***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 »
This week in FOOTBALL FRENZY only in PICKENES COUNTY COURIER
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 Legal Notices 7-8-20
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF PICKENS
IN THE PROBATE COURT
Case #: 2018ES3900712
IN THE MATTER OF:
ROSE ANN BARNES COLLINS (Decedent)
JAMES BAGWELL, INDIVIDUALLYAND AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF ROSE ANN BARNES COLLINS, Petitioner.
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SHANNON GARRICK, RICHARD “RICKY” BARNES, MICHELLE BARNES-PERALTA, CHAUNCY
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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 claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.
Estate: Dean Brian Scammahorn
Courier Trespass Notices 7-8-20
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:
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Michael H. Pilgrim July 2020
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Will life ever be normal again?
The experts can’t agree on when (if ever) the coronavirus will completely vanish, or if they’ll be able to create a vaccine and when it will actually be safe to eat in a restaurant. Will this be like the 1918 
Spanish flu pandemic, with a mild first wave, followed by a deadly second wave months later? Just today there was snarling among the experts about whether asymptomatic people (those with the virus but no symptoms) can actually pass along the germs.
What if it takes a very long time to return to normal? I think we need to be prepared for that, for having a new
City of Liberty and City Pickens cancels parts of July 4th celebrations
LIBERTY AND PICKENS WILL STILL HOST FIREWORKS AT 9:30 p.m. ON JULY 4TH IN EACH TOWN.
ALL ARE ASKED TO WATCH FROM THEIR CARS TO ENSURE SOCIAL DISTANTING
LIBERTY AND PICKENS — The City of Liberty just announced that following the Governor’s Press Conference on July 1 and after a great deal of deliberation, the City of Liberty has officially canceled its annual “Love My Liberty July 4th Celebration” except for the 15-minute professional fireworks display.
The Fireworks will start at 9:30 PM on Saturday July 4th.
The City of Liberty will resume its festivals and events as COVID-19 and as Governor McMaster’s Executive Orders allow.
The City of Pickens likewise announced that the concert planned for the Pickens Amphitheater scheduled for July 4th featuring the ‘Hired Help” will not be held because of the fear of spead of the COVID-19.
The City of Pickens said the Fireworks show planned will go on at around 9:30 p.m. and asked that all attend watch from their cars to be safe.
Schools plan Aug. 10 reopening
EASLEY — The School District of Pickens County announced in a letter to parents Thursday that it plans to reopen schools for in-person instruction on Aug. 10 as scheduled as long as COVID-19 cases 
decline significantly.
District spokesman John Eby said while the goal is to provide face-to-face instruction as much as possible, the district plans to resume school under three scenarios. Those scenarios are: low risk, with a return to face-to-face instruction with safety precautions; medium risk, with face-to-face instruction as possible and intermittent virtual instruction on a week-by-week, school-by-school basis as needed; and high risk, with all virtual instruction for all students.
“Based on the definition of high risk, released by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control today, Pickens County currently falls in the high-risk category,” Eby said. “Social distancing, mask wearing and frequent hand washing are among the responsible actions
Family redeveloping historic Easley silos
I hate to admit it now, but I’ve never had much appreciation for the old grain silos on the west end of downtown Easley.
But then, I’m not a visionary like Stacey Desrosiers and her family, who own and operate Inky’s Authentic Philadelphia Cheesesteaks and Hoagies in the Easley Village Shopping Center.
Along with some other visionaries at the city of Easley, who also saw the potential for re-purposing the old Dixie Milling Company site, the Desrosiers family are developing a complex of neighborhood-oriented food and beverage venues to be called, appropriately, The Silos.
Think affordable craft beer, scratch-made ice cream, Neapolitan pizza and homemade pasta, authentic Mexican fare and, of course, authentic Philadelphia cheesesteaks.
This is just the latest iteration of an evolving family vision that goes
County COVID cases balloon to more than 800
COLUMBIA — Pickens County’s confirmed COVID-19 cases have been skyrocketing alongside the 
numbers across the state, as the county’s caseload grew by nearly 300 over the past week.
The county has had double-digit case increases every day over the past week, including a single-day record of 66 reported cases on June 24. According to the latest numbers released Monday by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, the county was up to 805 confirmed cases, an increase of 276 confirmed cases over the 529 reported on the same day a week ago.
After hovering near the bottom among the state’s 46 counties in rate of infection for much of the spring, the county has also climbed those rankings and now sits at
SC 183 bridge set to be closed for two months
PICKENS — Drivers traveling between Six Mile and Pickens will have a disruption over the next two months after the South Carolina Department of Transportation was forced to shut down S.C. Highway 183 for an emergency bridge repair this week.
According to an SCDOT news release, Highway 183 — also known as Walhalla Highway — was shut down Tuesday and will be closed until the end of the day on Aug. 31 for an emergency repair to a bridge over Twelve Mile Creek.
The bridge is located near the Bargain Exchange Flea Market and S.C. Dunn and Sons Lumber.
Traffic will be detoured from Walhalla Highway to Wolf Creek School Road to Allgood Bridge Road and back to Walhalla Highway, according to the SCDOT.
Call (864) 859-0039 with any questions.
