Category Archives: Local News
Man faces series of drug charges
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — A Pickens man faces multiple drug charges after a Pickens County Sheriff’s Office investigation.
According to a sheriff’s office release, members of its Special Operations Unit and Community Action Team initiated a drug investigation on Knollwood Heights Road last month.
Special Operations Unit agents supervised undercover transactions that yielded
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DHEC official gives update on monkeypox in SC
By Andrea Kelley
Courtesy The Journal
akelley@upstatetoday.com
COLUMBIA — More cases of monkeypox have popped up in South Carolina since the disease first hit the state in early July, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control reported last week.
As of Aug. 3, a total of 23 cases had been diagnosed in the state, with six in the Upstate. DHEC epidemiologist Linda Bell said though anyone can contract monkeypox, the risk for widespread disease is low.
“Monkeypox can be spread through prolonged face-to-face contact, skin-to-
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City of Pickens hosts players, families for dinner
PICKENS — The city of Pickens hosted a dinner at the Doodle Market Pavilion last Wednesday, Aug. 3, for Senior 
League World Series participants, with more than 400 players, coaches and family members in attendance.
Players and families from around the world attended, including teams from the U.S. Central Region (Burbank, Ill.), Southwest Region (Houston, Texas), Southeast Region (Norfolk, Va.), West Region (Maui, Hawaii), Asia Pacific (Guam), Caribbean (Puerto Rico), Europe Africa (Italy) and Latin America (Panama).
Mayor Fletcher Perry kicked off the evening by welcoming everyone to Pickens, then speaker Jan Cubbage — wife of former Major League Baseball player Mike Cubbage — gave an uplifting speech about “staying the course,” adding that “big things are possible.” The players loved getting to hold Mike Cubbage’s championship rings, including two World Series rings.
Entertainment was supplied by the Matt Phillips Band.
The event was planned by the Greater Pickens Chamber of Commerce, and food was provided by SouthCack Taproom, Iron Horse Steamers and 2 Bros Pizza. The Pickens Fire Department helped serve the guests and made sure they were able to safely board their buses after a summer storm moved in.
South Carolina Arts Commission supports many local organizations
PICKENS — The South Carolina Arts Commission is a statewide public agency whose mission is to promote 
equitable access to the arts and support the cultivation of creativity in South Carolina.
The S.C. Arts Commission has been funding a variety of arts projects in the Upcountry for many years. It has been a reliable source of funding for the general operations of Preserving Our Southern Appalachian
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Courier Community Calendar 8-11-22
• Get ready to can safely this season
Did you know your pressure canner gauge needs to be checked annually for accuracy, even if new? Clemson Cooperative Extension can check your pressure canner gauge at the Pickens County Extension Office. Contact Alex Thompson at (864) 365-0628 to schedule a check today.
• CRO starts Dolly’s Imagination Library
Cliffs Residents Outreach, a nonprofit supporting education in Pickens County, recently launched Dolly Parton’s
Not forgotten, three decades later
Retired Central police chief, investigator still hold hope in woman’s 1992 slaying
By Ron Barnett
Staff Reporter
rbarnett@thepccourier.com
CENTRAL — It’s been 30 summers now since the town of Central was terrorized by a murder so brazen yet so 
mysterious that it will never be forgotten by anyone who lived through it — least of all by the lawmen who spent years trying in vain to find the killer.
It still weighs heavily on the minds of two retired members of the Central Police Department who never gave up in their futile attempts to solve the case.
Frank Cantrell, police chief at the time, and Sgt. Bill Stephens, an investigator on the case, still agonize over the crime that shattered the
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SC officials urge vaccinations as school year starts
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
STATE — The public health director of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control is stressing the importance of vaccinations and healthy habits as the new school year begins.
Dr. Brannon Traxler gave media a COVID update on July 27.
“We continue to urge parents to get their children vaccinated as we come up on this 2022-2023 school year,” she said. “We know the toll that COVID has taken in the classroom over the last two years, from virtual learning to constantly being in and out of
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Six file for three Clemson council seats up for grabs
CLEMSON — Six people have thrown their names into the hat for three available seats on Clemson City Council, with the filing period for the November election closing at noon Monday.
Voters will decide Nov. 8 from familiar face Margaret Thompson, political newcomers Rocco Cioffoletti, Lillian Boatwright and Adam Jones and incumbents Alesia Smith and John Fulmer in the bid for three seats.
Boatwright
A Clemson resident since 2007 who attended Daniel High School, Tri-County Technical College and Clemson
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Nonprofit collecting items for stockings
COUNTY — A local nonprofit is collecting items to be put in Christmas stockings for the elderly.
Members of Warmth and Comfort for the Elderly in Upstate SC use their crochet skills to provide warm items for nursing home patients, hospice groups, home health patients and elderly people who live at home and can’t afford them.
They also hold regular donation drives.
“During the month of August, we will begin collecting toiletries and Christmas stockings for our Christmas stockings to the elderly,” said Tammy Ferguson, the group’s CEO. “We prefer smaller sizes so we can place more items in the stockings.”
The group is collecting body lotions, hand lotions, body wash (no bar soaps), shampoos, conditioners, deodorant, combs, brushes, small mirrors, toothpaste, tooth brush, denture cleanser, individual Kleenex packages, hand sanitizers, pens, pencils, small notepads, soft individual mints, meltaway chocolates, costume jewelry and men’s handkerchiefs.
“We will collect these items through Dec. 1,” Ferguson said. “We’ll also fill any needs of the facilities as requested during the month.”
Drop-off sites are the YMCA in Pickens, in Easley at Under the Carolina Moon and Integrated Yoga Therapy, in Powdersville at Front Porch Fixins and in Dacusville/Easley at Earthworks Unlimited.
For more information about the group, email warmthandcomfort@gmx.com or call 668-1021. Learn more about the group at its Facebook page.
