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County honors Pinnacle Performers of the Month
COUNTY — Five county employees were highlighted as “Pinnacle Performers”, in recent months for going above and beyond in their jobs. The honorees include: Elizabeth Brock, Austen Richey, Krystal Hopkins, Matthew Dalton and Chris Simmons.
Brock serves as a Legal Investigator for the Solicitor’s Office, where she has worked for the past 27 years. She was nominated by her longtime colleague Anita Anthony, who said Elizabeth has
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Wall That Heals set to visit Liberty
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) has announced The Wall That Heals national tour schedule for 2025 including a stop in Liberty from May 15-18.
The Wall That Heals exhibit includes a three quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial along with a mobile Education Center. The traveling exhibit honors the more than three million Americans who served in the U.S. Armed
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This week is the final week of PICKENES COUNTY COURIER’s FOOTBALL FRENZY for 2024
LIONS CAN’T CONTAIN SOUTH POINTE’S MASON HICKS IN SEASON-ENDING LOSS; ClEMSON LOSES HEARTBREAKER TO SOUTH CAROLINA all this and more in this week’s FOOTBALL FRENZY, sponsored by Mountain View Funerals and Cremations available only in the Pickens County Courier.
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Christmas parades to begin this week
By Elizabeth Whiten
Staff Reporter
liz@thepccourier.com
COUNTY – It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas as merchants and homeowners are putting up their trees, covered in light along with decorations galore.
As the calendar inches closer to Christmas Day, many of the Pickens County municipalities will be hosting their annual Christmas parades.
Parades will kick off with the City of Clemson and its annual Christmas Parade on Thursday, Dec. 5, beginning at 6 p.m. on College Ave.
On that same night, the town of Six Mile will host it’s Old-Fashioned Christmas starting a 6 p.m. The event will center
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County staff still discussing Helene lessons
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Pickens County staff are continuing to discuss ways the county can better respond to future emergency situations, six weeks after Hurricane Helene made landfall.
County administrator Ken Roper discussed that and a couple of other hurricane-related topics during a Facebook Live video update Friday morning.
On Monday, Nov. 18, county staff and outside partners held a meeting at the county’s emergency operations center to go
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Lions’ Williams captures second XC state championship
By Eric Sprott
Courtesy The Journal
sports@upstatetoday.com
NEWBERRY — With roughly 900 meters to go in the final cross-country meet of her high school career, Ashby Williams assumed she was in a race for second place Friday morning.
As it turns out, the day ultimately belonged to the Daniel High School senior.
After seemingly jockeying for second place with Nora Brahim of Bishop England, Williams quickly made up ground against frontrunner Daya Ross of Wren at the Class 4A State championship meet at The Farm at Newberry College.
Ferociously closing the gap in the final 400 meters, Williams passed Ross as they neared the finish line, as the Lions’ senior
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This week in FOOTBALL FRENZY only in PICKENES COUNTY COURIER
Lions outlast Richland Northeast behind Conn’s big day; Liberty, Pickens and Easley season in reviews’ Clemson clobbers the Citadel; all this and more in this week’s FOOTBALL FRENZY, sponsored by Mountain View Funerals and Cremations available only in the Pickens County Courier.
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Red Devils win inaugural Liberty Tip-Off tourney
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
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LIBERTY — Trailing 25-19 at halftime of its Liberty Tip-Off tournament championship game with Greer Middle College, the Liberty High School boys’ basketball team knew there was still a battle ahead if they wanted to win the tournament’s inaugural crown, with Red Devil head coach Brenden Marcell preaching the importance of playing under control as they prepared to come out of the locker room.
“I told them that the team with the most composure is going to win this game,” Marcell said. “I felt like in the first half we
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