‘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 1-27-21
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 1-27-21
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 1-27-21
SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF PICKENS
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CIVIL ACTION NO.: 2020-CP-39-01150
NuCorp Investments, Plaintiff, v. Andrew N. Soresina, Scott A. Watson, and Cathy Marie Watson, Defendants.
TO: Andrew N. Soresina:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber, at his office by mail at Post Office Box 11803, Columbia, South Carolina 29211 or by hand-delivery at 1901 Main Street, Suite 1200, Columbia, South Carolina 29201, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the
Man facing explosives charge
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — An Easley man has been charged with possession of an explosive device in connection 
with a federal investigation.
David Scott Halsey, 58, is charged with possessing, manufacturing or transporting a destructive device or explosive for damage, injury or death, according to a release from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.
SLED agents arrested Halsey on Sunday.
Halsey possessed the explosive on Nov. 2, 2020, the release
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Light at the end of the pandemic tunnel
Despite hiccups, vaccine rollout gaining steam
COLUMBIA — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster announced early last week that anyone age 70 and older would be eligible to schedule an appointment to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as of last 
Wednesday, giving elderly residents a light at the end of the pandemic tunnel.
But the process has been a frustrating one for many, as there has been great demand for the limited number of doses of the
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Upstate hospital systems talk vaccine schedule procedures
UPSTATE — As many South Carolinians 70 and older experienced a frustrating first day trying to sign up to receive their first round of COVID-19 vaccinations last Wednesday, the two hospital 
systems that operate facilities in Pickens County reviewed their current vaccination scheduling procedures for those who are on the list of people currently eligible for inoculation.
AnMed Health, which operates AnMed Health
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County adds nine more virus deaths
COLUMBIA — After weeks of double-digit death numbers, Pickens County added nine confirmed COVID-19 deaths over the past week.
According to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, eight of the nine people who died in the six-day period from last Wednesday to Monday were elderly, while one was middle-aged.
Pickens County hasn’t gotten any better in the COVID-19 rate
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750-plus students quarantined in SDPC
COUNTY — Although the number of positive COVID-19 cases around the School District of Pickens 
County was down slightly last week, more than 100 staff members and more than 750 students were quarantined to prevent spread of the disease.
According to weekly figures released on Friday by the district, 78 students and 24 staff members tested positive for the virus last week, down from 81 students and 30 staff members the
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SDPC bus driver killed in collision
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — A longtime School District of Pickens County bus driver was killed in a car wreck last 
week.
Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley identified the victim as Treasa Carol Norton, 56, of Pace Bridge Road in Marietta.
The collision took place at 2:40 p.m. Thursday on S.C. Highway 186 near Rhymes Lane, three miles north of Pickens, according to Master Trooper Brandon Bolt of the South
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Easley house fire claims man, 98
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — An elderly Easley man died in a house fire Saturday.
Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley identified the victim as Charles Hamilton, 89, of 302 N. 1st St.
Hamilton was pronounced dead at the scene, she said.
The Easley Police Department, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, the South Carolina Fire Marshal’s Office and the Easley Fire Department Origin and Cause Team are investigating the
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