Monthly Archives: December 2025
Courier Classifieds 12-31-26
Announcements
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Courier Notice of Creditors
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF ESTATES
All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on Form #371ES with the Probate Court of PICKENS COUNTY, the address of which is 222 MCDANIEL AVE., B-16 PICKENS, SC 29671, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements on the prescribed form (FORM #371ES) indicating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.
Estate: Virginia Donahoe Smith
Date of Death: 11/10/2025
Courier Trespass Notices 12-31-25
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:
Violet K. and
Clarence G. Simmons. Jr. Feb. 2026
Dollie G. Morris Mar. 2026
L.C. Russell Mar. 2026
Pamela Dodson April 2026
Courier Legal Notices 12-31-25
Authorities: Easley man threatened mass shooting
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
GREENVILLE — An Easley man faces federal charges after authorities allege he threatened to commit a mass shooting.
Lucas Brandon Rousso, 30, of Easley, is charged with making threatening communications online, according to a news release issued Dec. 17 by the United States Attorney’s Office.
Rousso made an initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge William Brown on Dec. 17, the release said.
Rousso was arrested by federal agents, the release said.
In addition to the Federal Bureau of Investigations Columbia Field Office, the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office and the Easley Police
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Missing Central man’s body found
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
CENTRAL — The body of a Central man missing for two weeks was found in Lake Hartwell Saturday.
In a release issued Saturday night, Pickens County Coroner Andrew Wilson identified the remains as 
those of Swapnil Srivastava, 27.
Srivastava was reported missing from his Central apartment on Dec. 6, according to Pickens County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Brett Barwick.
At 2:25 p.m. Saturday, the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office
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Area schools see movement in new SCHSL realignment
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — The South Carolina High School League (
) announced the classification placement for its member schools on Friday, and three of Pickens County’s four public high schools are set to change divisions, barring appeals.
The county’s largest high school, Easley, will move from Class 5A down to Class 4A with a listed enrollment of 1,354. Like all member schools, Easley’s attendance number factors in the SCHSL’s 3.0 multiplier for students outside of the school’s attendance zone.
For the Green Wave, the move marks a return to the 4A classification where it spent 2020-24 before
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Liberty leaders receive update on developing water system
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — Efforts to create a water system “for Pickens County people” remain on target, according to system officials.
Liberty City Council members and city staff received an update about the Pickens Regional Joint Water System during an informational meeting held Dec. 2.
PRJWS officials broke ground for the system’s water treatment plant in September 2024.
The project’s concept “is not something that just came up two or three years ago,” PRJWS chairman
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