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Human Trafficking Task Force releases 2023 evaluation
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COLUMBIA — Members of the S.C. Human Trafficking Task Force intend to ask the General 
Assembly this year for funding to open shelters around the state for minors who have been victims of human trafficking, according to S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson.
Officials connected with the task force gathered in Columbia earlier this month to mark the
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Murder charges in fentanyl case an ‘aggressive legal strategy’
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COLUMBIA — Prosecutors are hopeful that those who knowingly sell fentanyl to customers who 
later die from fentanyl poisoning can be successfully tried for murder.
Murder charges were included in recently
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Devils down Greer Middle College for first region win
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — Going over a month without a win, the Liberty girls’ basketball team looked to get back on track at home against Greer Middle College last Wednesday.
The Red Devils managed to do just that, overcoming a slow start offensively to drop the Blazers
45-25 and get back in the win column.
“It feels good,” Liberty senior forward Kaylie Pace said. “It feels like we’re finally working as a team and we’re starting to come together.”
“The girls played well tonight,” Liberty head coach Gregg Thomas added. “The
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LWV to hold voting program in Clemson
Oconee and Pickens County elections officials will present to the public a program called 
“Accurate, Secure and Accessible,” by the League of Women Voters, from 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16 at Clemson Methodist Church, located at 300 Frontage Road in Clemson.
Panel members will be Oconee County Voter Registration and Elections director Kristie L. Burr and board chair Jim Murray, as well as Pickens County Voter Registration and Elections director Amy Sams and board chair James Little.
Investigation results in over 300 fentanyl-related charges
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
GREENVILLE — Pickens County law enforcement played a pivotal role in a drug trafficking investigation that has led to charges against more than 60 people, including murder-related charges for some suspected of dealing fentanyl involved in overdose deaths.
The Easley and Pickens police departments and the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office assisted in the
investigation, dubbed “Devil in Disguise,” which has resulted in the state grand jury
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Easley officials sworn into office
EASLEY — A new era in the city of Easley began this week as the city’s new mayor and three new 
council members were sworn in at the Law Enforcement Center in Easley on Monday.
It was a monumental day for the city as Lisa Talbert took the oath of office and
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Pickens names new city administrator, mayor pro-tem
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — The city of Pickens kicked off 2024 by naming a new city administrator.
After an executive session at its monthly meeting Monday night, Pickens City Council unanimously voted to hire former Aiken economic development director Tim O’Briant as
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