Monthly Archives: May 2025
Motorcycle wreck kills Easley man
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — An Easley man died last week after a motorcycle crash in Pickens.
Pickens County Coroner Andrew Wilson identified the victim as 27-year-old Cody Ryan Crenshaw.
The accident occurred at 8:26 p.m. May 13 on Allgood Farm
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Easley man facing charges in Upstate church burglary
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
NEWBERRY — An Easley man has been arrested in connection with the burglary of a church in Newberry County.
On April 7, the Newberry County Sheriff’s Office posted that a break-in had just
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Chastain to be guest speaker at Carolina Day in the Upcountry
EASLEY — The Pickens County America 250 Committee is inviting the public to a 
special presentation on Revolutionary War history, set for 3 p.m. on Friday, June 28, at the Captain Kimberly Hampton Memorial Library in Easley.
The event will feature a rare slideshow presentation by local historian Dennis Chastain, who will shed light on lesser-known
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TCT and Clemson announce dual enrollment academy
UPSTATE – Tri-County Technical College and Clemson University officials recently 
announced a first-of-its-kind dual enrollment academy that provides qualified high school students a guaranteed path to earn their Clemson degree.
The TCTC Dual Enrollment Academy is targeted 
to high school students in the Anderson, Oconee and Pickens school districts whose parents did not earn a bachelor’s degree. Students will be recruited in their sophomore year of high school and those admitted to the
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Courier Community Calendar 5-21-25
• Legion Post 67 seeks members
American Legion Post 67 in Liberty is accepting applications for membership from all U.S. military wartime veterans. For more information, call (864) 787-2322.
• H.O.P.E. to have new day and time
Dillard Memorial Funeral Home and Hillcrest Memorial Park have announced the renewal of its H.O.P.E Ministries program. The program, which helps others through programs and the exchange of ideas and information, will host its next meeting on May 27. “We are pleased to offer this as a support system for families in our community and surrounding areas who have experienced a loss,” said Tanya Gravely, general manager
Are we genuine Christians or just religious?
When we talk about eternal life, it brings up one of two emotions and attitudes.
Those who believe in the Bible and have Christ as their Lord become excited and grateful that God has saved them and promised to be with them forever in a glorious paradise. On the other side,
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The greatness of partial knowledge
Proverbs 18:15 “The heart of the prudent gets knowledge and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.”
Proverbs 2:6 “For the Lord gives wisdom, out of His mouth comes knowledge and understanding.”
We’ve often heard the stories of when we were young; we thought we had all the answers. Knowing everything we needed to know, as time passed, we realized how great a wealth of knowledge exists in the world.
One purpose of education may be for us to learn how much knowledge there is. As time passes, in many of us, a great curiosity develops to gain as much of that knowledge as
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Courier Letters to the Editor 5-21-25
Dear Editor,
I learned something recently about the rescue squad. On Jan. 24, I had been sick and got weak. I fell in the bedroom and could not get up, and my wife could not lift me. I 
called for two rescue squad members to help me back into bed. I was surprised
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Retirement: Now what?
Some of us are new to retirement and the questions quickly become: Now what? What 
do I do with my days? Do I continue to set the alarm for the same time in the mornings?
If you planned in detail for your retirement and have a long list of things you intend to do, you know where to begin.
But the questions about what to do with our
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