Category Archives: Local News
AnMed named ‘Great Community Hospital’
ANDERSON — AnMed has been named among the nation’s 153 Great Community Hospitals by Becker’s Hospital Review, a leading provider of industry news and analysis.
AnMed’s exceptional standard of care, expansion of access to care for rural residents and training programs for nursing students, physician residents and sports medicine
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Bin Win Liquidators now open in Pickens
On Wednesday, Aug. 2, Tony, Youssef and Hala Kobach cut the ribbon at their new location for Bin Win Liquidators on 710 W. Main St. in Pickens. Bin Win Liquidators is full of merchandise at discount prices, with new items arriving weekly. Each day is a different price on the bins and the merchandise along the walls are prices well below retail. Bin Win is open Wednesday through Sunday from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. The store closes on Fridays at 5 p.m. Pictured in the front row are Anna Chastain, Youssef Kobach, Bryan Owens, Hala and Tony Kobach, Mayor Fletcher Perry, Regina Harned and KC Chen. In the back row are Hugh Latimer, Councilwoman Lois Porter and Debbie Gravely.
Duke officials to test sirens near Oconee Nuclear Station
SENECA — Select outdoor warning sirens around Oconee Nuclear Station will betested this week.
The required testing is necessary to complete acoustic analysis to ensure sirens are operating optimally. Select sirens around Oconee and Pickens counties will be tested using three-minute tests and could sound more than once. The tests will occur Wednesday and Thursday between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
The testing is different from quarterly testing. The next quarterly test will take place onOct. 11.
Although a siren might sound multiple times, this is part of the testing and no public action is needed. If unsure, members of the public can tune to local TV or radio to confirm. Because these are tests, local broadcasting stations will not interrupt regular programming to broadcast Emergency Alert System (EAS) messages. If a real emergency occurs at the station requiring the sirens to be sounded, local radio and television stations would broadcast information and instructions to the public.
Testing is performed in cooperation with emergency officials in Oconee and Pickens counties.
For more information about nuclear emergency preparedness and outdoor warningsirens, residents can visit duke-energy.com/nuclearep.
Duke Energy Carolinas, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, owns 19,500 megawatts of energy capacity, supplying electricity to 2.8 million residential, commercial and industrial customers across a 24,000-square-mile service area in North Carolina and South Carolina.
Duke Energy was named to Fortune’s 2023 “World’s Most Admired Companies” list andForbes’ “World’s Best Employers” list. More information is available at duke-energy.com.
Volunteers needed to help children
PICKENS — The Cass Elias McCarter Guardian ad Litem Program, a division of the South Carolina Department of Children’s Advocacy, is offering free virtual training beginning Monday, Aug. 21, to those interested in becoming a volunteer Guardian ad Litem (GAL) in Pickens County.
GALs advocate on behalf of abused and neglected children who are involved in family court legal proceedings through the Department of
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End nearing for school district book ban lawsuit?
By Andrea Kelley
Courtesy The Journal
akelley@upstatetoday.com
COUNTY — A months-long legal journey centered around antiracist literature in the School District of Pickens County could be coming to an end after the district filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit.
Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough LLP filed the motion last week on behalf of the school district and requested an oral argument, according to court records.
The lawsuit, filed in April by the Pickens County Branch NAACP along with three sets of parents with children in the district, stemmed from the Pickens County School Board’s
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Dump truck kills moped driver
LIBERTY — A Liberty woman died Monday after the moped she was driving was hit by a dump truck.
Pickens County chief deputy coroner Andrew Wilson identified the victim as 31-year-old
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Easley woman hit, killed by vehicle
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — An Easley woman died Friday after being hit by a vehicle.
Pickens County deputy coroner Tommy Page identified the victim as Donna Brown, 62, of Brookway Drive.
The accident took place on U.S. Highway 123 at Williams Avenue at 8 a.m. Friday, he said.
Brown, a pedestrian, was pronounced dead at the scene and died of blunt force trauma, Page said.
The Easley Police Department is investigating.
Pickens County Council discusses workforce childcare task force
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Pickens County Council members recently discussed workforce childcare issues in the county and what role, if any, council 
should play in that discussion moving forward.
The discussion came before the vote on the council’s consent agenda during its July 10 meeting.
Councilwoman Claiborne Linvill asked for “Workforce/Childcare Task Force” to be put on the
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Central Clemson Rec hosts pickleball clinic
On Saturday, July 22, a pickleball clinic took place at Central Clemson Recreation Center (CCRC) in Central. CCRC member Gus Gustafson organized the event to introduce pickleball to beginners. He was assisted by six volunteers experienced in the game. Leading small groups were Christine Lightsey, Mike Fisher, Ned Coryell, Richard Lowe, Sandra Lowe and Laurie Sharrod, who shared topics such as safety, equipment, rules, scoring, player positions, strategies and serving techniques with participants. All participants had a chance to play as they learned. “We had 30 people, aged 8 to 78,” Gustafson said. “Everyone was enthusiastic, and they learned a lot. Thanks to CCRC for providing space and equipment for our event.” The clinic was open to the public and free of charge.
Pictured, from left, are Amy Bodie, Leah Bodie, instructor Ned Coryell, Richard “Gooch” O’Gooch, Emily O’Gooch and Jen O’Gooch learning to play pickleball at the CCRC clinic.
Community Calendar 8-2-23
• Hee Haw coming to Hagood Center
The Hagood Community Center is planning to present an all-new presentation of a comedy/musical favorite, “Hee Haw.”
There will be a an all-new cast, some new songs and plenty of new jokes that will send the audience home with a smile on their face.
