By Jason Evans

Staff Reporter

jevans@thepccourier.com

PICKENS — Pickens County’s suicide rate is the highest in South Carolina.

“The statistic, once you know it, calls for a response,” acting county administrator Ken Roper said.

During county council’s January Committee of the Whole meeting, county officials discussed what can be done to address mental health issues.

“For the last couple of months, we’ve had meetings that involved the South Carolina

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