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 »
FAVOR Upstate opens center in Easley
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com COUNTY — An area nonprofit now has a center in Pickens County to assist 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 »
2 killed in early morning crash
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — Two Travelers Rest residents were killed in a single-car accident near Easley early on New Year’s Day.
Pickens County deputy coroner Heather Harrison identified the victims as Randy Jerome Hill, 29, of Old Buncombe Road and Stephanie
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Local nonprofit collecting pajamas for the elderly
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — A local nonprofit is collecting pajamas to help keep area senior citizens warm this winter.
Members of Warmth and Comfort for the Elderly Upstate SC use their crochet skills to provide warm items for nursing home patients,
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Six Mile park construction to pick up
Six Mile town clerk Rita Martin said last week the town is working with two engineers and an architect on design plans for the Six Mile Community Park on Main Street. “The first thing we’re going to start doing is the pavilion,” she said. “And we’ve got drawings, architectural drawings, but the holidays have sort of put a stop there. But hopefully, once the year gets rolling, hopefully we’ll actually get to start on that. We’ve not actually constructed anything out there, but if you take a look, you can see little markers and where they’ve cut limbs off of trees to actually be ready to have it start to go up.”
Clemson requiring masks in all buildings for spring
By Lauren Pierce
Courtesy The Journal
lpierce@upstatetoday.com
CLEMSON — Clemson University is now requiring face masks inside all university buildings statewide for the spring semester “until 
further notice,” the school announced in a news release Monday.
This requirement does not include those who are alone in spaces such as private workspace,
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Clemson school mask ordinance fails
Doc: Record number turn out for testing at Nettles
By Riley Morningstar
Courtesy The Journal
rmorningstar@upstatetoday.com
CLEMSON — An updated mask ordinance for schools inside Clemson city limits failed in a split vote Monday.
A push from Councilman Fran McGuire for the action fell after dissenting votes from Mayor Robert Halfacre and Councilmen John Ducworth, John Fulmer and Bob Brookover.
“I think we need this,” McGuire said when talking about his proposal to help slow the spread of COVID-19 and its more transmissible omicron variant. “It makes me more confident we can
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Delegation plans meeting Monday
LIBERTY — The Pickens County Legislative Delegation will hold a pre-session public meeting at the Pickens County Performing Arts Center, located at 314 W. Main St. in Liberty, on Monday, Jan. 10.
Reports from organizations and boards will be heard starting at 6 p.m. The floor will be opened for public comments directly after.
The public is invited and encouraged to attend the meeting. Residents will have an opportunity to ask questions and make comments to members of the Pickens County Legislative Delegation. Members of the delegation will comment on various issues that may be introduced in the upcoming session of the General Assembly, which convenes on Tuesday, Jan. 11.
The delegation is made up of Sens. Thomas C. Alexander and Rex Rice and Reps. Davey Hiott, Neal A. Collins, Jerry Carter and West Cox.
For more information, contact the delegation office at (864) 850-7070.
Twelve Mile upgrades set to start
By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal
goliver@upstatetoday.com
CLEMSON — The Twelve Mile Recreation Area is a little quieter this time of season, but the park leased by Clemson from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will still feature some activity in the form of upgrades.
“At some point, going into this offseason, we want to address some things hopefully infrastructure-wise and hopefully limb some trees up 
and take care of some things we couldn’t take care of by taking everything on in the spring right when everything got busy,” city horticulturist Tony Tidwell said recently. “Now we can sort of take a deep breath and have a little better strategy
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Pickens County basketball teams compete in holiday tournaments
COUNTY — With region play beckoning this month, five of Pickens County’s eight high school basketball teams participated in tournaments over the holidays in the hopes of improving their team as they head into the meat of their schedule.
One of the most successful teams over the break was the Easley High School girls’ basketball team. The Green Wave, competing in the New Year’s Classic hosted by Eastside High School, went 2-1 in tournament play and finished as
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An optimistic look into the future
Last week I wrote a satirical, and perhaps even snarky, look at the year just past and the one just beginning.
I like to have fun with my writing sometimes.
Now let me put on one of my other hats for a more optimistic look ahead.
Let’s start with the big picture: the universe.
On Christmas Day, NASA, in cooperation with the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency, launched the James Webb Space Telescope. It will give us a great look at all
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Beware of unresolved resolutions
We are plunging into a New Year that requires a retrospective look at our failings and our desire to make a resolution to do better. The fact that we must review our actions for the past year assumes that we have flaws, we’ve made mistakes and we’re not perfect. Therefore, we 
must make resolutions to improve our destiny.
The most popular weaknesses and personality imperfections indicate a need to lose weight, exercise more to get fit, get organized, save money, spend more time with family and friends
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