This week in the PICKENS COUNTY COURIER’s FOOTBALL FRENZY Sponsored by MOUNTAIN VIEW FUNERALS AND CREMATIONS
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 »
Semper Fi Barn to host Community Patriot Day Remembrance Ceremony
SIX MILE — The Semper Fi Barn will host a community-wide Patriot Day Remembrance Ceremony on September 11, offering area More »
Keowee Vineyards make donation to help ‘Feed A Hungry Child’
On August 27, the Keowee Vineyards CRO Advisory Board proudly presented a check to their Fund the Need recipient, Feed More »
Double murder suspect caught
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — A man wanted in connection with the killings of two people in Mauldin last week was arrested over the weekend in Easley.
According to a release from the Mauldin Police Department, officers received a call at 6:34 p.m. Monday, Oct. 23, for a welfare check at a home on Ashby Park Lane.
After arriving at the scene, officers found two people dead inside the home.
The next day, the Greenville County Coroner’s Office ruled both deaths as homicides,
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THIS WEEK IN FOOTBALL FRENZY!!!
The high school football season comes to an end With the Daniel Lions shuting out Crescent to cap their fifth consecutive unbeaten regular season, Wave lose regular-season finale, Devils top Chesnee in thriller, Flame see season end in Greenwood and Clemson Tigers fall to NC State.
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Man charged with driving stolen vehicle
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — A man was arrested in Pickens on Tuesday after police allege he stole a truck in Anderson County and fled officers in Pickens County.
Kyle Bruce Parris is being charged locally with possession of a stolen vehicle, a second offense of failure to stop for blue lights and leaving the scene of an accident with property damage, according to a release from Pickens Police Chief Randal Beach. The Anderson
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Daniel’s O’Brien wins individual state title
By Eric Sprott
Courtesy The Journal
esprott@upstatetoday.com
CENTRAL — On the final day of her six-year career with the Daniel High School girls’ golf team, senior Peyton O’Brien’s emotions ran the gamut.
Following a prayer at the team breakfast ahead of the final day of the 36-hole Class 3A State championship tournament, O’Brien broke down
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Elections planned Tuesday
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Voters will head to the polls next week to elect new leaders for municipal governments around Pickens County.
Easley, Norris, Pickens and Six Mile will all have mayoral elections on the ballot this year. Two incumbent mayors will be running for reelection, with Easley’s Butch Womack attempting to hold off challenges from David Cox and Lisa Talbert and Norris Mayor Odell Williams
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Courier Obituaries 11-1-23
STACEY MICHELLE RICHBURG TALLEY
SUNSET — Stacey Michelle Richburg Talley, 42, loving wife of 14 years to Theodore Frank Talley, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, at her home, surrounded by her family.
Born Nov. 11, 1980, in Pensacola, Fla., Stacey was the daughter of William Pascal Richburg and Vicki Lynnett McKamey Richburg. Stacey earned a degree from West End Baptist Bible Institute. She worked as a bank teller for nine years at Truist (BB&T) Bank and later worked as a
The benefits of cooperation
On the same day that our U.S. House of Representatives effectively voted against a third person to be speaker, our state and county delegations held a press conference announcing how cooperation led to $95 million coming to our county to fix Pickens County’s most 
dangerous road, S.C. Highway 183. The contrast between functioning government and dysfunctional government could not have been greater.
S.C. 183 has been a safety priority for many years — decades if you have lived here. Five-year crash
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The witch’s grave
Bill, severely wounded in Afghanistan, limped from shrapnel lodged in his left leg. Suffering from PTSD, unable to find a job, he welcomed the forgiving obscurity provided by alcohol.
The preacher got him into AA and found him a job as the caretaker of an old cemetery. He lived in the caretaker’s cabin. He cut the grass in summer and raked the leaves in the fall. His only companion was a little black cat with a splotch of white fur on her chest. He named her Josephine.
Bill whistled as he began to rake up the leaves covering the graves. He stopped to brush
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Letters to the Editor 11-1-23
Growth comes with impact
Dear Editor,
Growth is inevitable, but at what expense? Census Bureau data shows that S.C. ranked fifth in the nation for population growth from April 2020 to July 2022. While most would agree that growth is good for our communities, it should not create a burden to the current and future
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