Pickens council races head to runoff
By Bru Nimmons Staff Reporter bnimmons@thepccourier.com COUNTY — Four years after a record-breaking turnout for the 2020 election, Pickens County More »
This week in FOOTBALL FRENZY only in PICKENES COUNTY COURIER
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 »
COUNTY NUMBERS STILL ON THE RISE
COUNTY — South Carolina officials reported three new COVID-19 deaths in Pickens County over three days to start this week, as well as one probable death last week.
The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control reported the confirmed death of three elderly people and one probable elderly death over the course of a one-week period from last Tuesday to this Tuesday.
The county added 327 confirmed cases over the same time frame, a 29 percent increase from last week’s numbers. Pickens County also continues to trend downward in the
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Doodle Trail cart program opens
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — The city of Easley has released more information about a pilot program it and the city of Pickens are undertaking to allow a limited number of golf carts on the Doodle Trail.
Mayor Butch Womack discussed the pilot program during the Greater Easley Chamber of Commerce’s State of the City virtual event Friday morning. He said officials had received a lot of questions about the program in recent days.
“I think once people find out what
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Local businessman calling it a career
By Ron Barnett
Staff Reporter
rbarnett@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — From his dry cleaning business on Main Street, Tom O’Shields has watched life in downtown Easley unfold for the past 40 years.
He’s watched new businesses come in, particularly during recent years. And he’s watched many of
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Pickens woman honored during SC AG victim ceremony
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
STATE — A Pickens woman was remembered in a ceremony held in memory of 42 South Carolina residents who lost their lives as a result of domestic violence last year.
Tracey Nix was one of 36 women and six men whose names Attorney General Alan Wilson called during the 23rd annual Silent Witness Ceremony, held Oct. 6 on the south steps of the State House in Columbia.
Deputies responded to a home on Allgood Bridge Road at 8:07 a.m. June 11, 2019, in response to a
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Courier earns several SC Press Association awards
PICKENS — The Pickens County Courier was again named one of the top newspapers in its class by the South Carolina Press Association recently, and several of the Courier’s staff members were also honored for their work in 2019.
After delaying its annual meeting in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the SCPA held the
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day planned this weekend
COUNTY — When prescription medication is disposed of improperly, or simply forgotten about, those drugs can end up in the wrong hands.
The American Medical Association’s Opioid Task Force reports that more than 70 percent of people using opioid analgesics for non-medical reasons get them from family or friends.
Simply throwing prescriptions drugs out in the trash or flushing them down the toilet doesn’t completely eliminate the
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Clemson hires new police chief
By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal
goliver@upstatetoday.com
CLEMSON — The Clemson Police Department will have a new leader come November, as city 
council Monday night unanimously approved Jorge Campos as police chief.
Council voted on the recommendation made by acting city administrator Andy Blondeau after reconvening from the executive session portion of the meeting.
Campos, a 28-year law enforcement veteran, is currently serving as chief inspector for the Gainesville (Fla.) Police Department. During his tenure there, he
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Business raises money for Breast Care Center
SENECA — Lake Keowee Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram and Lake Keowee Ford have joined with 
Harley-Davidson of Greenville and pledged to donate $100 for each vehicle sold in October to the Breast Care Center and the Cancer Institute at Oconee Memorial Hospital.
This is an annual fundraiser for Lake Keowee
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Six Mile Farmers Market holiday event is Saturday
SIX MILE — The Six Mile Farmers Market held at Town Hall on Main Street in Six Mile will
transform into a Holiday and Harvest Market that will showcase vendors from all over the Upstate from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday.
Breakfast and lunch are offered, as well as baked items from professional baking families.
Many festivals are canceled this year because of COVID-19, but organizers say the open air shelter is a safe atmosphere where shoppers will be able to look, shop, eat and visit without closed-up germ worries. The event will offer jewelry, clothing, fruits, flowers, sewing, baking, knitting demos, crocheting, artists in action and much more.
For more, call Lisa Bate at (864) 650-0550. The event will benefit Calvary Home for Children.
Seeing is believing
South Carolina has beautiful beaches. And we love visiting them. But our most recent trip down made something obvious and showed us that things are not what they used to be.
I’m not talking about the overdeveloped areas that more closely resemble Las Vegas, but the beaches themselves.
There had already been a scare when we thought that drilling off our shore might get the green light. We had visions of the BP disaster in the gulf and pictured something similar in our own backyard.
We have heard warnings about global warming for
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