PC Habitat for Humanity to host dinner next week
COUNTY Pickens County Habitat for Humanity (PCHFH) invites neighbors, supporters, and community partners to gather for the Have a Heart More »
4th annual Barns, Boots, Brew and Silent Auction set for Oct. 7
EASLEY — Family Promise of Pickens County is excited to present its 4th Annual Barn, Boots Brew and Silent Auction More »
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RUN OVER!! Red Devils pick more than 400 yards rushing in rivalry win over Pickens Daniel rebounds with win over More »
No vote taken on Pickens annexation
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com PICKENS — Pickens officials on Monday heard again from residents urging them to vote More »
Peabody Engineering expanding in Liberty
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com LIBERTY — A plastics manufacturer plans to expand its Pickens County operations, a move More »
Pickens officials ponder Main Street public restrooms
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Pickens city officials are considering building public restrooms near the amphitheater on Main Street.
Restrooms were one of the topics discussed at Pickens City Council’s Feb. 26 meeting.
“There was some interest in finding information
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Little launches Wave over Pickens
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — Going to bat in the bottom of the seventh inning, Easley’s Camora Little had a chance to give the Green Wave their first lead of the game and the win when she stepped up to face
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Lady Lions fall short to Crescent
By Eric Sprott
Courtesy The Journal
esprott@upstatetoday.com
CENTRAL — The season is admittedly still in its infancy, but Daniel High School softball coach 
Cora Wichelns wasn’t about to understate the importance of Tuesday’s matchup against defending Class 3A Upper State champion
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Oppenheimer in the spotlight, but did you know about Upstate’s own great physicist?
Oppenheimer!
Nearly 80 years after he led the scientific team that jolted World War II to a cataclysmic conclusion, his name is in the news again because of a movie about him that cleaned up at the 
Oscars last week.
But J. Robert Oppenheimer wasn’t the only great physicist of that era whose monumental contributions continue to shape our future.
We had our own “Oppenheimer” right here in the
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TIME TO CAST YOUR VOTE!!
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People are only as true as their word
We live in an age that tends to shrug its shoulders when confronted with spreading information that is not true. Instead of asking, like Pilate, “What is truth?” the postmodern man says, “Truth is 
relevant to each individual” or perhaps “There might be truth somewhere, but we cannot know it.”
Those of us who follow Christ realize that not being
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The Socialite Smuggler
Katharine Dexter’s great-grandfather, Samuel Dexter, had served in the cabinets of both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Her father, Wirt Dexter, was a prominent attorney in Chicago. He 
married Josephine Moore, a wealthy socialite, in 1866. Katharine was born on Aug. 27, 1875.
In 1904, Katharine was the first woman to graduate
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Courier Obituaries 3-20-24
BETTY D. HOOD
GREENVILLE — Betty Davis Hood, 93, passed away on March 15, 2024.
Born on Oct. 1, 1930, she was a daughter of the late Clarence and Edna Watson Davis.
Betty was known for her sweet personality and kind heart that touched the lives of many around her. She graduated from Liberty High School in the class of ‘49, where she was voted Class
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Beauty Queen and High Miss by her peers.
Betty also found joy in dancing and enjoying life. She was a poll manager for the county, and she
Jehovah’s Witnesses plan 2024 Memorial event
EASLEY — While the date of Sunday, March 24, may pass imperceptibly for many, millions around the world will gather at sundown to commemorate the death of Jesus Christ.
Considered the most important day of the year for Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Memorial is observed annually on Nisan 14 of the Jewish calendar in adherence to Jesus’ statement found in Luke 22:19, “Keep doing this in remembrance of me.” Though there are more than 8.6 million Jehovah’s Witnesses around the
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