‘A true friend’
Tinsley remembered as friend, mentor By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com PICKENS — A fixture in the automotive and banking More »
This week in FOOTBALL FRENZY only in PICKENES COUNTY COURIER
Red Devils handle homecoming business against Landrum; Lions rolling in region play; Pickens to return to action; Easley falls to More »
Elections set for Tuesday
By Bru Nimmons Staff Reporter bnimmons@thepccourier.com COUNTY — Pickens County voters will return to the polls this week to vote More »
Appalachian Folk Festival to be held Friday, Saturday
PICKENS — The Greater Pickens Chamber of Commerce announced the return of the Pickens Appalachian Folk Festival, taking place this More »
Market at the Mill’s ‘Stuff the Truck” project set to help Helene survivors
PICKENS – With the Relief effort continuing for Hurricane Helene survivors, one of the biggestobstacle has been oversupply support staging. More »
AnMed CEO discusses current, future growth
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com EASLEY — What began as one woman’s promise to God has developed into a More »
Courier Legal Notices 3-10-21
SUMMONS
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF PICKENS
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
CASE #: 2020-CP-39-01289
BRENDA ROBINSON, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF J.D. LITTLETON, SR., PLAINTIFF VS. JAMES C. LITTLETON, DORIS FLANAGAN, SONYA PIRKLE, J.D. LITTLETON, JR., LINDA ALEXANDER, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES R. LITTLETON, WANDA MCDUFFIE, ANGIE
State set to move to next phase of vaccine
Anyone 55 and older, front-line workers eligible
COLUMBIA — Gov. Henry McMaster and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control announced Tuesday that South Carolina will advance to Phase 1b of the 
state’s COVID-19 vaccination plan beginning Monday, March 8.
“Throughout South Carolina’s vaccination efforts, our priority has been — and continues to be — saving lives,” McMaster said. “In the month of February, South Carolina
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County virus numbers steady
COLUMBIA — COVID-19 death numbers have steadied in Pickens County over the past week, with six deaths over the past seven days.
According to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, the county reported five confirmed deaths and one probable death in the one-week period from
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Courier staffers earn press awards
COLUMBIA — Two Pickens County Courier staff members were honored by the South Carolina Press Association recently for their work in 2020.
In the SCPA’s annual news contest, Courier staff reporter Jason Evans and editor Zack Mauldin received awards voted on by peers in the newspaper industry. The awards will be presented later this year at the SCPA annual meeting and awards presentation.
Evans, a longtime local reporter who joined the Courier
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New plant to science discovered in county
By Greg Lucas
SCDNR
news@thepccourier.com
SUNSET — A plant that is new to science has been discovered at the Nine Times Preserve in northern Pickens County, and last year it was named after a distinguished South Carolina botanist.
The only known population of Shealy’s saxifrage (scientific name Micranthes petiolaris var. shealyi) exists at Nine Times Preserve, a property of The Nature Conservancy near Sunset.
The plant was named by Clemson University botanists
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Planners nix Azalea Fest
By Rocky Nimmons
Publisher
rnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Festival lovers will have to wait another year before they can again enjoy Pickens
County’s largest festival.
Pickens Azalea Festival Committee chairman Russ Gantt told Pickens City Council on Monday that the event, originally planned for mid-April, will be canceled for the second year in a row.
“He informed council due to the lack of time required to effectively plan for this year’s festival, that the committee
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School district seeking to raise teacher salaries
By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal
goliver@upstatetoday.com
EASLEY — The Pickens County School Board has made increasing teacher pay one of its top priorities heading into the next budget cycle.
The priorities include raising the salary of first-year teachers to $40,000 and adjusting the teacher pay scale to honor long-term teachers.
But last week, the board took immediate action by unanimously voting to double the bonus for
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County internet partnership gets final council OK
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — A public-private partnership between Pickens County and Blue Ridge Electric 
Cooperative to help improve broadband internet access around the county has received its third and final vote of approval.
County council passed an ordinance that would create a fee-in-lieu-of-tax agreement between Pickens County and the cooperative in order to bring better broadband
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3 arrests in search for wanted man
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Several people have been charged in connection with the capture of a wanted man last week.
According to a Pickens County Sheriff’s Office news release, deputies went to a home on Jay Drive in an attempt to find Jonathan Dean Moody.
The Greenville address is located withing
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Pickens County Virtual Academy opens applications for 2021-2022
COUNTY — Pickens County Virtual Academy applications are now open for the 2021-2022 school year.
The deadline of March 15 may be extended depending on availability of classes.
“The School District of Pickens County is still planning to offer five-day face-to-face instruction next year, but we have heard from many of our families who want us to continue offering the virtual option,” PCVA director Darian Byrd said. “Some of our families have found that their children thrive academically in the
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