‘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 Trespass Notices 2-24-21
TRESPASS NOTICES
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 of the undersigned:
Courier Notice to Creditors 2-24-21
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The publisher shall only be liable for an amount less than or equal to the charge for the space of the item in error in the case of errors in or omissions from any advertisement, and only for the first incorrect insertion.
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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 persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements on the prescribed form (FORM #371ES) indicating the name and address of the
Courier Legal Notices
SUMMONS
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF PICKENS
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
C.A.: 2020-CP-39-01260
Corvus, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. The Estate of Steven E. Hurley; Daniel Ray Hurley, Heir-at-Law of Steven E. Hurley; unknown Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Steven E. Hurley; their Heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors, and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; and John Doe and Mary Roe, representing all unknown persons having or claiming to have any, right, title, or interest in or to, or lien upon, the real estate described as 330 Crowe
Man dies in Clemson police shooting
By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal
goliver@upstatetoday.com
CLEMSON — A 25-year-old Greenville man was shot and killed by Clemson police early Thursday 
morning during an altercation that began when officers confronted him while investigating a stolen moped at the Circle K convenience store on College Avenue.
Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley said Gregory Chandler Metz of Seyle Street was pronounced dead at the scene. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) is investigating the case.
Clemson Police Chief Jorge Campos said
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Coroner says man drowned after jump from bridge
CLEMSON — A Dorchester County man’s body was pulled from Lake Hartwell on Saturday after he jumped off a bridge to avoid an oncoming train and
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SC news deserts, weak ethics laws allow corruption to run rampant
By Tony Bartelme, Glenn Smith, Joseph Cranney and Avery Wilks
The Post and Courier
news@thepccourier.com
Editor’s note: The Post and Courier of Charleston, the largest newspaper in the state of South Carolina, has partnered with other daily and weekly newspapers — including the Pickens County Courier — to help report on corruption and wasteful spending in communities around the Palmetto State.
1. LIGHT
Corruption festers when people aren’t looking, when the spotlight doesn’t shine. Without fair scrutiny, public officials with weak ethical backbones bend the rules. They help themselves to public money. They help their cronies instead of people they represent. Like a virus, corruption mushrooms, and so do the costs to you and
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More about South Carolina’s five public natural gas authorities
When they were created in the 1950s, the state’s five natural gas authorities by law were supposed to turn over profits to municipalities they served.
Have they?
Two did. Clinton Newberry distributed $9.4 million over the past 10 years, equally split between the cities of Clinton and Newberry. (The authority’s contribution
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Accountability suffers as newspaper closures grow across state and nation
By Glenn Smith and Tony Bartelme
The Post and Courier
news@thepccourier.com
Corruption is flourishing in the rural corners of South Carolina as newspapers fold or shrink coverage amid a financially crippling pandemic.
Seven of our state’s newspapers closed their doors in the past year, joining more than 60 that shuttered across the nation as the coronavirus strangled an industry already battered by shrinking revenue and draining job cuts. This only exacerbated a trend that has created so-called “news deserts” in hundreds of U.S. communities, depriving them of vital watchdogs of
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Easley could start fining for no mask
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — Easley City Council members made no changes to the city’s mask requirement ordinance 
at a recent meeting, but some are concerned the ordinance isn’t strict enough.
Council members discussed the face covering ordinance issue during their
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17 more COVID deaths reported across county
COLUMBIA — Although the number of new cases reported daily has been dropping relatively steadily since the beginning of the year, Pickens County is still fighting an uphill battle against 
COVID-19, with 17 deaths related to the virus over the past week.
According to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, the county reported 16 confirmed
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