***ONLINE EXCLUSIVE *** Blue Flame head to Columbia in quest for 17th State Championship
By Bru Nimmons Sports Editor bnimmons@thepccourier.com PICKENS — For the first time since 2021, the Pickens High School volleyball team More »
Prisma to build hospital in Easley
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com EASLEY — Prisma Health plans to build a new $138 million inpatient behavioral health More »
Blue Flame roll past rival Daniel to advance in Class 4A playoffs
By Bru Nimmons Sports Editor bnimmons@thepccourier.com CENTRAL — After dropping two five set battles to rival Daniel in the regular More »
Swearing in
Members of the Pickens County’s Legislative Delegation take the oath of office on the Pickens County Courthouse steps in Pickens More »
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LIONS OVERCOME SLOW START AGAINST SENECA TO WIN SIXTH STRAIGHT REGION TITLE; EASLEY DROPS FINALE TO GREENVILLE; RED DEVILS FALL More »
Selugadu set for this weekend at mill
PICKENS — Every November, the Hagood Mill Historic Site observes Native American Heritage Month by holding the Native American Celebration. More »
Courier Notice to Creditors 10-7-20
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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
Courier Legal Notices 10-7-20
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STATE GRAND JURY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF PICKENS
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
FOR THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
C/A No.: 2019-CP-47-04
Alan Wilson, as Attorney General, State of South Carolina, Plaintiff, v. Eleven Thousand Three Hundred and Eight Dollars ($11,308.00) in U.S. Currency, Defendant.
TO: DEFENDANT PROPERTY; JENNIFER NICOLE BURNS; AND INTERESTED PARTIES:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this proceeding, a copy of which is attached to the Summons and served upon you; and to serve a copy of your Answer to
19-year-old charged in deadly wreck
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — A 19-year-old Easley man is facing charges in connection with a collision Friday that killed a Moore man.
The accident occurred at 12:22 p.m. Friday on S.C. Highway 183, approximately 3.1 miles south of Dacusville, according to Trooper Joe Hovis with the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
Pickens County deputy coroner Gary Duncan identified
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Options available to help make casting absentee ballot easier
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — With the general election a little more than a month away, the Pickens County Board of Voter Registration is moving forward with multiple steps to help ease the burden of increased
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Roper: County fire fee system broken, unequal
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Pickens County officials aim to tackle the county’s fire fee system this fall, a system that county administrator Ken Roper calls “broken.”
Roper discussed fire fees during a Facebook Live video posted Sept. 25.
“We’re going to really try to communicate this clearly with the public, to let them know what staff has recommended and what council is considering and what this change — potential
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District official lauds teamwork fighting virus
By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal
goliver@upstatetoday.com
EASLEY — A School District of Pickens County official said Monday night that the district has done 
an excellent job working as a team to address the challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Certainly, since March it’s been a challenging time as we’ve dealt with COVID,” district director of adult education Allen Fain said. “There’s been plenty of opportunities for people to shine, as far as teamwork.”
Fain specifically pointed to three groups of people who he said
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SDPC releases case numbers
COUNTY — The School District of Pickens County’s weekly COVID-19 report showed just four students and three staff members tested positive for the virus last week.
District officials said two students who tested positive for the virus had entered school buildings — one at Easley High School and one at Liberty High School.
According to the district, 114 students and 18 staff members were quarantined quarantined last week.
The Liberty area was the most affected, as Liberty Middle School and Liberty High School had 15 and 22 students quarantined, respectively.
Pickens High School also had 11 students quarantined.
CU students’ positive COVID-19 test rates below state average
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
CLEMSON — The majority of Clemson University students are adhering to the new rules and 
guidelines about face coverings and social distancing while on campus, according to Clemson University president Jim Clements.
Clements issued an update Friday afternoon, the end of the university’s first week of in-person instruction and on-campus activities for the fall semester.
“It was great to see our students back on campus and to know that they are getting back into the classroom
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Official urges reason during pandemic
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Pickens County administrator Ken Roper urges residents not to get caught up in political debate or philosophical exercises surrounding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
KEN ROPER
“Let’s just do what’s reasonable,” Roper said Friday during a Facebook Live update video. “Let’s do what’s reasonable here locally to support each other, particularly to support our older citizens here in Pickens County.”
In his role as administrator, Roper feels one of the most important things he can do is to encourage the public to continue
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I shouldn’t complain, because I am alive and feeling good today.
I shouldn’t complain, because I am alive and feeling good today.
And a lot of people have been through a lot worse than what I have in this pandemic.
But the past month has been an ordeal for me, a guy who has rarely been sick in almost 67 years of life.
Here’s how it happened.
I woke up on Saturday morning, Aug. 29, and my lungs felt kind of funny, like I had slept in a weird position and got them shifted out of place or something. Then I started having a headache and body aches, like the flu coming on.
I wouldn’t have been too worried about it, because I had a flu-like illness around the same time last year,
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