Hembree appointed PC Veterans Affairs Officer after election loss
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com COUNTY — The county’s new Veterans Affairs Officer began his term July 1 but More »
Easley couple receives Order of the Palmetto for lifetime of service
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com EASLEY — An Easley couple were awarded South Carolina’s highest civilian honor, in recognition More »
Pickens County doctor pens new children’s book
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com EASLEY — The past several months have been busy ones for Dr. Lori Carnsew More »
AnMed expands access to urgent care in Clemson
CLEMSON — AnMed and Urgent Care Group have partnered to open AnMed Urgent Care in Clemson, located at 885 Tiger More »
Pickens woman sentenced for meth trafficking
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — A local woman has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for trafficking methamphetamine.
Melanie Cromer McClain, 50, was found guilty on Feb. 7 of a third offense of trafficking between 10 and 28 grams of 
meth, 13th Circuit Solicitor Walt Wilkins said in a release.
Testimony and evidence at trial established that on the night of Oct. 20, 2021, McClain was driving a vehicle on Hester Store Road when
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Roper discusses county initiatives
COUNTY — Parks and planning are among the initiatives Pickens County staff and officials are working on.
County administrator Ken Roper fielded questions from the public during an “Ask the Administrator” segment posted on the county’s Facebook page, including a question about current county initiatives.
“We’re in budget season right now,” he said. “A lot of the new initiatives
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Lions fall short at Upper State
By Eric Sprott
Courtesy The Journal
esprott@upstatetoday.com
FLORENCE — After failing to advance beyond the regular season last year, the Daniel High School girls’ basketball team found itself ahead of schedule in advancing all the way to the Class 3A Upper State championship game this season.
And though the Lions’ impressive run came to an unfortunate end on Tuesday, their future is looking plenty bright — something head coach Cosandar Griffin made sure to remind them of in the locker room following their 47-31 loss to
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Open Book Project has new home in Easley
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — A local nonprofit dedicated to nurturing a love of reading now has “a permanent home base in Easley.”
The Open Book Project held a ribbon cutting for its new space at 213 E. 1st Ave. in Easley on Friday morning.
The Open Book Project holds quarterly fundraisers each year.
“The proceeds that we make from each of those fundraisers fund our grant recipients through our Lottery Box of Giving program,” said Samantha Jones,
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Trump takes South Carolina
STATE — In his bid to return to White House, Donald Trump secured a huge victory over the weekend with voters in 
the state — and locally — giving the former president another big endorsement over former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley.
Statewide, Trump received 451,905 votes (59.8 percent) outpacing former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who finished with 298,674 votes statewide (39.52 percent).
In Pickens County, the former president received 15,606 votes (67.6 percent), more than double the 7,328 votes (31.74 percent) for Haley.
Courier Obituaries 2-28-24
EMILY ‘KATE’ TURNER
SENECA — Emily “Kate” Turner, 29, of Seneca, passed away Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024.
Born in Easley, she was a daughter of Donny Allan and Tonya Michelle Trammell Turner.
Kate was very creative and artistic and loved to express that through her drawings.
She also loved children, especially her nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, Kate is survived by her sisters, Christy Thompson (Paul) of Pickens, Nichole Moore of Six Mile, Trish Turner of Seneca and
Upstate native Jackson’s place in history
I’ll never forget something one of my editors at The Greenville News told me as he was assigning me to cover Jesse Jackson.
He said every time we wrote about Jesse, our phones would start ringing with angry callers threatening to cancel their subscription.
“But we’re not going to quit covering him if he’s making news,” he said.
This was around 2005. The Greenville native had long been a national
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Time to bury the hatchet
Andrew Pickens and his wife, Rebecca, lived in a log cabin that overlooked the Seneca River (now Lake Hartwell).
Following the American Revolutionary War, the land would be awarded to Gen. Andrew Pickens for his military service, and Hopewell plantation would become one of the largest plantations in the Pendleton
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Play the piano for brain health
I’ve been reading in too many places about taking steps to hold off memory and cognitive impairment, so I’ve paid 
attention to some of the ideas we can use to keep our brains active.
One idea that’s been very enticing is playing the piano and using that as a protective factor against dementia and impairment.
When I began my hunt for a piano, I quickly realized that space
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A True Sense of Place and Belonging
By Dr. Thomas Cloer, Jr.
Special to The Courier
For Black History Month, we have focused on the book Liberia, South Carolina: An African American Appalachian 
Community, by Dr. John M. Coggeshall, an Anthropologist and Professor at Clemson University. Liberia is a historic community that dates back to the abolition of slavery here in upper Pickens County, South Carolina. Soapstone Baptist Church and Soapstone School date back to the Emancipation Proclamation, and are part of a community
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