Flame advance to state title game
By Bru Nimmons Sports Editor bnimmons@thepccourier.com PICKENS — With a trip to the Class 4A state championship on the line, More »
ElringKlinger to create 294 jobs in Easley
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com EASLEY — A company that announced it was coming to Pickens County last summer More »
Area groups discuss SNAP
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com COUNTY — Nearly 20 dozen area organizations and groups met last week to discuss More »
Former Easley mayor faces ethics complaint
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com STATE — The South Carolina Ethics Commission held a hearing last month about an More »
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Easley Mayor reverses course on change in government form
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — Easley Mayor Lisa Talbert says changing the city’s form of government is no longer one of her goals, despite it being an issue she raised during her campaign.
Shortly after she took office, Talbert told attendees at a Jan. 29 meeting of Pickens United that she wanted voters to decide via referendum if Easley’s government should change from mayor-council to council-manager.
“We have that underway as well,” Talbert said at the January meeting. “Our goal is to put that on the national election ballot coming up this
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No emergency at Oconee Nuclear Station despite sirens sounding off
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Many Pickens County residents were sent into a panic on Tuesday morning when Oconee Nuclear Station alarm sirens began sounding without warning.
“Duke Energy has received information that some emergency warning sirens sounded in the Pickens County emergency planning zone around Oconee Nuclear Station,” a statement posted on the Pickens County SC Facebook page said. “They
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3 incumbents unopposed for school board
By Andrea Kelley
Courtesy The Journal
akelley@upstatetoday.com
EASLEY — All incumbents for three open seats on the Board of Trustees for the School District of Pickens County are 
running unopposed for re-election after filing closed Thursday.
Betty Bagley is running for her third term serving the Clemson area in District 1. Bagley is an educator of 55 years, including serving across three different districts as a teacher, director of student services, school psychologist, district administrator and superintendent.
A Liberty High School graduate, Bagley went on to earn her
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Railroad grant to assist county with glass recycling
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Recycling glass is still an issue for Pickens County, but the county recently got an assist from an area railroad company.
In a Facebook Live video posted Friday, county administrator Ken Roper discussed the county “continuing to adapt to the 
market conditions that we see with our recycling efforts.”
“One of the big things with recycling right now is the market for glass — for recycled glass — is basically nonexistent,” he said. “”We get from our eight recycling centers … recyclable glass and we bring it back and we sort it and we cannot get a vendor to come and get it.”
Bringing that glass back to the county’s main landfill comes with costs
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Officials hope to combat rising mosquito populations
By Jonathan Veit
Courtesy Clemson University
news@thepccourier.com
Mosquitoes are breeding in abundance in floodwaters left behind by Tropical Storm Debby, prompting officials throughout 
the state to step up pesticide treatments to control them.
Experts with the Clemson University Extension Service and Regulatory Services units are advising beekeepers to be aware of increased sprayings and prepare to cover their hives if necessary
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Area man convicted of child sex crime to receive new trial
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — A Pickens County man convicted a decade ago of first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor will receive a new trial following a ruling issued earlier this month by the South Carolina Supreme Court.
Justin Ryan Cone, of Pickens, was convicted in 2014 and sentenced to 30 years, the ruling said.
In the background portion of the ruling, justices wrote that Cone had an ongoing sexual relationship with the victim’s
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Investing our abilities into God’s kingdom
As a freelance faith columnist and Christian author, I’m honored to have the opportunity to provide thoughts and ideas to relay to others.
I’m sure all Bible teachers and pastors feel they are God’s messengers. What I do is nothing more special than how millions of other Christians serve Him, and I humbly acknowledge that most are more talented and effective. God’s
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Stranded in space
NASA astronauts Commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Pilot Sunita “Suni” Williams boarded the Boeing Starliner for an 
eight-day tour that turned into an eight-month mission (so far).
It reminds me of that fateful day that five passengers boarded a ship called the Minnow for a three-hour tour. They ran into a bad storm and ended up stranded on Gilligan’s Island, a tropical paradise, unable to get back home.
Butch and Suni did not run aground in a storm. Their spaceship had a
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Turning off monitoring machines?
Telemetry medicine is a huge benefit for surgery or cardiac patients. Using fancy high-tech equipment, these patients can be monitored while they recover, and their vital signs are continuously transmitted to medical staff. So it’s great … except 
when it’s not.
The Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of Inspector General recently investigated two cases where the whole system failed
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Courier Obituaries 8-28-24
TREVOR ZION BAUKNIGHT
EASLEY — With humble acceptance of God’s will, we announce the passing of Trevor Zion Bauknight, 55, on Aug. 22, 2024. 
He was the beloved husband of Amanda Cox, both of Easley and formerly Sumter.
Born in Kingsport, Tenn., and raised in Sumter, he was the son of Amanda Mosier Bauknight and Dennis Lehman Bauknight.
Trevor attended his beloved Sumter High School, Clemson University and the University of South Carolina, with degrees in religious studies and history.
Trevor was a project manager and editor at Martin Printing. He worked for The Sumter Daily Item for many years, and whether you knew it or not, you probably saw him on the sideline of a high school football game under those Friday night lights. He was also the art education director for the Sumter County Gallery of Art.
There are no words to explain how incredibly special he was. He was
