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God loves unity
When we read, in Matthew 22:36-40, about our Lord being questioned by the Pharisees as to which is the greatest commandment in the law, He answers, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your 
mind. It comes first. The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. Everything in the Law and the prophets hangs on these two commandments.”
So, Christ is telling us, that if all God’s laws had to be summarized and if He had only one commandment, it would be this: that we are to love God and each
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Blue Ridge Bank opens new Pickens branch
PICKENS — Blue Ridge Bank recently held the grand opening of its new branch at 628 Ann St. in Pickens.
The office will operate from a temporary building while construction is underway on a 3,239-square-foot bank branch on the same lot.
The branch office follows the successful opening of its loan office in Pickens in 2022. Blue Ridge Bank is headquartered in
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McManus, Wilson win Pickens runoffs
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Voters in the city of Pickens returned to the polls one final time this election cycle to fill two open city council 
seats in Tuesday’s municipal runoff election.
Ray Wilson and John McManus took the open seats on council as 17 percent of registered voters within the city took to the polls to make their voice known.
Wilson will finish the final 36 months of the term for an unexpired council seat previously held by Danny Adams after getting 200 votes compared to opponent Jonathan Holder’s 145 votes.
Meanwhile, McManus took down opponent Ed Leese 179 votes to 164 votes to finish the final 12 months of the term for the seat previously held by Robert Nealy.
The two new members will join sitting council members Cameron Rivers, Floyd Rogers and Allie Winter, while Councilman Donnie McKinney remains suspended from office after being indicted on a charge of second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor in December 2022.
Election results are unofficial until being certified Thursday.
Blue Flame win 17th volleyball state title
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COLUMBIA — Down 24-19 in the third set of Saturday’s Class 4A state championship with May River, the Pickens High 
School volleyball team looked to be in serious danger of falling behind 2-1 in the crucial swing set.
The Blue Flame had trailed for the entirety of the third set, and with the Sharks one point away from taking it, Pickens head coach Mellie Crumpton’s message to her team was clear.
“I told my setters that (Kaylon Chapman) was on,” Crumpton said. “We need to feed her. That’s our team’s thing. If we have
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County volleyball players named all-state
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — The S.C. Coaches Association for Women’s Sports (SCCAWS) announced its 2024 All-State volleyball teams earlier this month and Pickens County was well represented with four athletes being selected for the team.
Daniel High School’s Zara Russell and Sarah Ulrich, Liberty’s Payton Miller and Pickens’ Kaylon Chapman were all selected for their respective classifications.
Russell and Ulrich were essential to the Lions this season as they won their third consecutive region
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This week in FOOTBALL FRENZY only in PICKENES COUNTY COURIER
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Hagood-Mauldin House gets major renovations
PICKENS — The major restoration work at the Hagood-Mauldin House and Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts in uptown Pickens is nearing completion.
The two-year project has included a new roof, complete exterior painting, carpentry and foundation repair and a total redesign of the gardens, among other things. The extensive work was funded by generous private donations and an accommodations tax grant from
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