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 »
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Courier Trespass Notices 12-22-21
In the state of South Carolina, trespass after notice is a misdemeanor criminal offense prohibited by section 16-11-620 for the South Carolina Code.
Those who enter upon the lands of others without the permission of the owner or manager shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor trespassing. All persons are hereby notified and warned not to hunt, fish, cut timber or trespass in any manner whatsoever upon the lands
Courier Notice to Creditors 12-22-21
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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
Courier Legal Notices 12-22-21
NOTICE OF HEARING
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF PICKENS
IN THE PROBATE COURT
Case #: 2017ES3900453
IN THE MATTER OF:
BLANCHE JULIA NICHOLOS (Decedent) GAIL DEMAR, Petitioner.
-vs-
Gloria Wilowski Demar, Edmond Wilowski, Jennifer Wilowski, Phyllis Bridenbaugh, Linda Manoli, Jeanne Bifus aka Jeanne Wilowski, Respondents.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2021
Authorities investigating man’s killing
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office and the Pickens County Coroner’s Office have launched a homicide investigation after a Piedmont man’s body was found in Liberty.
According to a release from PCSO Chief Deputy Chad Brooks, the man’s body was found Sunday night in the yard of a home on Stewart Gin Road.
Deputies responded to a disturbance call after callers reported hearing several gunshots at 346 Stewart
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Attorney calls ruling in coal ash case ‘a great victory’ for county
Landfill company lawyer says decision will provide for ‘true facts coming to light’
By Ron Barnett
Staff Reporter
rbarnett@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — The South Carolina Supreme Court last week sent the Pickens County coal ash case back to a lower court, which the county’s attorney hailed as a victory but a lawyer for the landfill company said gave new life to its case.
The high court said the Administrative Law Court (ALC) erred by not determining whether the state Department of Health and Environmental Control had wrongly approved coal ash for the site near Liberty without notifying the county.
The ALC passed over that issue because it said the county missed a deadline in appealing DHEC’s action.
Gary Poliakoff, the lead attorney representing the county, said
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Season of warmth
Blankets donated to residents at Easley Place, MasterCare
EASLEY — In 2013, Pickens County Sheriff’s Office Patty Looper and her family visited her maternal grandmother Tressie Ragsdale for a normal Christmas visit at a local assisted-living facility, gifting her a large throw blanket.
According to Looper, one of the ladies who was a resident next door to Ragsdale asked in a sweet but bold manner where her blanket was 
and inquired as to why she didn’t receive one.
The following year, Looper brought blankets for both her grandmother and her neighbor,
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Man gets life in prison for 2020 murder
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
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PICKENS — A Liberty man has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to the murder of an elderly Liberty woman.
The body of 89-year-old Margaret Alice Karr was found in her Mills Avenue home on Sunday, April 12, 2020.
Thomas James Chapman, of Norris Avenue, was arrested the following day and charged with murder, first-degree criminal sexual conduct, two counts of first-degree burglary, assault and
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County officials talk future of road funds
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — County officials discussed how to ensure that future county councils can only use millage added earlier this year for its 
intended purpose — roads.
Council voted in September to set millage that would generate $6 million to be used to move the county from a 75-year paving cycle to a 25-year paving cycle.
During council’s Dec. 6 meeting, Councilman Trey Whitehurst asked county administrator
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‘Unbelievable’: Tigers win third soccer national title
By Michael Crouchley
Courtesy The Journal
michael@upstatetoday.com
CARY, N.C. — After an NCAA Tournament run filled with upsets and penalty-shootout heroics, the Clemson men’s soccer team captured its 
third national championship in program history on Sunday.
After winning penalty shootouts over top-seeded Oregon State in the quarterfinals and fourth-seeded Notre Dame in the Final Four on Friday, Clemson forward Isaiah Reid scored two early goals against second-seeded Washington on Sunday afternoon in Cary, N.C.
Clemson’s experienced defense carried it the rest of the way, as the eighth-seeded Tigers
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