Category Archives: News
Happy Birthday
Happy 16th Birthday to Georgia Brewer on March 24. The most beautiful girl that ever lived in Easley.
Fruster steps down after 9 seasons as DWD head coach
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
CENTRAL — For the first time in nearly a decade, Daniel High School is in search of a new head
football coach after the School District of Pickens County announced that Jeff Fruster stepped down
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Officials: Ga. woman still missing at Table Rock
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — A Georgia woman last seen at Table Rock State Park has been missing for more than a week.
Search efforts were initiated when the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office received a call about a missing camper, according to a release from Chief Deputy Brett Barwick.
Stephanie Ann Womacks of Temple, Ga., was last seen at approximately 6 p.m. Monday, March 3, at her campsite in the White Oak camping area of Table Rock
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Area woman takes solace in preserving ancestor’s grave
EASLEY — When Dianne Stevens decided to move to Pickens County from Massachusetts, she did so without the knowledge that she had roots in the very area she was to make her new home.
Little did she realize the profound impact that knowledge would soon have on her life. Stevens came to 
find out from a distant cousin in a letter that her great-great-great-great grandmother had lived in the area and raised a large family.
Her name was Jane “Jean” Campbell Cannon, and she was born in 1756 in Rich Hills, Charles County, Maryland. She later moved south, eventually ending up in Pickens County, where she married Russell Cannon in 1781. The couple had
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Red Devils fall to High Point at Upper State Championship
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
FLORENCE — In the midst of the best playoff run in school history, the Liberty High School boys’ basketball team travelled to Florence on March 4, looking to keep their run going in the Upper State 
championship against region foe High Point.
The Red Devils looked competitive early but were unable to overcome major offensive struggles against the
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Fruster leaves lasting legacy with Lions
There’s no way to describe it other than shocking. I did not think that Jeff Fruster would be the Daniel High School head football coach forever, however I would have thought you were crazy if you told me he 
was stepping down from the position prior to announcement on Thursday. While there will be plenty written and said about what comes next for the Lions, it’s important to understand the Herculean impact Coach Fru has made at Daniel.
A stalwart at Daniel since joining Randy Robinson’s staff in
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Fire on the Mountain
More than 200 acres burn in Six Mile Mountain fire, no injuries reported
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
SIX MILE — Officials said a fire that burned more than 200 acres on Six Mile Mountain over the weekend resulted in no injuries or loss of life.
The fire began on Saturday, and firefighters worked overnight to control the fire, which had been 85 percent contained by Sunday. A massive plume of smoke filled the sky over the mountain on Saturday 
afternoon, then flames showed themselves against the black of night once the sun went down, but the only obvious visible evidence of the wildfire by Monday morning was the acres of burned vegetation spread around the sides of the mountain.
The fire prompted evacuations of some areas near the
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