Two accused of abusing Easley teen
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com ANDERSON COUNTY — Two men are each charged with sexually abusing a teen girl, More »
Ruff hired as LHS football coach
By Bru Nimmons Staff Reporter bnimmons@thepccourier.com LIBERTY — Coming off one of the most successful stretches in school history under More »
Coroner: Fatal shooting was isolated incident
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com EASLEY — There was no threat to the public following a fatal shooting incident More »
Brotherly love leads to the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll
Pickens County family finds ties to Elvis Presley PICKENS — It’s amazing sometimes what you might discover when you start More »
Duke Energy gives tips to save energy during the winter months
UPSTATE — As winter temperatures hit the Upstate, Duke Energy says it is committed to helping customers manage energy costs More »
Local historian presents plan to preserve scenic Highway 11
Having worked on Highway 11 issues for 30 years, I am very encouraged to see so much interest in, and support for, efforts to preserve the integrity of the Highway 11 scenic corridor.
The problem is folks appear to be sharply divided into two schools of thought. One group, the clear majority, wants to put a halt to all 
commercial and residential development along our portion of the scenic highway, and the other group fears that efforts to preserve the scenic corridor would unduly restrict their private property rights.
One thing everyone needs to keep in mind is that Highway 11 is not the Blue Ridge Parkway, nor
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Think pink for breast cancer awareness
The Courier is going pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In honor of those whose lives have been affected by this devastating disease, we will accent our front page with pink every week of October.
The pink ribbon has been synonymous with breast cancer for years. Nowadays, people rarely think twice when they see pink ribbons, having grown accustomed to the pink ribbon and what it symbolizes.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month has been celebrated each year since 1985, and many other breast cancer awareness initiatives have been devised since then. While the pink ribbon may seem like it’s been in use for just as long, it was actually established only a little more than 20 years ago.
Although you can see waves of pink every October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, many people don their ribbons year-round. Great strides have been made with respect to breast cancer, but with about 225,000 new cases popping up each year in the United States alone, there is still work to be done.
Details on early voting released
COUNTY — The Pickens County Voter Registration and Elections Office has released early voting information for local residents planning to cast ballots in the November election.
Any registered voter interested in voting early for the upcoming elections may do so from 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m., Monday through Saturday, Oct. 24 through Nov. 5. There will be no Sunday voting.
Early voting is open to all registered Pickens County voters. All address and name changes must be processed at the main Pickens County
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Bridge being replaced at mill
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Hagood Mill remains open while a nearby bridge is being replaced.
County administrator Ken Roper discussed the bridge replacement during his update to Pickens County Council at its Oct. 3 meeting.
“The bridge over the Hagood Mill creek there is one that is in a floodplain,” Roper said. “It has some peculiarities that makes it harder to replace than the standard bridge packages you see us
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‘Disturbing trend’: Local Dem leader, author react to book ban
PICKENS — While there was little opposition to the move by the Pickens County School Board to ban two books from the district’s classrooms and libraries, two notable local figures voiced their disapproval over the move last week.
“Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You” by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds and “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky were formally yanked out of circulation, roughly a month after a parent alleged the first book violated a state budget rule that
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Pickens skunk positive for rabies
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — A skunk found near Runnymeade Road and Homeland Road in Pickens has tested positive for rabies, according to a release from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
No people are known to have been exposed to the skunk, the release said.
The skunk was one of four wild animals submitted to DHEC’s public health lab for rabies testing on Sept. 26 and
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A final resting place, at last
Two years, seven months and six days.
That’s how long it was between the time my dad passed from this life and when his cremated remains were interred at Woodland Cemetery, on the campus of 
Clemson University.
Two complications accounted for most of the lag time.
One was the COVID-19 pandemic.
The other was the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves scattered throughout the cemetery, some of which
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Resiliency in facing life’s challenges
I was having a conversation with a good friend the other day, and he was telling me how life is becoming more difficult now that he is in his 80s.
When he was young he loved to jog and walk a couple of miles a day, and now he can hardly make it to the kitchen. I’m about 20 years younger, but I can 
definitely relate to my body and mind going through some changes.
I’ve always heard the lack of activity does not do us any favors, as it seems the less we do, the less we can do. My mother is 84, and she stays active by going to church, shopping, eating out and walking around Walmart. It’s
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Storing food when there’s no space
During the past two years when I stocked up on grocery staples, I ended up with canned foods and dry goods stored in three different places around the house.
I’d have to check all three places to be sure I grabbed the green beans with the nearest expiration date. Pasta was the same. Worse was when I discovered that I 
wasn’t having spaghetti for dinner after all because I’d used the last of the pasta and only thought I had one
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VA to tackle care for long COVID
The Department of Veterans Affairs has just published “Whole Health System Approach to Long COVID,” a holistic guidebook for the treatment of veterans suffering with long COVID. It’s estimated that 2 percent of the U.S. population will develop long COVID, which equates to 24,000 to 42,000 veterans.
The VA was the first to realize that recovering from COVID didn’t mean it was gone, that a long version was emerging, bringing with it extended illnesses. They opened 20 long COVID programs and dug into research where they looked at those who still had vascular and heart disease a year
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