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STILL SUPREME Lions take down Greer for seventh straight region championship Greenwood ends Easley’s season; Devils outlast Blacksburg; pickens clinches More »
Municipal elections set for Tuesday
By Bru Nimmons Staff Reporter bnimmons@thepccourier.com COUNTY — Election Day is right around the corner, with voters set to return More »
SCDOT closes more bridges in Pickens County
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com COUNTY — The South Carolina Department of Transportation last week closed two more bridges More »
County leaders eye CATbus expansion
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com COUNTY — Members of the Pickens United group discussed the possibility of seeing More »
Community Calendar 7-3-24
• Widowed persons group meets in Easley
Moving Forward, a widowed persons group meets at 5:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at Silver Bay Restaurant at 7027 Highway 123 in Easley. For more information, call Marian Huskins at (864) 270-6032
• Legion Post 67 seeks new members
American Legion Post 67 in Liberty is accepting applications for membership from all U.S. military wartime veterans. For more information, call (864) 787-2322.
• Legion Post 52 to meet on 4th Tuesday
American Legion Post 52 officials invite all military veterans to join them in Easley. Meetings are
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Courier Trespass Notices 7-3-24
In the state of South Carolina, trespass after notice is a misdemeanor criminal offense prohibited by section 16-11-620 for the South Carolina Code.
Those who enter upon the lands of others without the permission of the owner or manager shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor trespassing. All persons are hereby notified and warned not to hunt, fish, cut timber or trespass in any manner whatsoever upon the lands of the undersigned:
Greg and Rosemarie D’Ginto Sept. 2024
John Carter Lane Sept. 2024
Courier Trespass Notices 7-3-24
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES
All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on Form #371ES with the Probate Court of PICKENS COUNTY, the address of which is 222 MCDANIEL AVE., B-16 PICKENS, SC 29671, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements on the prescribed form (FORM #371ES) indicating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as
Estate: Nathaniel William Cloer
Courier Legal Notices 7-3-24
Blankenship wins sheriff’s race
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Going to the polls to select just the third sheriff in the county in more than half a
Tommy Blankenship
century, Pickens County voters picked Tommy Blankenship to fill the office on Tuesday.
A current Pickens County Sheriff’s Office deputy, Blankenship will replace Sheriff Rick Clark after defeating PCSO Chief Deputy Chuck James in Tuesday’s Republican primary runoff. Clark, who did not seek reelection and endorsed James in the race, has served as sheriff since taking office in 2013 after winning an election to succeed longtime Sheriff David Stone, who held the position for 44 years.
Blankenship, who had a 1,600-vote advantage over second-place James in the initial five-man primary election race on June 11, won by a similar vote count on Tuesday, taking 8,075 votes compared to James’ 6,518.
While the sheriff’s race was decided by a relatively wide margin, Pickens County Council chairman Chris Bowers found himself in a neck-and-neck battle to retain his seat in a runoff against local businessman Brandon Thomas that appears destined for a recount. After all the precincts had reported, Bowers ended the night with a 14-vote advantage over the challenger, 1,325 to 1,311. If any potential provisional/fail safe votes tallied before the race is certified Thursday push the margin between the two candidates above 1 percentage point, a recount will not be necessary, according to Pickens County elections director Amy Sams. Bowers’ lead is currently 0.54 percent of the vote.
In the only other primary contest on local voters’ ballots Tuesday, Mark Burns received Pickens County voters’ endorsement over Sheri Biggs in the race to replace District 3 U.S. House Rep. Jeff Duncan, taking 7,621 votes to Biggs’ 6,712. Districtwide, however, Biggs held a nearly 1,000-vote margin with about 90 percent of precincts reporting at press time Tuesday.
Construction begins on industrial park at Greenville-Pickens Speedway
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — The first tenant of an industrial park at the site of the historic Greenville-Pickens Speedway officially broke ground Thursday morning.
Carolina Handling broke ground on a 267,000-square-foot facility at the newly-created Speedway Industrial & Technology Park.
The new facility will bring warehouse and office space from four area facilities together under one
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Easley lawyer disbarred for exploiting vets
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
STATE — The South Carolina Supreme Court unanimously agreed last week to disbar the former managing partner of an Easley-based law firm after she admitted last year to defrauding veterans 
and retirees of millions of dollars.
Justices released their opinion in the matter of respondent Candy M. Kern on June 20.
Last April, Kern pleaded guilty to conspiracy for her role “in a nationwide structured cash flow scheme that exploited military veterans in
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