Monthly Archives: June 2025
Killer Beaz comedy lights up Liberty
LIBERTY — Legendary Southern standup comedian Killer Beaz, best known for his
clean yet uproarious routines and appearances on Moonshiners, brought his signature humor to the Pickens County Performing Arts Center in Liberty last Saturday.
The show filled the PCPA center with belly laughs and relatable Southern storytelling. Born Truett S. Beasley Jr. in Andalusia, Alabama, Killer Beaz has built a decades long career performing on television, radio, the Grand Ole Opry stage, and countless comedy clubs—always keeping his humor “clean but killer”.
The audience enjoyed a high energy performance featuring Beaz’s signature everyman observational humor that appeals to wide-ranging crowds—from small town folks to big city dwellers.
Local students graduate as part SCCA class of 2025
COLUMBIA — Seven Pickens County residents recently graduated from the South Carolina Connections Academy. The students are Mya Galloway, Central, Ahmi Gilmer, 
Easley, Elisha Guthrie, Easley, Kailyn Mason, Easley, Jordan Dale, Pickens, Jayci Draughon, Pickens and Michaela Mosley, Pickens
South Carolina Connections Academy, a tuition-free online public school serving
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Community Calendar 6-11-25
• Hagood Mill set to host Folk Festival
Hagood Mill Historic Site recently announced the return of the annual Americana Folk Festival. Set for 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, June 21, the event promises a full day of soul-stirring music, Appalachian tradition and community celebration. This year’s headliner is The Resonant Rogues, a dynamic band rooted in the mountains of western North Carolina. Fronted by songwriting duo Sparrow and Keith Josiah Smith, The Resonant Rogues blend Appalachian old-time, classic country and vintage soul into a sound
Courier Classifieds 6-11-25
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Courier Trespass Notices 6-11-25
In the state of South Carolina, trespass after notice is a misdemeanor criminal offense prohibited by section 16-11-620 for the South Carolina Code.
Those who enter upon the lands of others without the permission of the owner or manager shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor trespassing. All persons are hereby notified and warned not to hunt, fish, cut timber or trespass in any manner whatsoever upon the lands of the undersigned:
Kevin Hardin Sept. 2025
Greg & Rosemarie D’Ginto Sept. 2025
Thomas and
Mary Ann Shivers Sept. 2025
Treadwell and Erica Zeigler Oct. 2025
Bobbie Abercrombie Oct. 2025
Main Street overhaul
SCDOT set to give downtown Six Mile new look after July paving
By Rocky Nimmons
Publisher
rnimmons@thepccourier.com
SIX MILE — Main Street Six Mile will soon have a new look, as South Carolina Department of Transportation officials offered three different versions of how the wide 
street could be laid out during a special meeting held at Six Mile Town Hall on May 22.
Brandon E. Wilson, P.E., the District 3 engineering administrator from SCDOT’s Greenville office, presented conceptual drawings to the public during the informational meeting. Drawings of proposed layout repaving ideas for the street were on display, and local residents had the opportunity to provide suggestions for how the road could look in the future.
Six Mile Main Street is set to be repaved in late June and finished in July. Once
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Pickens gives annexation OK
Council stresses vote is first step in long process
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Pickens City Council voted last week to approve the first reading of an 
annexation request, but council members stressed that the vote was the first step in a process that is far from over.
The issue of whether to annex 215 acres at the north side of Wolf Creek School Road and Mauldin Lake Road has been a contentious one for the city in recent months. A town hall meeting in April drew a large crowd to discuss the planned development, with the majority of the speakers that night urging council to vote the annexation down.
“I know we’ve got a hot topic to talk about
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Solicitor announces retirement
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — The longest-serving solicitor of the 13th Judicial Circuit is set to retire.
Walt Wilkins announced his decision to retire on May 29 in a release “to the citizens of Greenville and Pickens counties,” the two counties that comprise the 13th Circuit.
“It is with a heavy and grateful heart that I announce my retirement after over 14 years
13th Circuit solicitor Walt Wilkins and announced his retirement.
as the longest-serving solicitor of the 13th Circuit,” Wilkins said. “After careful consideration, I have decided to take advantage of my retirement eligibility and the opportunity to enter the practice of law with my father for the first time in either of our professional capacities.”
A 1996 graduate of Wofford College,
received his law degree from the University of South
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