SDPC budget includes raises, no tax increase
By Andrea Kelley Courtesy The Journal akelley@upstatetoday.com EASLEY — The School District of Pickens County’s budget review Monday night prompted More »
Local tech company recognized among South Carolina’s best
By Riley Morningstar Courtesy The Journal rmorningstar@upstatetoday.com LIBERTY — A local tech company was recognized as one of the top More »
Clemson University breaks ground on new complex
By Andrea Kelley Courtesy The Journal akelley@upstatetoday.com CLEMSON — Clemson University department leaders symbolically broke ground with grins Tuesday at More »
Tired of potholes? Call SCDOT now
COLUMBIA — South Carolina residents can file eligible claims against a state agency to pay for car damage from a More »
Pieces of Pickens history
Local historian dives into one of city’s prominent early 20th-century businesses By Barry Crawford Special to The Courier Editor’s note: More »
5-year-old dies after falling from car
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — A 5-year-old boy died last week after falling from a moving vehicle in Easley.
Pickens County chief deputy coroner Andrew Wilson identified the victim as Axel Garcia of Easley.
The incident happened at 6:20 p.m. May 16 on Highway 192 near Grant Valley Road, 2.3 miles east of Easley, according to Lance Cpl. Lena
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Pickens rejects FEMA funding
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
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PICKENS — City administrator Charlene Carter acknowledged the request before Pickens City Council members was an unusual one.
An item on council’s May 8 meeting agenda was a motion to rescind a request, obligation and award
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Man, 21, found shot to death in Clemson
CLEMSON — Clemson police are still investigating after an Anderson man was found shot to death at an apartment complex on Old 
Greenville Highway early Saturday morning.
Clemson Police Chief Jorge Campos had no update Monday afternoon on the investigation into the death of the man, identified by the Pickens County Coroner’s Office as 21-year-old Logan
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One hurt in Easley shooting
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
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EASLEY — The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that left a man injured last week.
According to a release from Chief Deputy Chuck James, the sheriff’s office was notified at 6:38 p.m. May 17 about a possible shooting in the 800 block of Pelzer Highway in Easley.
James said that as deputies were responding to the scene, officials from Prisma Health Baptist Easley called saying a person had been dropped off at the hospital with an apparent
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SDPC budget includes raises, no tax increase
By Andrea Kelley
Courtesy The Journal
akelley@upstatetoday.com
EASLEY — The School District of Pickens County’s budget review Monday night prompted some discussion among school board trustees over the question of millage rates.
The third reading of the $165 million budget includes a $2,500 raise for each cell of the teacher salary schedule and increases pay for bus drivers, nurses and support staff, all without raising millage.
Trustee Betty Bagley asked district chief financial officer Matt Owens how much the district could
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Wreck claims life of Greenville man
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
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CENTRAL — A 59-year old man died after a single-car wreck last week.
Pickens County chief deputy coroner Andrew Wilson identified the victim as David Smith of Greenville.
The accident occurred at 9:08 a.m. May 17 on Simms School Road near Mill Pine Road, approximately 1.5 miles east of Central, according to Master Trooper Mitchell Ridgeway of the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
The accident occurred as Smith was driving a 2014 Subaru sedan north on Simms School Road, he said.
The car went off the right side of the road, striking a utility pole before overturning, Ridgeway said.
Wilson said Smith was not wearing a seatbelt and was pronounced dead at the scene from blunt force trauma.
The Highway Patrol is investigating.
Liberty grad King wins Big 12 title
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
NORMAN, Okla. — Liberty High School graduate Keyshawn King has had a college career filled with accolades and achievements, and the 
Texas Tech senior added one more on May 14, as he took home the Big 12 outdoor triple jump championship.
King, who began his career at Stanford before transferring as a graduate to Texas Tech last summer, took sixth place at the Big 12 indoor track and field
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County teams compete at state track and field championships
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
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COLUMBIA — Dozens of athletes from Pickens County’s four public high schools competed in the South Carolina High School League track and field state championships last week, earning varying honors for their efforts.
Pickens County’s best showing came from the Daniel girls, who finished fifth in Class 3A. While no Daniel girl was able to bring home an individual state championship, two athletes and the Lions’ 4×800-meter relay team brought home silver medals. Ashby Williams took second in the 3,200-meter run, just one year removed from bringing home a state championship in the event. Williams was also a member of the second-place 4×800 team alongside Lilly Tidwell, Casey
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Rogers golf tourney scheduled for June
PICKENS — The 19th annual Charles F. Rogers Scholarship Fund Golf Tournament is scheduled for Saturday, June 10.
The tournament, which annually benefits a male and female senior basketball player from Pickens High School planning to attend a university, college or technical school, is set to kick off
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