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Daily Archives: 11/04/2020

Trump, Graham and Carter are county’s choices

72 percent voter turnout smashes previous highs

By Bru Nimmons

Staff Reporter

bnimmons@thepccourier.com

PICKENS COUNTY — Election Day saw huge turnouts all over the country, and it was no different in Pickens County, as more than 72 percent of all registered voters in Pickens County, a new record high, cast ballots that will shape the country for the next four years.

The county also saw its highest number of absentee ballots ever cast, with a whopping 24,673 voters making it out to the polls early or mailing in their ballots due to the state of emergency option afforded in response to the COVID-19

Pickens girls win Upper State, turn eyes to state championship

PICKENS — The Pickens High School Lady Blue Flame volleyball team defeated the Indian Land Lady Warriors in three sets Monday night to win the Class 4A Upper State championship.

The Lady Blue Flame will play in the state championship match Thursday evening against the Hilton Head Island High School Lady Seahawks. The match will be

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Man charged with murder after body found in Six Mile

By Jason Evans

Staff Reporter

jevans@thepccourier.com

SIX MILE — A 29-year-old man is charged with murder in the shooting death of a man whose body was found near a park in Six Mile on Sunday morning.

Daniel Michael Watkins was arrested Monday in Johnson County, Tenn., according to a release from Pickens County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Chad Brooks.

Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley identified the victim

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County sees 9 virus deaths

COLUMBIA — Pickens County set a new one-week record with nine confirmed COVID-19 deaths in the past week, and if county transmission and incidence rates are any indicator, numbers may continue to spike in the coming weeks.

According to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, all nine people who died in the one-week period from last Tuesday to Monday were elderly

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District reports more than 350

COUNTY — Although positive cases were down slightly for the week, the number of students quarantined as a precaution against COVID-19 reached its highest point yet last week in the School District of Pickens County.

According to figures released Friday by the school district, 354 students and 41 staff members were quarantined last week across the district, with 12 staff positive cases and 13

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SDPC announces schedule for next six weeks

By Greg Oliver

Courtesy The Journal

goliver@upstatetoday.com

EASLEY — In a letter sent home to parents Friday, School District of Pickens County superintendent Danny Merck announced the third six-week schedule for the district will feature a combination of in-person and remote learning starting Nov. 16 and running through Jan. 8.

Merck said traditional face-to-face instruction for 3-year-old kindergarten through 12th grades will take place for five of the six weeks, with remote learning Nov. 23 and 24 and a half day Dec. 18. The district previously announced that Nov. 23 and

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