WWII vet Pace visits Hagood Elementary for Veterans Day
By Alicia Looper Special to the Courier news@thepccourier.com PICKENS — Hagood Elementary had a unique visitor on Veterans’ Day this More »
LHS football coach retires
LIBERTY — Coming off Liberty High School’s season ending loss on Friday night, Liberty head football Paul Sutherland announced his More »
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NO ANSWERS Camden hands Daniel its largest loss since 2016 in playoff rout Strom storms past Liberty; Clemson hangs on More »
FOLKS scholarship deadline is Friday
Jack Lewis Scholarship to help students with passion for conservation UPSTATE — Friends of Lake Keowee Society (FOLKS) has announced More »
Pickens sweeps Bishop England for 18th volleyball championship
By Bru Nimmons Sports Editor bnimmons@thepccourier.com COLUMBIA — Having dropped just one set on its way to the Class 4A More »
Upcountry Fiber starts foundation
UPSTATE — A golf tournament held Monday aimed to raise seed money for the endowment of a new foundation created by two companies that have teamed up to bring high-speed broadband internet service to rural areas of the Upstate.
The inaugural Upcountry Fiber Foundation Charity Classic was held at The Cliffs at Keowee Vineyards, according to a news release.
Last May, officials with Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative (BREC) and West Carolina Rural Telephone Cooperative
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Clemson freshman found dead at store
CLEMSON — The Pickens County Coroner’s Office said Friday the person found dead at a Clemson convenience store earlier in the week was an 18-year-old Clemson University student.
Deputy coroner Heather Harrison said Joseph McPartland, of Roswell, Ga., had been living in a university dorm early in his freshman year.
Clemson police officers responded to a 7-Eleven on Old Greenville Highway at 2:29 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12, after receiving a report of an unconscious person inside, Chief Jorge Campos said last week.
Officers attempted to give lifesaving aid to McPartland, but were unable to revive him.
Harrison said Friday the incident remains under investigation, with Clemson police detectives helping the coroner’s office.
County to up enforcement against recycling misuse
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Pickens County staff plan to step up enforcement of rules and regulations regarding recycling, particularly misuse of the centers by commercial 
contractors, county administrator Ken Roper said during county council’s Sept. 12 meeting.
What can and can’t be recycled is outlined in brochures available online and handed out by the Solid Waste Department, Roper said.
“It gives the rules and regulations surrounding what we recycle, what we accept at the dump, that sort of thing,” he said. “I
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Woman dies days after crash
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
NORRIS — A Sumter woman died Sunday, several days after suffering injuries in a wreck in Pickens County.
Pickens County deputy coroner Heather Harrison identified the victim as Tracey Harvin, 59.
The single-vehicle accident occurred at 10:24 p.m. Friday at Garrett Drive and North Norris Drive in Norris, Harrison said.
Harvin, who was not wearing a seatbelt, died of her injuries Sunday afternoon at Greenville Memorial Hospital, according to Harrison.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating the wreck.
Asking an expert about economic anxieties
The stock market took a nosedive last week because everyone panicked over the revelation that inflation had jumped by a whopping one-tenth of 1 percent in August.
Seems pretty crazy to me.
So I thought it would be a good time to check in with my favorite economist, the esteemed author of “Baptists and Bootleggers,” the only non-football Clemson person I know who is famous enough to have his own Wikipedia page, Bruce Yandle.
In addition to being a Dean Emeritus of Clemson University, he was once executive director of the Federal Trade
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Homeless vets still need help
Right about now the weather is cooling off. Or, if it hasn’t, it soon will. Before we know it, hard winter will be upon us. As of this year, there are 38,000 homeless veterans who will be living outside in that weather.
Homeless people make up 7 percent of the population, but 13 percent of the homeless population are veterans. Over half have a disability. Nearly three-quarters have substance abuse problems. Fully half
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Are we in control or being controlled?
There is much to be desired when it comes to spending time alone.
It’s only been in the last few years that the floodgates of voices have been opened to everyone at any time. Yes, we can see there have been written scrolls from 
thousands of years ago, and books were printed around the year 1200, but this information was not widely circulated.
Through the years, printing continued to expand and when newspapers became available, the masses were given a new realm that would inspire and influence their thinking. Take for example, in the early 19th century, when
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Rock & Roll with Pack 51
Cub Scout Pack 51 members pose for a photo on a recent visit to the Bob Campbell Geology Museum in Clemson. Following the museum, the Pack participated in a mini-golf tournament at the Oasis Ranch in Seneca. Pack 51 meets on Monday nights at the Troop 51 Scout Hut in Pickens, and youth between the ages of 5-10 are eligible to join. For more information, email pickenstroop51@gmail.com.
Music tour coming to Easley Shuckin’ Shack
EASLEY — Shuckin’ Shack recently announced the an 18-stop music tour with popular Nashville musicians and local artists.
The month-long “Fresh and Raw Tour” Together with Truist will visit each of the restaurant’s Eastern U.S. locations and come to Easley on Sept. 30. Shuckin’ Shack is locally owned by Don and Margaret Marcum.
Singer/songwriters C.J. Solar and Warren Garrett are on the bill for the tour stop, with support from local
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Garden club honored
At the September monthly Board meeting of the Pickens County Historical Society, the Pickens Garden Club was presented with a plaque of appreciation for its decades of caring for the Rose Garden at the historic Hagood-Mauldin House and Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts, a cultural centerpiece of the Pickens community. Pictured, from left, are Garden Club members Ann Bowen, Anne Hall, president Mary Hardin, Historical Society president Ken Nabors and Cindy Wood.
