Daily Archives: 05/26/2021
Facing the future
Mother Nature cooperated with beautiful weather as more than 1,000 Pickens County seniors received their diplomas in graduation ceremonies at the county’s four high school football stadiums on Saturday morning. To see photos of all the graduates and awards information for each of the four schools’ senior classes, pick up a copy of this week’s Pickens County Courier for this year’s graduation special section. You can also see the student by drilling down on our website.
County’s COVID death toll hits 300
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Pickens County administrator Ken Roper said last week that 300 Pickens County residents have now died from COVID-19.
Roper discussed COVID cases during a Facebook Live update video posted Friday morning.
As of that date, Pickens County had 282 active cases of COVID-19, he said.
“We’re now at what’s called a medium incidence rate in Pickens County, so we’re
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SCHOOLS’ COVID-19 NUMBERS STAY LOW
COUNTY — Although the School District of Pickens County reported three more positive COVID-19 last week than the week before, the number of schools with positive cases shrank by one as the district prepares to close out the school year 
on a positive note.
After hundreds of positive cases have been reported throughout the school year — including at every one of the district’s 23 K-12 schools — the number of schools with a case dropped to just seven last week, as the district’s weekly update said 11
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