By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com

EASLEY — A local woman was honored Saturday for her devotion to protecting other families from the drug that fatally poisoned her daughter.

The Pickens County Republican Club presented Kim Gillespie Chastain with the Guiding Star Award in recognition of her leadership in the fight against fentanyl.

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson was on hand to present the award.

Wilson said Chastain’s “strength, courage and compassion have turned

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