Pickens sweeps Bishop England for 18th volleyball championship
By Bru Nimmons Sports Editor bnimmons@thepccourier.com COLUMBIA — Having dropped just one set on its way to the Class 4A More »
Balance key for state champs
Last season, when the Pickens High School volleyball team overcame a year of adversity to secure the 17th state championship More »
Pickens runoff set for Tuesday
By Bru Nimmons Staff Reporter bnimmons@thepccourier.com PICKENS — Voters from Pickens will return to the polls one final time this More »
TD Bank closing one Easley branch
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com EASLEY — A TD Bank branch in Easley is among the more than 50 More »
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DROUGHT ENDED Red Devils take down Pelion for first playoff win since 2016 Lions survive Dreher to advance; Easley season More »
Remembering the past, looking to the future
By Steve Townsend Special to the Courier news@thepccourier.com CENTRAL — As the late summer sun set at the at the More »
One dead, one hurt in wreck
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
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CENTRAL — A Pickens woman was killed and another person was injured after a head-
on collision near Six Mile on Aug. 25.
Pickens County Coroner Andrew Wilson identified the victim as 37-year-old Melody Willimon.
The wreck happened at 6:55 p.m. on Old Seneca Road
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Woman’s body found in Easley hospital bathroom
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
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EASLEY — The Pickens County Coroner’s Office and the Easley Police Department are 
investigating after a woman was found dead in a hospital bathroom last week.
Pickens County Coroner Andrew Wilson said in a release
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Blue Flame set school record with 70 points in blowout win over Walhalla.
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Young at Heart Senior Center opens in Easley
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
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EASLEY — Pickens County Meals on Wheels executive director Kim Valentin said bringing a senior center back to Easley was “way overdue.”
A day long in the works finally arrived as officials cut the ribbon Thursday morning on the Young at Heart Senior Center, part of the Easley YMCA at the McKissick Campus.
“We’ve been working on this since, I want to say it was around COVID times,” Valentin said. “We’ve been working on the plan for quite some time and working out all the details, and then of course acquiring the funding.
“Our portion of it ended up being about $880,000, and thanks to the city of Easley and grant money that was secured from Sen. (Thomas) Alexander and from the PIP grant
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Residents share thoughts on Abernathy Park redesign
CLEMSON — A beloved park in Clemson will soon be getting a facelift but first, the city is asking its residents what it would like to see in its transformation.
Residents were given two opportunities earlier this week to share their thoughts on the
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Pickens Museum Presents “Firelocks of the Revolution”
PICKENS – The Pickens County Museum of Arts and History will be host “Firelocks of 
the American Revolution” on September 6 from 4 – 6 p.m.
The exhibition will open with a reception. There will be free food and drinks.
All are invited to meet collector Ken Nabors and see
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SDPC outperforms state in ‘24–’25 assessments
PICKENS — The School District of Pickens County (SDPC) has surpassed state 
performance benchmarks in the 2024–2025 South Carolina assessments, despite having a higher pupil-in-poverty rate than the state average
Released today by the South Carolina Department of Education, the results highlight the district’s academic growth and commitment to preparing students for future success.
“Our students’ performance on the SC READY, EOC, WIN, and
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‘Hello Fall’ Vendor Fair coming to United Wesleyan
EASLEY — Summer is almost over, and everyone is about ready to say hello fall. The United Wesleyan Church in esley is doing it up right will a “Hello Fall Vendor Fair”.
The event will take place on September 13 in The United Wesleyan Church Lifeline
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Courier Obits 9-3-25
RUBY ALBERTSON EVANS
SIX MILE — Surrounded in her home by her beloved family, Ruby Albertson Evans, 76, passed away on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025.
A faithful Christian, Ruby was a devoted wife and caregiver to her late husband, Tom, and took great joy from being a loving mother figure to her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and any other children who needed love and a hug. Ruby and Tom’s door was always open.
Time spent with family was one of the most important
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aspects of Ruby’s life, whether it was all-day outings on the lake, driving the boat for Tom — aka Ski King — as he carved rooster tails across Lake Keowee with his slalom ski, reuniting with distant cousins at the Ross reunions, or loading up 25+ family members and heading to Cherry Grove and Fripp Island for the annual beach trip.
As an expression of her loving spirit, Ruby took advantage of any opportunity she had to cook for a crowd. She was well known for the delicious sourdough rolls she baked from her mama’s recipe and for many years kept a constant supply on the counter to
The human inclination to set boundaries
1 Kings 6:2 “And the house which king Solomon built for the Lord, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.”
God gave King Solomon a detailed set of directions for the building of the Jerusalem Temple (also called King Solomon’s Temple or The Temple of God).
The dimensions were given in cubits. One cubit is standardized as the distance from a man’s finger tips to the inside of his elbow. That length has been further standardized in modern thinking to 18” or one and
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