Daily Archives: 06/12/2024
Incumbents fall in local elections
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — It was a dangerous day to be an incumbent in Pickens County, with three local elected officials falling to challengers during Tuesday’s statewide primary election.
In the District 3 State House race, Phillip Bowers and incumbent Jerry Carter were neck and neck most of the night before Bowers pulled out the win as the final 
precincts were counted. Bowers received 1,573 votes compared to
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Support group for widows, widowers celebrates 20 years
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY – For two decades, a local group has been helping its members weather one of life’s most devastating losses – the loss of a spouse.
From those meetings have come tears, laughter, fellowship and friendships and even new marriages.
Moving Forward (for Widowed Persons in Pickens County) held an anniversary
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Investigations net drug charges
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — More than a dozen people face charges as a result of recent undercover drug investigations by the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office.
According to a PCSO release, the agency’s Special Operations Unit and Community Action Team recently concluded several undercover drug
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More sentenced in drug ring case
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COLUMBIA — More defendants have been sentenced after pleading guilty to state 
grand jury charges connected to a large drug trafficking organization in the Upstate, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced last week.
The drug trafficking organization was run by South Carolina Department of Corrections inmates as well as by women who fled to Mexico to escape
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Six Mile holds D-Day remembrance, honors WWII veterans
By Lauren Pierce
Courtesy The Journal
lpierce@upstatetoday.com
SIX MILE — Thursday marked the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings along the Normandy coast during World War II — operations that helped turn the tide for the Allies in Nazi-occupied Europe.
The town of Six Mile hosted an event in honor of the anniversary Thursday that
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