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• CRMHA Train Expo set for Feb. 18-19
The Central Railway Model and Historical Association will hold its annual train expo on Friday, Feb. 18, and Saturday, Feb. 19. The
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County working to temporarily limit Highway 11 development
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Pickens County Council is seeking to put a 180-day moratorium on development along S.C. Highway 11.
Councilman Alex Saitta asked that discussion of a 120-day moratorium on development along Highway 11 be added to the agenda for council’s Jan. 3 meeting. Councilman Trey Whitehurst seconded his motion.
“The administration recommended this a few months ago,” Saitta said.
Last year, council voted to partner with the Appalachian Council of Governments for a corridor
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Staff in schools ‘exhausted’ as COVID surges
By Andrea Kelley
Courtesy The Journal
akelley@upstatetoday.com
COUNTY — The School District of Pickens County reported 402 positive COVID-19 cases on Friday, with more than 1,500 students and staff in quarantine.
Though classes remain in person, district spokesman Darian Byrd said the district is “trying to fight through and praying for lots of snow.”
“I’ll be honest — if there was no threat of inclement weather next week, I think (virtual learning) would be a real discussion,”
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Six Mile presents awards
The town of Six Mile presented its Fireman of the Year and Good Citizen of the Year awards for 2021 at last week’s town council meeting. Above, Six Mile Fire Department Capt. Rodney Ellenburg received the Fireman of the Year award from Mayor Roy Stoddard and Fire Chief Michael Barrett. Barrett said Ellenburg has been with the fire department for 30 years and is a member of Pickens County’s Special Operations Team that does technical rescues, among other duties. “He is our most active member as far as the amount of calls he runs and meeting or events he attends,” Barrett said. “Basically, always there for everything.” Below, Eddie Freeman accepts the Good Citizen of the Year award alongside his wife, Jean, from Mayor Roy Stoddard. Freeman is the executor of the Bryson estate and donated 65 acres of land adjoining Main Street and Six Mile Elementary to Six Mile for a future children’s nature walk. “Having gone to Six Mile Elementary in the third and fourth grades when my dad was pastor of King’s Grove Baptist Church, graduating from nearby Seneca High and then Clemson, it was quite an honor to be recognized by the city, and I am truly appreciative,” he said.
Six Mile incumbents sworn in again
By Lauren Pierce
Courtesy The Journal
lpierce@upstatetoday.com
SIX MILE — Six Mile Town Council — again — welcomed two incumbent councilmen to another four-year term on council at last week’s council meeting.
Councilmen Jadd Smith and James Atkinson won a second and third term, respectively, in the Nov. 2 election.
Smith said his reelection was “an honor.”
“I am humbled to be able to serve the citizens of Six Mile for another four years,” he said.
His priorities for the new term involve “being the voice for the citizens” while “strengthening
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Quilting group planning yard sale
PICKENS — The UpCountry Quilt Guild will have a meeting Tuesday, Jan. 25, at 7 p.m.
The group meets at Pickens Presbyterian Church, located at 311 W. Main St. in Pickens.
This month’s meeting will be a quilters yard sale, and any interested quilters are invited to join the meeting.
Report: Number of human trafficking victims rose in South Carolina in 2021
STATE — Two of Pickens County’s neighboring counties — Greenville and Anderson — were among South Carolina’s top counties for reported human trafficking incidents last year.
“Human trafficking continues to plague communities across South Carolina,” S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson said Jan. 11 during a news conference to discuss the release of the South Carolina Human
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Harbor Freight Tools to open store in Easley Jan. 29
EASLEY — Harbor Freight Tools, which bills itself as America’s go-to store for quality tools at the lowest prices, will officially open its new store in Easley on Saturday, Jan. 29, at 8 a.m.
The Easley store, located at 816 Saco Lowell Road, is the 25th Harbor Freight Tools store in South Carolina. The new store will bring approximately 25-30 new jobs to the community. The store will be
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• CRMHA Train Expo set for Feb. 18-19
The Central Railway Model and Historical Association will hold its annual train expo on Friday, Feb. 18, and Saturday, Feb. 19. The expo will run from noon-6 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday
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Head-on collision claims man
PICKENS — An Upstate man died after a head-on collision near Six Mile on Monday afternoon.
Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley identified the victim as Brandon Scott Hammett, 35, of Adger Street in Spartanburg.
The accident took place at noon Monday on S.C. Highway 183, near
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