Daily Archives: 02/08/2017
Wreck kills Easley man
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
SIX MILE — A 74-year old Easley man died following a two-car wreck on Liberty Highway over the weekend.
Pickens County coroner Kandy Kelley said Anthanasios D.
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Police: Pair stole woman’s identity
CLEMSON — Clemson police arrested a 19-year-old woman wanted in connection with the theft and use of credit cards last week.
Chief Jimmy Dixon said Vanessa Vasquez, of Anderson, was arrested last week in the Charleston area on charges issued by
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Plans taking shape for new detention center
Drawings, other details to be unveiled at Feb. 24 groundbreaking ceremony
Rex Brown/Courtesy The Journal
A 2006 expansion of the Pickens County Detention Center failed to accommodate the growth in the prison’s population, according to Sheriff Rick Clark. A groundbreaking ceremony is planned this month for a new facility, estimated at $25 million.
By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal
goliver@upstatetoday.com
CENTRAL — Groundbreaking for a new Pickens County detention center, estimated at $25 million, will take place this month.
“Sometime in February, we will have a groundbreaking ceremony with plans to show what we’re going with,” Clark
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FEMA to help with county’s share of costs
A helicopter surveys the damage as smoke fills the air during the Pinnacle Mountain fire that consumed more than 10,000 acres in northern Pickens County in November. Kerry Gilstrap/Courier
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Pickens County’s total cost for the fire that burned for weeks on Pinnacle Mountain last fall is $161,000.
State forestry officials said last year the total cost for fighting the fire, which started in early November and consumed more
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Armed robbery suspect caught
CLEMSON — Clemson police charged a 23-year-old Central man with armed robbery in connection with an incident last week. Chief…
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Wierzbicki named region player of the year
PICKENS — Pickens High School’s Lexi Wierzbicki was recently named the Region I-4A volleyball player of the year.
Three other players from the Blue Flame squad and two from Daniel were chosen for the all-region team.
Wierzbicki, a sophomore middle blocker, led the 2016 Lady
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Pickens’ Howard taking soccer skills to college
PICKENS — Pickens High School soccer standout Leighanne Howard will be representing the Blue Flame as she takes her game to the next level next year.
Howard, an outstanding defender for the Blue Flame, will head to Southern Wesleyan University to play for the Warriors
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CU economist: Innovation necessary to spur growth
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — In a world of drivers bogged down in traffic, be a bicyclist.
That was part of the message Dr. Bruce Yandle, dean emeritus
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Small business has big impact
Geek Out Games store owner Jonathan Rudy poses with the highest local Toys for Tots award of appreciation.
CENTRAL — Every year, Detachment 1131 of the Marine Corps League coordinates and executes the duties of our local
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Courier Letters to the Editor 2-8-17
Small, but powerful
Dear Editor,
So small a word, yet so powerful.
Only four letters in all. Like a weapon, it can be a blessing in the right hand. In the wrong, a curse. So sad most of it is one-sided. More often than not you get this kind. More songs,
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