that would beam out waves that would align a new set of synaptic connections in everyone’s brains that would instantly enable them to understand why the people they disagree with think the way they do. And vice-versa.

Perhaps then we would discover that there’s really no one to “save America” from but our own

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