Within these walls
Historic schoolhouse restored, marker unveiled at Soapstone By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com PICKENS — A historical marker on the More »
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ON A ROLL!! LIBERTY OVERCOMES SLOW START FOR THIRD STRAIGHT WIN LIONS LOOKING TOWARDS CLINTON; GREEN WAVE PREPARE FOR MANN; More »
Pickens Lip Sync Battle sparks community unity
PICKENS — The second annual Lip Sync Battle was held at the Pickens Amphitheater on Saturday, bringing music, laughter and More »
Grand opening held for Hagood Mill Pavilion
The grand opening of the Heritage Pavilion at Hagood Mill Historic Site was held on Friday at a free community More »
PC Habitat for Humanity to host dinner next week
COUNTY Pickens County Habitat for Humanity (PCHFH) invites neighbors, supporters, and community partners to gather for the Have a Heart More »
4th annual Barns, Boots, Brew and Silent Auction set for Oct. 7
EASLEY — Family Promise of Pickens County is excited to present its 4th Annual Barn, Boots Brew and Silent Auction More »
Courier Legal Notices 12-4-24
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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DEW: County jobless rate rises
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COLUMBIA — The unemployment rate in Pickens County saw an increase during in the latest jobs report released last week.
The S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) reported that unemployment went up from 4.3 percent in September to 4.9 percent in October.
The rise in unemployment comes just one month after Pickens County saw its jobless rate drop one full percentage point from
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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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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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Taking a moment to appreciate our blessings
The year has flown by, and now Thanksgiving is here. I hope you have a meaningful Thanksgiving with family and friends.
The election is over, basketball is starting, and the sentimental feelings of fall have turned into the blah of winter. Many 
already have their Christmas trees up, and this week delicious turkeys will be the centerpiece of our tables. Actually, our celebration to give thanks was
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Courier Letters to the Editor
Thank you for a well-run election
Dear Editor,
Now that the election dust has pretty much settled and Thanksgiving is here, a big thank you to Pickens County Election Commission personnel and volunteers for a well-run election. According to scvotes.gov, an 80 percent voter turnout in Pickens County was above the statewide figure of 77 percent.
Thanks as well to everyone who helped with voter registration and education (candidate forum sponsors, Pickens County Courier reporting, meet-and-greets and so forth). Major attention was on the national candidates, but we elected a
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