EASLEY — U.S. Secret Service agents raided an Easley business last Thursday after a complaint was filed against its owner, a former Anderson County councilman, by the state attorney general.
Last week, S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson filed a complaint accusing Ron Wilson and his company, Atlantic Bullion and Coin, Inc., of defrauding investors in an alleged Ponzi scheme.

EASLEY — Downtown Easley will come alive this Saturday with the city’s ninth annual Spring Fling, sponsored by the Easley Downtown Business Association.

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Drivers along Main Street and U.S. 178 in Pickens can now get a glimpse of the city’s new logo, which has been painted onto the face of the historic water tower behind Main Street. Above, Roger Ray of McLean Tank Company works on painting the logo on the tower Sunday afternoon.

Editor’s Note: This is the first installment of a new multi-part series of interviews conducted between Courier staff reporter Nicole Daughhetee and SDPC board trustee Jim Shelton, a former board chair.

For those readers who followed the Greenville Plan series, and for those readers who are just joining in, I recently conducted a series of interviews with School District of Pickens County board trustee and former chair Jim Shelton in the hopes of illuminating for the public some of the more “behind-the-scenes” thoughts and discussions that are part of any governing board.

SIX MILE — Julia Woodson remembers the night of the Six Mile tornadoes because the lights flickered in her home in Liberty.
“We were lucky the storm didn’t hit us in Liberty,” Woodson said.
Woodson was 11 years old at the time. Her father sold cotton gins, and several of his customers lived in the Six Mile community.
“He knew a few people in Six Mile and he felt close to the community,” Woodson said. “So he thought it was only appropriate to attend the funeral.”

SIX MILE — Bill Holder remembers when his mother saw the commotion in the direction of the small town of Six Mile on March 13, 1929.
“My mother said the world was coming to an end,” Holder said last Tuesday night as the town of Six Mile held a service commemorating the devastating tornado that hit the town that night.

PICKENS — Residents of Pickens County are being given an opportunity to comment in a public hearing format on the county’s completed Hazardous Mitigation Plan which has been approved by FEMA.
The plan identifies both man-made and natural disasters within Pickens County.

PICKENS — On March 15, the Pickens Revitalization Association presented its inaugural “I Fan The Flame” award to Pickens Mayor David Owens. The monthly award recognizes individuals that have supported and contributed to the community in extraordinary ways — those who have demonstrated a passion for helping make Pickens a great place to live, work and play.

CLEMSON — State Representative B.R. Skelton announced last week that he will seek re-election to the South Carolina House of Representatives this November.
Skelton serves District 3, which covers Clemson, Six Mile, Central, and Norris.