Daily Archives: 11/26/2025
‘A remarkable voice’
Beloved local historian and writer Chastain dies at age 73
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — The Upstate recently lost an advocate for the protection of its natural beauty and a deep repository of its history.
A man the Greenville News once called “a modern-day Daniel Boone,” Dennis Chastain died on Friday, Nov. 21. He was 73.
In February 2019, Upstate Forever bestowed the Extraordinary Achievement Award upon Chastain.
The Extraordinary Achievement Award recognizes an individual who, through dedication and leadership, has made an extraordinary contribution to conservation and/or sustainable growth in the Upstate.
Chastain’s award recognized him for than
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SC 183 bridges reopen
COUNTY — After more than a year of work, commuters can now pass between Six Mile and Pickens on S.C. Highway 183 after the reopening of two bridges last week.
The South Carolina Department of Transportation began work on bridges over Twelve Mile Creek and Gregory Creek in Pickens County along S.C. 183 in Pickens last fall after construction delays due to Hurricane Helene.
Drivers can expect intermittent lane closures as crews work to complete final punch list items on the bridge.
SCDOT asks that drivers slow down and pay attention to signs and crews when driving through the work zone.
Guardsman charged with exploitation
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
ANDERSON COUNTY — An Easley resident and member of the National Guard is 
charged with multiple counts of sexual exploitation of a minor after an investigation that began last year.
According to an Anderson County Sheriff’s Office release issued Nov. 20, Jared Allen Dill, 45, was arrested that
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Pickens man dies in Mauldin wreck
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
MAULDIN — A Pickens man died earlier this month after a motorcycle wreck in Mauldin.
According to a media release from the Greenville County Coroner’s Office, the agency responded to a single-vehicle motorcycle crash in the area of 500 Ashmore Bridge Road in Mauldin at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16.
The motorcyclist was pronounced dead from blunt force injuries at the scene, the
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Police: Man arrested after road rage incident
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
CLEMSON — An Anderson County man faces multiple charges, including attempted 
murder, after what Clemson authorities called a road rage incident.
Charles Douglas Mace Jr., 28, is charged with attempted murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and possession of a machine gun, according to a Clemson Police Department release issued Nov. 20.
The department received multiple 911 calls reporting a shooting near the intersection of U.S. Highway 76 (Anderson
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Pickens man sentenced to 25 years for meth trafficking
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — A Pickens County man was sentenced to 25 years in prison after being 
found guilty on multiple charges including trafficking methamphetamine, according to 13thCircuit Solicitor Cindy Crick.
In a release issued Nov. 12, Crick said a Pickens County jury convicted Andrew Grant Whetstone II of trafficking meth,
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