Daily Archives: 01/06/2026
Daniel girls bash Liberty
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
CENTRAL — Looking for its 10th consecutive win, the Daniel High School girls’ basketball team hosted county foe Liberty on Friday night.
The Lions took care of business in dominant fashion against the Red Devils with four players scoring double-digits in a 68-28 win.
“Liberty came out hard and played better defensively than the last time we saw them,” Daniel head coach Cosandar Griffin said after the win. “I thought we handled it well, eventually got going and I was happy to see us start scoring some buckets.”
Despite not being one of the double-digit scorers, Daniel junior guard Lila Mann lived up to her All-State billing with a stat-sheet stuffing
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Is knowing and obeying God important to us?
At this time of year, we begin planning our intentions, as January marks a new beginning and is the 
ideal opportunity to implement physical, emotional, and spiritual lifestyle changes.
C.S. Lewis is quoted, “You are never too old to set another goal, or dream a new dream.” You notice I used the word developing, because whatever our goals, including drawing closer to God, is a process like losing weight, exercising, or any other vision we are focused on. For example, eating a salad today and resisting the pie is not going to automatically make us skinny, but it’s a positive first step. Likewise, being determined to succeed is how we become more aware of God’s voice. Are we
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Courier Letters to the Editor 1-7-26
Where do they draw the line?
Dear Editor,
This past December, Rob Reiner and his wife were stabbed to death by their son. The couple had fought for years to get their son help for his drug addiction and mental health issues. It was a shocking, brutal murder.
Donald Trump’s response on Truth Social? “Rob Reiner has passed away, together with his wife,
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Finding help this year
Now that we have our new Social Security benefit amount and see, after the Medicare Part B deduction, 
just how little it’s going to be, many of us are on the edge of panic — or at least very worried. We barely made it through last year, month by month. What are we going to do this year when the prices are continuing to rise but our Social Security didn’t?
Last year the average Social Security benefit was $2,015, and this
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Dangerous items in mental health units
It defies belief that these things could have been allowed to happen: The mental health units at a VA 
facility were loaded up with items that could be used in suicides.
Specifically, some of the items included exposed pipes that could be used for hanging, faucets without rounded edges, protruding cabinet door handles that could be used as anchor points and
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Courier Obituaries 1-7-26
GANELL B. COOK
DACUSVILLE — It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Ganell B. Cook of Dacusville, a beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great great-grandmother, who left this world on 
Christmas evening, Dec. 25, 2025, at the age of 94.
In addition to her parents, William Carlos and Clara Belle Hightower Barbare, she was preceded in death by her loving husband of 67 years, Lewis (Junior) Cook; her two sisters, Vannie Collins and Lillie Mae Bailey; and her two brothers, William (Bill) and Tom Barbare.
Gay, as she preferred to be called, was born April 20, 1931, in Travelers Rest. Mrs. Cook worked most of her life at Monaghan and Dunean Mills. She retired after 12 years from the Greenville County Courthouse, where she was a bailiff, at the age of 80.
Gay is survived by her two daughters, Terry Cook and Scarlett (Cookie) Cook Barbare; son-in-law Billy ‘Boy’; two grandchildren, Heather Earnest Lowery (John) and Chris Earnest (Michelle); five great-grandchildren, Robbin Lowery (Kevin), Jordan Lowery, Justin Lowery (Adara), Christyn Earnest Brown (Jake and her service dog, Beasley) and Trey Earnest (Mikayla); and six great-great-grandchildren, Vivienne, Grey, James, River and Juniper Ganell Lowery and Easton Vincent.
More than anything, Gay loved her family and enjoyed spending time with them. She never met a
McKissick fourth-graders to celebrate Liberty Day at SC Statehouse Jan. 16
COLUMBIA — Fourth-grade students McKissick Academy of Science and Technology in Easley will join peers from across South Carolina at the Statehouse on Friday, Jan. 16, for Liberty Day, a statewide 
educational event commemorating the 250th anniversary of America’s independence.
Hosted through a partnership between the South Carolina American Revolution Sestercentennial Commission (SC250) and the South
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