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Flame bounce back with shutout win over; Daniel takes region lead; Wave comeback falls short; Liberty earns home playoff game; More »
Flame take down TR in round one
By Bru Nimmons Sports Editor bnimmons@thepccourier.com PICKENS — Winners of five straight matches heading Thursday’s first round matchup with Travelers More »
Organizations team up for ‘Fighting Fentanyl’ event
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com EASLEY — Several organizations came together last week to educate the community about the More »
Robinson to serve as president of the National Funeral Directors Association
BROOKFIELD, Wis. — During its 2024 International Convention and Expo, held Oct. 20-23 in New Orleans, Christopher P. Robinson, CFSP, More »
District announces next six-week schedule
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — In a letter sent home to parents Friday, School District of Pickens County superintendent Danny Merck said he listened carefully to school nurses, principals who had 
solicited feedback from teachers, district teachers of the year and the school board in developing the next six-week instruction schedule.
“In discussions with all groups, two things became clear — first, face-to-face learning is essential to the well-being of our students and, second, our nurses, teachers and other support staff are close to being overwhelmed with the extra work
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County emergency official shares COVID, fire prevention tips
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Even though operations are back in Phase 2 of Pickens County’s COVID-19 response, responses to emergencies will not change, Emergency Services director Billy Gibson said.
Gibson spoke during the announcement recently that the county would be taking steps to respond to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the area.
“Our Emergency Services Division will continue to operate as normal,” he said. “We will respond to your emergency, be it fire or a sheriff’s office call or EMS. Please be assured that we’re taking steps to protect our folks so that we are ready to protect you.”
While most people think of Emergency Services “in response mode,”
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Officials excited about possibilities after SC 153 extension opens
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — A day that Easley-area officials have long hoped for finally arrived last week.
Officials gathered the morning of Dec. 8 to cut the ribbon on the extension of S.C. Highway 153, a project aimed at easing traffic issues and bringing additional growth to the area.
“This scene here today is a good reflection, a microcosm sort of, of South Carolina,” Gov. Henry McMaster said during the ribbon-cutting ceremony. “We’re in good shape. You’ve got great people who’ve done a great thing, getting great work done and we’re looking at the road to prosperity … a beautiful new highway that was done under budget and came in on time.
“It took a while to get started, but once it got started, it came in,” he continued. “This is a proud day and a good example of what is happening in South Carolina.”
South Carolina Secretary of Transportation Christy
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MasterCare thankful for help
MasterCare Assisted Living employees Valarie Buchanan, left, and Lisa Gilstrap hold signs thanking the community for answering a call for help for residents and staff. MasterCare administrator Jimmy Masters said the community stepped up with an “overwhelming response” after a recent article in the Courier detailing the home’s dire need for supplies to help fight COVID-19.
Lions lead county in all-region picks
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — With the 2020 high school football season coming to an end last week, all-region teams have finally been announced, and Pickens County high schools are well represented on the teams.
State champion Daniel boasts 14 players on the Western 3A all-region team after its dominant
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Upper State champions
The Easley High School competitive cheerleading team is one step closer to a state championship after taking first place at the state qualifier last week. The Green Wave scored 274 points in the competition to best second-place A.C. Flora’s 267 points and third-place Catawba Ridge’s 257. The Easley cheerleading squad is led by seniors Emma Arnold, Trinitee Atkins, Jonna Harper, Carolina LeCroy, Haleigh Myhand, Bree Sewell, Erica Sheriff, Courtney Smith, Hadley West and Rileigh Williams. The Green Wave will compete for the state championship Saturday in Florence.
Devils announce volleyball honors
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — After missing the playoffs the last two seasons, the Liberty Red Devil volleyball team bounced back this year to finish 9-1 in the regular season and win the Region I-2A championship.
While the Red Devils’ playoff run was ultimately cut short in the first round against Landrum, 
accolades continue to roll in for the program after their return-to-form season, with two players being named to the S.C. Class 2A all-state team, among a number of other accomplishments.
The leader of the pack for the Red Devils this season was junior Kendall Meinders. Meinders was named Region I-2A player of the year and was named to the Class
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Pickens volleyball players named all-stars
PICKENS — Three players on the 2020 Pickens High School Lady Blue Flame volleyball team have received post-season statewide and region honors.
Senior Maddie Gentry was named to the North-South 4A/5A all-star team, and sophomore Lauren Dow and junior Caroline Lucas were named to the all-state volleyball team, which recognized them
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What the Framers intended?
I’ve been reading a very interesting book about the Constitutional Convention of 1787. It was written by a journalist who reports each day’s session as a daily news story.
Since the convention’s proceedings were closed to the public, there are no newspaper accounts of what was going on in the State House in Philadelphia during that fateful summer. They even kept all the windows closed — all through the sweltering heat — to prevent eavesdropping. But the author went back through the notes of James Madison and others to reconstruct how the great event unfolded.
Much like politics in America in 2020, it was not pretty.
The way people talk about the Constitution these days,
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Festival of Lights
The first Jewish-American soldier of the Revolutionary War was killed on the banks of the Seneca River. Francis Salvador was a Jewish plantation owner from Charleston. He came from the 
Sephardic Jewish community in London and was the first Jew to be elected to public office in the colonies. He was also the first Jewish-American person to be killed in the Revolutionary War.
It happened on Aug. 1, 1776, in the town of Esseneca, a Cherokee settlement located along the banks of the Seneca River. Maj. Andrew Williamson and his force of 2,300 men had camped along the Seneca River when
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