Monthly Archives: May 2025
Many struggle financially in Pickens County
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
STATE — United Way officials across the state have new data to help them better 
understand — and assist — the ALICE families in South Carolina.
ALICE is not a name, it is an acronym that stands for “asset limited, income constrained, employed.”
The 2025 State of ALICE in South Carolina
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Turning the Tassel
To see photos of the graduates and awards information for the seniors of Daniel, Easley, Liberty and Pickens high schools just click the link below and see the 2025 Graduation Edition in its entirety.
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County Council amends budget ahead of vote
By Evan Smoak
Courtesy The Journal
evan@upstatetoday.com
PICKENS — Pickens County Council met this week to discuss its fiscal year 2025-26 budget ahead of its final vote next month.
As part of the current proposed operations budget, all county employees — sans council members and the county administrator — will receive a 5 percent raise, a 1 percent step increase as part of the compensation study plan implemented this past fiscal year as well as a 4 percent
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More indicted in drug investigation
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
STATE — More defendants have been indicted on charges that include trafficking fentanyl as a result of a multi-year, multi-county state grand Jury investigation known as “Devil in Disguise,” South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced last week.
According to a release from his office, the investigation began as a result of Greenville County’s 278 drug-related overdoses in 2022, “most of which were related
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Pickens County unemployment sees April rise
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COLUMBIA — The unemployment rate in Pickens County saw a slight increase during 
the latest jobs report released last week.
The S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) reported that unemployment in the county went up from 3.6 percent in March to 3.9 percent in April. Pickens County was one of just three counties in the state of South Carolina to see
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Six Mile to hold Memorial Day service on Friday
SIX MILE — The Town of Six Mile, in partnership with Fleet Reserve Branch 15 and the Pickens County Veterans Council, will host its annual Memorial Day service on Friday, 
May 30, in downtown Six Mile.
The community event aims to honor the memory of those who gave their lives in
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Honoring those who gave their all
Memorial Day commemorates the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces, particularly those who died in battle or as a result of 
wounds sustained in battle making the ultimate sacrifice for their country.
You’ll find that some veterans find it dismaying when they are thanked on this day and most
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Courier Letters to the Editor 5-28-25
Residents oppose DOT plan for SC Highway 11
Dear Editor,
On Thursday, May 15, there was an “information and public comment” meeting held at Ambler Elementary School. This meeting had been rescheduled from an earlier date due to the Table Rock fires. At the meeting, the proposal for addressing the problems of the intersection of S.C. Highway 11 and New Hope Road — at the crossroad above Aunt Sue’s — was presented to those attending as a “done deal.” We have huge concerns about the DOT’s decision for the proposed improvement.
Someone in the DOT has determined that a new “roundabout” is the best solution for this intersection. We disagree with this and do not feel that SCDOT has considered theramifications of this proposal. First, Highway 11 is used by steady traffic from points north and south of Table Rock. Eighteen-wheeler trucks use Highway 11 day and night. Recreational vehicles, large trucks, heavy vehicles pulling boats, as well as cars and
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On a quiet night we can hear it growing
Luke 24:44 “Jesus said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of 
Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.”
Early mornings are a blessing those “sleeping in” never experience. We sit on the front porch and
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Veterans Legacy Memorial expands
The Veterans Legacy Memorial has just expanded by 210,000 pages, courtesy of the American Battle Monuments Commission.
The ABMC manages cemeteries and federal memorials in 17 countries to honor the over 200,000 service members who died in World War I and World War II and who are buried in those
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