‘Long overdue’
Monument to Andrew Pickens to highlight Legacy Square By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com PICKENS — Those passing by Legacy More »
Easley thrift store aims to help others
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com EASLEY — The operator of DH Tiny Homes Thrift Store hopes his small store More »
America’s top chocolate shop has local roots
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com GREENVILLE — A business owned by a Pickens resident recently received national recognition. Last More »
Local municipalities plan Fourth of July events
COUNTY — With the nation getting ready to observe its 249th Independence Day, people from around Pickens County will have More »
Banjo Extravaganza is July18-19
PICKENS — The Banjo Extravaganza Festival returns to the Hagood Mill Historic Site on Friday, July 18, and Saturday, July More »
AnMed again requiring masks
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
UPSTATE — Beginning this Thursday, June 23, patients and visitors to AnMed Health facilities — including AnMed Health Cannon Hospital in Pickens — will be once again required to wear masks.
The masking policy’s return was announced Monday on AnMed
You must be logged in to view this content.
Subscribe Today or Login
Duke Energy, county officials set to test sirens around nuclear station
SENECA — The outdoor warning sirens around Oconee Nuclear Station will be tested multiple times during the week of June 28.
The testing is necessary to close out a recent upgrade project on the sirens. A select, limited number of sirens will be tested using
You must be logged in to view this content.
Subscribe Today or Login
SC Human Trafficking Task Force gets first state funds
STATE — South Carolina’s Human Trafficking Task Force has received its first financial allocation from the General Assembly, S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson announced Friday.
The South Carolina Human Trafficking Task Force, formed in 2012, works to prevent the crime, protect communities and prosecute offenders
You must be logged in to view this content.
Subscribe Today or Login
Lollis ready to get to work after election victory
By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal
goliver@upstatetoday.com
PICKENS — Fresh off his victory over Phillip Bowers in last week’s Pickens County Council District 2 Republican primary, political newcomer Chris Lollis said he is grateful and looking forward to working toward bringing his 
campaign goals to fruition in January.
“I would like to thank everyone who heard our message and voted over the
You must be logged in to view this content.
Subscribe Today or Login
NOVEMBER RACE
The District 1 county council race where Democrat Claiborne Linvill will face Republican Brad White for the right to represent the Clemson area in January won’t happen until November, as both candidates were unopposed in their respective party primaries last week. The winner will succeed Ensley Feemster, who decided against running for a third term.
Mind on marinara and macroeconomics
I was driving over to the Olive Garden in Greenville the other day, because somebody at our house thinks there’s something really special about their marinara sauce.
As I drove along, thoughts began to ramble through my brain.
Thoughts about things like the high price of gas, inflation, the stock market and the political turmoil swirling around those issues.
Most of which makes very little sense.
For example:
It’s being said that the inflation we’re experiencing is largely the result of
You must be logged in to view this content.
Subscribe Today or Login
Who will help me pick my beans?
You probably remember the story of the little red hen who was such a hard worker in making sure her baby chicks had bread to eat.
She faced many challenges in producing a crop of wheat to be ground into flour to be made into bread.
I’m forced to make a comparison to the agriculture industry today.
There’s always a lot of trash talk going on about immigration and how
You must be logged in to view this content.
Subscribe Today or Login
Time to support local news is now
Congress has an opportunity to pass legislation that benefits all local citizens, businesses and even protects our democracy. The Local Journalism Sustainability Act, LJSA for short, should be included as part of any upcoming 
reconciliation bill that Congress is considering. The LJSA is a well-thought-out bill that would provide needed support to local news organizations, including local newspapers, to ensure their viability as they continue to make progress toward a digital future.
Many members of Congress have seen what happens when a newspaper closes in their district, and they see the impact it has on the community. That is why many of our leaders, including Sens. Cantwell, Schumer, Manchin, Wyden and others have stepped up in
You must be logged in to view this content.
Subscribe Today or Login
Knowing when to hold on and when to let go
When it comes to being knowledgeable, it’s not how much we know, but how much we understand. It’s one thing to 
have bags of information seeds stacked up in the barns of our minds, but more importantly, how many seeds of truth have been planted and nurtured to take root within our conscience?
Even the devil himself has more knowledge about God than the
You must be logged in to view this content.
Subscribe Today or Login
Courier Obituaries 6-22-22
KATHRYN EDDINGS JOHNSON
STATESVILLE, N.C. — Kathryn Eddings Johnson (Kathy), 94, formerly of Statesville, passed away peacefully on June 11, 2022 at Atrium Pineville Hospital in Charlotte.
Born in Pickens on Sept. 13, 1927, she was a daughter of the late Thomas Bates Eddings and Edna Gravely Eddings. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Statesville and spent much of her early career as a church secretary. She also worked at the U.S. Geological Survey in Raleigh and Hunter Realty and Boan Building in Statesville.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, the late Rev. Leath C. Johnson.
Survivors include a son, Rick Johnson and his wife, Nunthany; a daughter, Lisa J. Morgan and her husband, Donald; along with two grandchildren, Chase Morgan (Christina) and Conner Morgan. Several nieces and nephews and grand-dogs also survive.
Kathy was a devoted wife and mother. She was selfless, kind and accepting of everyone around her.
Services celebrating Kathy’s life were conducted on June 18 at Nicholson Funeral Home, with Rev. James Lewis officiating. The burial was held at Oakwood Cemetery.
Condolences may be sent online to the family at nicholsonfunerals.com. Memorials may be given to First Baptist Church, 815 Davie Ave., Statesville, N.C. 28677 or to Hospice & Palliative Care of Charlotte, 7845 Little Road, Charlotte, N.C. 28226.
Nicholson Funeral Home-Statesville, N.C., is entrusted with the arrangements.
SHARON ‘SHERRY’ CURTIS
PICKENS — Sharon Kay “Sherry” Curtis, 59, wife of Matthew Allan Barnes passed away on Sunday, June 12, 2022. Mrs. Curtis was the daughter of the late Janie Elizabeth Youngblood Curtis and Wallace Edward Curtis. She was very creative and very generous, also loved arts and crafts, gardening, cooking and spending time with her family. She always put others first and was a member of Glassy Mountain Church.
Survivors include her husband, Matthew Barnes; three sisters, Sandy Curtis, Khristy Curtis and Tracy James (Richard) all of Pickens; two brothers, Randy Curtis of Abbeville and Ronnie Curtis (Melissa) of Pickens; and many special nieces and nephews.
Visitation was held on June 17, at Glassy Mountain Church, with funeral services following.
Mrs. Curtis was predeceased by her parents and nephew, Todd Blair.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Glassy Mountain Church, 1103 Farrs Bridge Road, Pickens SC 29671.
Mountain View Funeral Home – Pickens Chapel is serving the Curtis family.
CLAUDE ‘DICK’ BROTHERS
EASLEY — Mr. Claude “Dick” Albert Brothers, 84, formerly of Bucyrus, Ohio, passed away on Saturday, June 18, 2022.
Born in Marion, Ohio, a son of the late Leslie Garland Brothers and Alberta Ruth Schnable Brothers, Mr. Brothers retired from the Bucyrus Fire Department in Ohio, with more than 30 years of service. He was a U.S. Navy and
