Red Devils fall at state
COLUMBIA — Looking to win its first state championship in 40 years, the Liberty High School volleyball team traveled to More »
A Mother’s prayer, a soldier’s postcard
The enduring story of POW Clint Chappell By Tom von Kaenel Special to the Courier news@thepccourier.com In a quiet house More »
Gabby Petito Foundation in Pickens this week
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com PICKENS — The community is invited to take parts in events put on this More »
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City mourns loss of beloved businessman
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com PICKENS — Pickens lost a mainstay of the downtown business community last week. Glenn More »
One files for open Liberty council seat
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — One candidate has filed to fill an unexpired term on Liberty City Council.
The Ward 3 City Council seat became open last month following the resignation of City Councilman Daniel Graybeal.
Filing for the Nov. 4 special election closed Monday, August. 11.
According to SC Elections Commission records, William Bo Cooley was the lone candidate to file to run for the Ward 3 seat.
Filing for the other municipal elections in Pickens County closed on Aug. 4.
Exotic cat stolen from Liberty animal sanctuary
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — Authorities are searching for an exotic cat they say was stolen from an area 
animal sanctuary by a former employee last month.
According to an Aug. 6 release from the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, investigators with the agency’s Animal Control Unit charged Bennett Van Every, 20, a former employee of Izzie’s Pond Animal Rescue and Sanctuary, with grand larceny.
Investigators allege Van Every snatched an African serval cat
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Deputies lauded for lifesaving actions
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Two members of the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office have been hailed for 
actions this summer that saved lives, including the life of a child.
Both men were recently recognized on the agency’s Facebook page.
On Aug. 4, Six Mile Elementary School resource officer Robert Timmons was performing his campus safety duties in the school cafeteria when a teacher told him a
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‘It is our history’: Family reunion honors legacy of strength, survival
By Lynda Abegg
Special to the Courier
news@thepccourier.com
CLEMSON — More than 100 members of the Pickens family traveled from ten states to attend the Pickens family reunion. They gather to reconnect, share memories, and create new bonds of fellowship. These family members are descendants of African Americans who were once enslaved by the Pickens’ family.
One of the highlights of the reunion is a visit to Hopewell Plantation in Clemson. Hopewell was built on land owned by Gen. Andrew Pickens. During the Revolutionary
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Doing the right thing
How many of us are continuing to do things we feel we should, even if we don’t want to?
A neighbor bemoaned the fact that her husband had signed them up for yet another line 
dancing class at the senior center. “And I don’t want to go,” she said. “I’m tired of learning new dances. I’d like to just enjoy the ones I already know.”
Like many of the people at the senior center, my
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Thoughts about the coming tribulation
I rarely discuss end-time events, but I’ve been receiving emails with questions pertaining to the church being removed from the earth, the second coming of Jesus and 
the antichrist.
The reason is simple why I avoid these topics, and it has to do with being unsure of my interpretations of them. I’m sure you are aware there are many opinions about
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A revealing or a warning?
Isaiah 46:9-10 “Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me. Declaring the end from the beginning, and
from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure.”
If you wanted to convince someone of the reality of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, would it be logical to “beat that person over the head with a Bible” until they confessed and repented?
Of course we all know the answer to that question. Coercing someone into believing may get a required verbal response but would that person really believe?
I well remember an older cousin and hunting/fishing buddy. When I was a teenager in
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Courier Letters to the Editor 8-13-25
Issues at Midway recycle center
Dear Editor,
I’m sure someone had good intentions when they redesigned the recycle center at Midway Road. But … disaster!
Trying to utilize the center is now a chaotic, time-consuming, dangerous mess.
Living on Fox Squirrel Ridge Road, I use the recycle center weekly. It’s never taken more than a few minutes to dump recyclables or trash. I’ve never seen more than one to two vehicles backed up on the road, and then, for only a few minutes. I went by Saturday a little after noon and there vehicles lined up down Cold Springs Church Road into Midway Road — an accident waiting to happen. The wait was a good 45 minutes to
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When the punishment isn’t enough
It’s most disturbing when one in a position of authority, someone tasked with the specific job of helping veterans, turns out to be a thief. This is what came to light 
recently when a Veterans Service Representative (VSR) pleaded guilty to stealing money from the very veterans he was supposed to help.
The scammer broke a federal law when he solicited
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