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 »
Soapstone Preservation Endowment reaches goal
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com PICKENS — An effort to build a $1 million endowment to protect and promote More »
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PCCTC to offer flight simulator
LIBERTY — The Pickens County Career and Technology Center announced the acquisition of a state-of-the-art True Course Simulations (TCS) Virtual Reality Flight Simulator in a release last week.
The flight simulator is more than just a fun learning tool; it is an immersive flight training experience that utilizes a virtual instructor to guide students through over 70 flight missions, coaching them through all the stages of the
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Flame happy with spring growth
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — After finishing his first season in 2023 with less than 20 varsity players against Greenwood, Pickenshead coach James Reynolds made one message clear to his players all spring long. Every player matters.
“That’s what we’ve been preaching since January,” Pickens head coach James Reynolds said. “If we learned anything last year, it’s that you can’t take a single play or a single player for granted. Everybody matters and it’s going to take
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Wave complete first spring game under Houston
By Eugene Jolley
Courier Sports
news@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — It was back to Brice Field for Easley football’s Green-White game Friday as the team was able to write a little bit of their own history.
Thanks to a late interception by Jace Brown on a tipped pass, the White was able to hold on for the 21-18 win over the Green.
“It was awesome,” said Easley Head Coach Sam Houston. “To get these guys out here and compete
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Lions prepare for title defense
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
CENTRAL — Coming off its third state championship in four seasons, the Daniel football team faced plenty of changes during its spring practice sessions.
Having to replace a senior group that went 51-1 over the last four seasons, Daniel head coach Jeff Fruster knows his team has room to grow but voiced his pleasure with their attitudes following the team’s spring game last Friday.
“We’re still a long ways away from where we hope to be going into fall camp,” Fruster said. “Still, I think we have the kind of kids that are
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Rogers golf tourney scheduled for June
PICKENS — The 20th annual Charles F. Rogers Scholarship Fund Golf 
Tournament is scheduled for Saturday, June 15 with Shotgun start at 1:30 p.m.
The tournament, which annually benefits a male and female senior basketball player from Pickens High School planning to attend a university, college or technical
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Easley Post 52 prepares for Legion baseball season
By Eugene Jolley
Courier Sports
news@thepccourier.com
EASLEY —The Easley Post 52 baseball team enters the season with a lot of 
optimism following last year’s state tournament playoff team.
The team finlshed 6-12, but made the playoffs and beat Lexington in the first round before falling to Camden and
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They forgot to draw the flowers
Long before there were written languages, cave dwellers decorated the walls of their caves with pictures of deer, bear and other animals. They traced their 
handprints on the walls. Even though flowers must have been plentiful in the forests, the early cave artists did not portray any flowers in their
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Fallen, not forgotten
This week we honor those who died while fighting for our country.
There was a time when society seemed to be more sensitive and compassionate about casualties of war, but today there are so many
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Courier Letters to the Editor
Waging war against war
Dear Editor,
Biden signs another package to send Israel $95 billion to buy weapons, bullets and equipment to fight a war.
All that these countries know is war. The U.S. spends billions to rebuild these
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Tips for saving the memories
Many of us have created our family tree, hoping to leave something to the generations that will come after us. Having a list of the names of our ancestors and 
all their important dates is valuable, especially if you have a budding genealogist coming up through the
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