Pickens sweeps Bishop England for 18th volleyball championship
By Bru Nimmons Sports Editor bnimmons@thepccourier.com COLUMBIA — Having dropped just one set on its way to the Class 4A More »
Balance key for state champs
Last season, when the Pickens High School volleyball team overcame a year of adversity to secure the 17th state championship More »
Pickens runoff set for Tuesday
By Bru Nimmons Staff Reporter bnimmons@thepccourier.com PICKENS — Voters from Pickens will return to the polls one final time this More »
TD Bank closing one Easley branch
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com EASLEY — A TD Bank branch in Easley is among the more than 50 More »
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DROUGHT ENDED Red Devils take down Pelion for first playoff win since 2016 Lions survive Dreher to advance; Easley season More »
Remembering the past, looking to the future
By Steve Townsend Special to the Courier news@thepccourier.com CENTRAL — As the late summer sun set at the at the More »
3 arrested in Pickens drug bust
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Three men face charges including possession of methamphetamine in connection with a bust at a Pickens automotive shop Friday.
According to a Pickens Police Department news release, the department’s Special Operations Unit executed a search warrant at Varela Brothers Tire and Auto on Friday.
The execution of the search warrant was part of a long-term narcotics investigation, the
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WASHED AWAY
BREWINGTON’S BIG DAY HELPS GREEN WAVE
OVERCOME 15-POINT FIRST HALF DEFICIT IN WIN OVER WOODMONT
DANIEL SCORES 27 UNANSWERED TO TOP SENECA; LIBERTY LOSES CLOSE BATTLE WITH CRESCENT; BLUE FLAME BASH BEREA ON THE ROAD all this and more in this week’s FOOTBALL FRENZY, sponsored by Mountain View Funerals and Cremations available only in the Pickens County Courier.
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Deal reached in Six Mile FD dispute
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
SIX MILE — The parties involved in a dispute between the town of Six Mile, Pickens 
County and Six Mile Fire Department firefighters are hopeful that a path forward has been found that will see two displaced firefighters returned to their positions.
In recent weeks, social media posts have alleged that Six Mile Fire Department Chief Michael Barrett and Assistant Chief Kendall Rampey were
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School district breaks ground on new learning facility in Pickens
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — The School District of Pickens County’s latest project aims to broaden the educational horizons of both children and adults.
Officials broke ground Friday morning on the Gateway to Innovation — G2i for short — at the Dr. Mendel H. Stewart campus, housed on the grounds of the former Pickens Middle School site.
“This is a significant event,” said school board chairman Randy Robinson, who recalled telling district superintendent Danny Merck to “kick out a wall at the career center” to enlarge the district facility for growth.
“He did one better,” Robinson said of Merck. “He had a thought, and that thought’s behind us.”
Robinson thanked district staff for “planning ahead, thinking ahead and having a vision
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Think pink for breast cancer awareness
The Courier is going pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In honor of those whose lives have been affected by this devastating disease, we will accent our front page with pink every week of October.
The pink ribbon has been synonymous with breast cancer for years. Nowadays, people rarely think twice when they see pink ribbons, having grown accustomed to the pink ribbon and what it symbolizes.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month has been celebrated each year since 1985, and many other breast cancer awareness initiatives have been devised since then. While the pink ribbon may seem like it’s been in use for just as long, it was actually established only a little more than 20 years ago.
Although you can see waves of pink every October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, many people don their ribbons year-round. Great strides have been made with respect to breast cancer, but with about 225,000 new cases popping up each year in the United States alone, there is still work to be done.
PC Habitat for Humanity weathers challenges, plans to expand goals
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Despite rising costs for construction, Pickens County Habitat for Humanity plans to up the number of people it helps put into homes.
The nonprofit held its Have a Heart for Habitat dinner on Thursday evening in Pickens.
“Your presence here tonight shows not only your generosity, but also your belief in the power of community, passion and the simple truth that everyone deserves a safe and
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Out of touch with reality
Philippians 2:1-2 “If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfil ye my joy, that ye be 
likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.”
A word we often hear in this day in age is “connected.” To be connected is to be joined together in agreement of our belief in Christ Jesus as our God and our Creator (John 1:1-3).
I once taught a children’s lesson with an old style
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You’re Fired
Dear Editor,
You’re fired!
That is what some people are hearing at work nowadays for comments they made on social media about Charlie Kirk.
People are saying words have consequences, so don’t feel sad for someone who loses
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The world will know us by our love
Each day we witness more division within our culture. There are only two sides, hate and love, and the separation is growing larger.
Sadly, for those on the dark side, violence is becoming more acceptable. It’s obvious that insisting is not enough for those who now endorse terrorism. Today’s violence has a specific reason: it’s about politics and religion, just like it’s been
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You can turn off the news
Several months ago I took a “short” break from watching the daily news — except that break wasn’t so short after all when I extended it to over a month.
Then, wanting to continue with the peace that came from not being hooked into the daily news cycles and media hysteria, I set my phone to send me alerts with short blurbs about important news. I could quickly scan the few lines of the alert, catch up and be done
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