Daily Archives: 05/25/2022
Pickens High honors Virgil
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Some names are synonymous with Pickens High School athletics.
Peggy Anthony won nine state volleyball championships and Bill Isaacs lead the Blue Flame football team to a 57-game regular-season winning streak, and the 
school paid tribute to the two by renaming the gymnasium and football field after them.
After a ceremony on Saturday, longtime Pickens coach Andy Virgil joins the ranks of those Pickens legends, with the weight room at the school now dedicated in his honor.
Virgil, who coached the Pickens JV boys’ basketball, boys’ track and field and tennis teams, is best
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Settlement ends coal ash battle
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — The settlement of a longstanding lawsuit between Pickens County and MRR will see the creation of a landfill in Liberty, but one that will not hold coal ash or hazardous waste.
County council approved the settlement May 16, and officials announced its details at a press conference held May 18.
“It is a bright day in Pickens County,” county administrator Ken Roper said. “A day that’s been long coming, lots of twists and turns. We’re here this morning to announce — happily, proudly, excitedly
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What was this fight all about?
At last, the long and winding road comes to an end. Pickens County’s fight to keep coal ash from being dumped here is over.
Actually, that fight was over a long time ago. The legal dispute with a North Carolina-based company called MRR Pickens LLC has dragged on quietly for more 
than six years after our legislative delegation succeeded in passing a law preventing the potentially hazardous material from being disposed of in the type of landfill Pickens County allows.
So what was the big fight that ended up costing the county several million dollars to settle about?
It was about lack of communication, or miscommunication, or — in the view of the county — intentional deceit. And about a
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Police: Woman shot man in back
CENTRAL — A 45-year-old Cleveland woman faces multiple charges in connection with a shooting on May 17 in Central.
Jonie Ann Bridwell is charged with attempted murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, according to a release from 
Pickens County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Chuck James.
Deputies responded to 127 Tankersley Drive on May 17 after a call about a
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Graduations this weekend
CLEMSON — More than 1,000 Pickens County high school seniors will cross a stage into their future at graduation ceremonies at Clemson’s Littlejohn Coliseum on Saturday.
The 255 members of Pickens High School’s Class of 2022 will open the day with their commencement at 9 a.m. Led by valedictorian Anna Elizabeth Duncan
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