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Porter’s Chapel event to celebrate 190 years
PICKENS — Porter’s Chapel will host a 190th anniversary celebration this Saturday, Nov. 5 featuring a yard sale, bake sale, holiday bazaar, hot dog plates and gospel singing. The event will begin at 8 a.m. and run until everything is sold.
Porter’s Chapel is located at 152 E. Preston McDaniel Road in Pickens.
SLED looking at deadly officer-involved shooting
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — State authorities are investigating after a carjacking suspect was shot to death in an incident involving local law enforcement last 
week in Easley.
Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley identified the man as 26-year-old Thomas Christopher Wheeler of Latham Street in Easley.
Pickens County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Chuck James said in a release that
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Former deputy arrested on drug charge
EASLEY — An Easley man and former Greenville County Sheriff’s Office deputy is accused of providing drugs to a confidential informant.
Nicholas Craig Ison, 22, was arrested by S.C. Law Enforcement Division (SLED) agents on
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Account tied to council hopeful had history of racist messages
By Riley Morningstar
Courtesy The Journal
rmorningstar@upstatetoday.com
CLEMSON — A social media account registered to Republican Pickens County Council nominee Brad White used racist and homophobic slurs and criticized Clemson businesses on numerous occasions over the past 22 months, including calling employees of a new downtown 
hotel that hires workers with intellectual disabilities “lazy,” a review from The Journal showed.
The email and phone number registered to Twitter user @Patriot76472267’s account matched White’s office cellphone and business email at
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Fellow Republicans quiet after offensive tweets come to light
By Riley Morningstar
Courtesy The Journal
rmorningstar@upstatetoday.com
CLEMSON — Republican officials had little to say Monday in response to a report published in The Journal over the weekend detailing racist and homophobic tweets posted by a Republican Pickens County Council candidate’s social media “burner” account.
Brad White said on Friday the tweets calling others “coons” and other attacks from the now-deleted Twitter user @Patriot76472267 were not his words and that “I didn’t make those.”
“I didn’t authorize him to make those very subjective and very horrible comments,” White said of the unidentified Charleston resident he
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Porter’s Chapel event to celebrate 190 years
PICKENS — Porter’s Chapel will host a 190th anniversary celebration on Nov. 5 featuring a yard sale, bake sale, holiday bazaar, hot dog plates and gospel singing. The event will begin at 8 a.m. and run until everything is sold.
Porter’s Chapel is located at 152 E. Preston McDaniel Road in Pickens.
Residents have chance to dispose of old prescription pills Saturday
COUNTY — An upcoming event will give Pickens County residents an opportunity to get rid of unwanted, unneeded and expired prescription pills.
The Drug Enforcement Administration sponsors two National Pill Take Back Days every year, in April and October.
The fall 2022 National Pill Take Back Day will be held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. this Saturday, Oct. 29.
In Pickens County, pills can be dropped off at AnMed Health Cannon Hospital (123 W.G. Acker Drive, Pickens), Prisma Health Baptist
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Class of 1972 celebrate 50th reunion
The Pickens High School Class of 1972 held its 50th class reunion on Oct. 15 at Looper’s Barn in Pickens. The great turnout of classmates enjoyed fellowship and a steak dinner during the event. Pictured, front row from left, are Talmadge Shirley, Joan Smith Summey, Debbie Crenshaw Allgood, Gloria Chapman Littleton, Gail Craig-Jager, Teresa Gravely, Linda Rowland, Patricia Trotter Howard, Becky Gilstrap Childress, Vickie Dodgens McJunkin, Glenda Gravely Fowler, Cynthia Boney, Freda Pace Coyle, Kay Hiott, June Byers Coleman, Elizabeth Pearce, Nancy Warner, Mary Brown Nix, Joyce McElhannon Norton, arry Hines and Joe Haynes. In the second row are Hovey Burrell, Fletcher Perry, Tommy Bearden, Charlie Martin, Donald Durham, Mike Hendricks, Billy Chappell, Skeets Cooper, Joe Holcombe, Wayne Madden, Harold Dodson, Landy Cash, Carolyn Todd Stancell, Jim Medlin, Kathy Grant Gilstrap, Janet Hayes Childs, Mike Holcombe, Jeff Wood, Stanley Cassell, Tommy Hendricks, Mickey Swinyer, Stephen Moses, Henry Jones, Steve Beasley, Ronnie McJunkin, Mike Waldrop and Mike Havice. In back are Roger Haskett, Marc Hiott, Ricky Powell, Phil Lewis, Richard Krecji, Larry Webb, Randy Grant and Larry Oberstar. Not pictured were Judy Rackley, Susan Greer Cash, Elijah Hayes and Sharon Bowen Watson. Rocky Nimmons/ Photo
Six Mile Baptist to host annual Feast-0-Plenty
SIX MILE — Six Mile Baptist Church will host the 15th annual “Feast-o-Plenty” from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19.
Last year, approximately 200 people joined the church for the dinner, and this year organizers are hoping to share with even more.
The meal will be served at the Roper Building, located at 150 N. Main St. in Six Mile. This event is a free Thanksgiving meal for anyone living
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ARC names Allison Fowler Leadership Institute Fellow
COUNTY — The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has named Allison Fowler, community and tourism development director for 
Pickens County, to participate in the 2022-23 class of the Appalachian Leadership Institute, a free leadership and economic development training opportunity for individuals currently living and/or working in one of ARC’s 13 Appalachian states.
The 2022-23 class comprises a diverse network of professionals representing all 13 Appalachian
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