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Butterfly Wellness spreads holiday cheer across Pickens PICKENS — The Butterfly Wellness Yoga team faced a choice this Christmas season More »
Clemson alum donates kidney to stranger
By Ken Scar Clemson News news@thepccourier.com Two men spent years as strangers only miles removed from one another. A life-saving More »
Jones appointed interim Clemson president
CLEMSON — Clemson University’s Board of Trustees met on Wednesday, Dec. 10, to approve the appointment of an interim president, More »
Bobcats come back to top Easley
By Bru Nimmons Sports Editor bnimmons@thepccourier.com EASLEY — The Easley High School boys’ basketball team went big game hunting on More »
Guild presents quilts to Bravo Battery troops
EASLEY – The Upcountry Quilt Guild presented 83 Quilts of Valor to members of the Easley National Guard on November More »
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Butterfly Wellness spreads holiday cheer across Pickens
PICKENS — The Butterfly Wellness Yoga team faced a choice this Christmas season — enjoy a traditional company dinner or invest in six towering seven‑foot gingerbread costumes.
They chose the latter — and with the help of Pickens Police Chief Randal Beach, they launched a holiday
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Two die after 183 collision
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
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EASLEY — Two Inman residents died following a two-car collision on S.C. Highway 183 last week.
The wreck happened at 11:19 a.m. Friday, Dec. 11, at the intersection of S.C. 183 and Jameson Road in Easley, according to South Carolina Highway Patrol Master Trooper Mitchell Ridgeway.
The collision occurred as a 2025 GMC pickup was traveling south on S.C.
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Body found after blaze in Liberty
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — Multiple agencies are investigating after a body was found following a fire in Liberty 
Monday.
Pickens County Coroner Andrew Wilson said in a news release that he and deputy coroner Marsha Alexander responded to 316 Spring Valley Road in Liberty at 5:45 p.m. Monday “in reference to a death in a
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Woman headed to prison for deadly shooting
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — A Liberty woman has been sentenced to more than two decades in prison after fatally 
shooting her boyfriend three years ago.
In a release issued Dec. 9, 13th Circuit Solicitor Cindy Crick said Nicole Michelle Heape, 31, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter on Nov. 8, 2025.
Heape was initially charged with murder and possession of a weapon
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SDPC to buy West End Hall from the city of Easley
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — Ownership of West End Hall in Easley will be changing hands after school district officials 
requested the building be sold back to the district.
The sale will benefit the continued and future growth of the district’s Adult Learning Center, according to officials.
In November, Mayor Lisa Talbert said the situation is an unusual one. The school district owns the grounds and gave the city the building.
“It was given to us for $1,” she said. “It’s just a part of our town and it belongs to the school.”
School District of Pickens County superintendent
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Clemson alum donates kidney to stranger
By Ken Scar
Clemson News
news@thepccourier.com
Two men spent years as strangers only miles removed from one another. A life-saving medical 
procedure connected them forever. In this season of selfless giving, here is a story about giving of oneself — literally.
When Jim Westerhold ‘97 announced, he was going to donate one of his kidneys to a stranger earlier this year, many of his friends asked him why. Donating a kidney is a serious procedure, and if he didn’t even know who would receive it, what was in it for him? He says it’s hard to pinpoint, because countless meaningful moments accumulated over his lifetime leading up to the decision, but in the end, it all boiled down to one thing:
“I’ve just been overly blessed, and I couldn’t come up with a
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Jones appointed interim Clemson president
CLEMSON — Clemson University’s Board of Trustees met on Wednesday, Dec. 10, to approve the appointment of an interim president, establish the presidential search committee and begin the process 
to hire a national search firm.
As the board formalized next steps in the process to identify Clemson’s 16th president, board chair Kim Wilkerson also recognized and celebrated the retirement of president Jim Clements following 12 years of service.
“Though we will miss Jim’s leadership dearly, Clemson stands in one of its strongest positions ever,” Wilkerson said. “His legacy will serve as a foundation for the next
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Remembering family
Kerry Gilstrap/Courier
Hundreds of families gathered at Hillcrest Memorial Park to light candles in honor of their loved ones during Dillard Memorial Funeral Home’s annual Service of Remembrance, held last Friday evening. Pictured here, Samantha Satterfield, Katherine White, Dean White, David Satterfield, Annabelle White and Brianna Satterfield take part in the emotional service..
I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Most people have read or at least heard of a man named Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882). He was a literary giant in his lifetime and is still known today in many circles as “The Children’s Poet” as 
several schools around our nation are named in his honor. You may remember some of His original works, which include Paul Revere’s Ride, The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline, and was also the first American to completely translate Dante Alighieri’s Comedy. As one of the fireside writers from New England, he is regarded as the most popular poet of the nineteenth century.
On July 9, 1861, tragedy struck the Longfellow home. His wife,
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Courier Letters to the Editor
Merry Christmas
Dear Editor,
Christmas has something about it that seems like as if for once in the year people have a feeling of joy that no other Holiday brings.
Of course there has been and always will be the haters. The spirit of Scrooge is very much alive and well. These Grinches think they just have to try and ruin it for everyone that celebrates it. Because they don’t believe and want to force others to believe their way! Just got to bring the joy of that great holiday down no doubt this is the reason.
No matter what you believe there will always be the Scrooges and Grinches! Don’t let others ruin your
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