LHS football coach retires
LIBERTY — Coming off Liberty High School’s season ending loss on Friday night, Liberty head football Paul Sutherland announced his More »
Pickens restores historic outdoor warning siren
PICKENS — At the direction of Mayor Isaiah Scipio, the City of Pickens has undertaken the restoration and reinstallation of More »
Pickens sweeps Bishop England for 18th volleyball championship
By Bru Nimmons Sports Editor bnimmons@thepccourier.com COLUMBIA — Having dropped just one set on its way to the Class 4A More »
Balance key for state champs
Last season, when the Pickens High School volleyball team overcame a year of adversity to secure the 17th state championship More »
Pickens runoff set for Tuesday
By Bru Nimmons Staff Reporter bnimmons@thepccourier.com PICKENS — Voters from Pickens will return to the polls one final time this More »
TD Bank closing one Easley branch
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com EASLEY — A TD Bank branch in Easley is among the more than 50 More »
Local smoke shops under investigation
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Agencies inside and outside Pickens County joined 
forces recently to investigate smoke shops in the
area.
According to a release issued by the Easley Police Department on Nov. 12, search warrants were executed that day on multiple smoke shops within the city of Easley as a part of an ongoing narcotics investigation.
The search warrants’ executions were assisted by the South Carolina
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LHS football coach retires
LIBERTY — Coming off Liberty High School’s season ending loss on Friday night, Liberty head football Paul Sutherland announced his 
retirement on Monday.
Sutherland joined Liberty in 2021, bringing decades of experience and a proven track record. Before his time with the Red Devils, he led programs at Pendleton High School for 17 seasons and at Franklin County HighSchool in Georgia for three years. His overall head coaching record stands at 161-116.
“Coach Sutherland’s impact on
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Pickens restores historic outdoor warning siren
PICKENS — At the direction of Mayor Isaiah Scipio, the City of Pickens has undertaken the restoration and reinstallation of a historic outdoor warning siren to strengthen community preparedness and emergency notification capabilities.
Over the next few weeks, crews will install a fully restored Federal Signal STH10 outdoor warning siren on the water tank located behind the shops on East Main Street.
Originally used decades ago to alert firefighters to emergencies, the
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FOLKS Announces the 2025 – 2026 Jack Lewis Watershed Stewardship Scholarship
UPSTATE — Friends of Lake Keowee Society (FOLKS) is proud to announce the 2025 -2026 scholarship for high school students who show a strong interest in natural resource conservation and the environment. Our scholarship is named in honor of Jack Lewis, whose time with FOLKS spanned more than 20 years, and whose enthusiastic
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Pickens sweeps Bishop England for 18th volleyball championship
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COLUMBIA — Having dropped just one set on its way to the Class 4A volleyball state championship, the Pickens High School volleyball team prepared for possibly its biggest challenge yet with the title on the line against the Bishop England Battling Bishops on 
Saturday.
The Bishops, the national leader in volleyball state championships according to the South Carolina High School League, failed to provide much of a challenge for Pickens as the Blue Flame swept the Bishops 3-0 in straight sets to secure Pickens’ 18th volleyball state championship in school history.
“I’m just trying to let this soak in and realize what just happened,” Pickens head coach Mellie Crumpton said after the win. “We are a solid all-around team and we have grit. Our word for tonight was relentless. I told them to be relentless, and that’s what we came out and did.”
The championship win was the second straight for the Blue Flame — their first back-to-back titles since 2013-14.
“Honestly, I’ve just been praying the whole season that we would make it back,” Pickens senior setter Lily Clarkson said. “We just had to believe and trust in God’s plan, and
Balance key for state champs
Last season, when the Pickens High School volleyball team overcame a year of adversity to secure the 17th state championship in school history, I wrote that if 2024 was a
“down” year for Pickens volleyball, I hoped teams would be ready for what was to come from arguably the state’s top volleyball program.
However, it seemed nobody was ready for the Blue Flame in 2025 as they took down the competition with ease on their way to another state championship on Saturday against Bishop England. The win was
Pickens runoff set for Tuesday
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Voters from Pickens will return to the polls one final time this week to 
decide who will take the final Pickens City Council in a runoff election on Tuesday.
Jonathan “Baldo” Baker and Jessica Merrill are set to face off for the final open seat on council in the election. Baker finished with 229 votes in the municipal
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Train kills pedestrian
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — A person was struck and killed by a train in Easley on Monday morning.
As of press time, the Pickens County Coroner’s Office had not released the name of the victim.
Amtrak issued a statement after the incident, saying the train was traveling from New Orleans to New York when it hit a person on the Norfolk Southern
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TD Bank closing one Easley branch
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — A TD Bank branch in Easley is among the more than 50 locations 
nationwide that the company announced it will be closing.
According to a letter sent to account holders on Oct. 30, the TD Bank located at 5041 Calhoun Memorial Highway in Easley will close on Jan. 29.
The letter said all customers’ banking information will remain the
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