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Greater Pickens Chamber of Commerce celebrating 60 years
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com PICKENS — The Greater Pickens Chamber of Commerce uses a variety of tools to More »
PCSO lauds ‘Devil in Disguise’ guilty pleas, sentences
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com STATE — The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office is hailing recent guilty pleas entered in More »
Lady Lions clinch third straight region title with win over Tigers
By Bru Nimmons Sports Editor bnimmons@thepccourier.com TIGERVILLE — The Daniel High School girls’ basketball team traveled to Blue Ridge on More »
Courier Letters to the Editor
Saitta gives update on road paving Dear Editor, Last month, I wrote the SCDOT had added repaving S.C. 183 from More »
Whiten takes the stage at the Opry
By Rocky Nimmons Publisher rnimmons@thepccourier.com NASHVILLE — What a week it has been for Six Mile native and up‑and‑coming country More »
Pickens County Museum’s new mural part of nationwide project
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Those driving past the Pickens County Museum of Art and History this month have seen an eye-catching addition to the building’s facade.
Artist Cheyenne Marcus, known as Cheyenne Renee, recently completed a mural on the museum’s wall, part of her “50 in 50” mission to complete 50 murals in 50 states.
A muralist from Covington, Va., Marcus recently spoke with the Pickens
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Easley woman dies in wreck
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
GREER — An Easley woman was one of two people killed in a head-on collision in Spartanburg County last week.
The Spartanburg County Coroner’s Office identified the victims as Amber Hendrix, 37, of Easley, and Gilbert Perez Ramos, 34, of Laurens.
The two-vehicle collision occurred at 9:20 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19, on S.C.
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State High School League announces 24-26 realignment
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
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COLUMBIA — Big changes are coming for Pickens County schools after the South Carolina High School League recently announced its classification placement of all schools beginning with the 2024-25 school year. The classification placement will be in effect for two years.
With the 3.0 multiplier — an out-of-zone multiplier of 3 added for each student who lives outside of a school’s assigned attendance zone — the biggest changes
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came for Daniel High School, which will move up to Class 4A, and Easley High School, which will move up to class 5A.
Liberty and Pickens will remain in Class 2A and Class 4A, respectively.
The multiplier was voted in last month by the SCHSL executive committee following concerns among members of the lower classifications about competitive balance.
According to the SCHSL, the guidelines established by the Reclassification/Realignment Guidelines Committee served as the blueprint for schools’ placements. Schools were assigned based on their enrollment count, to include district additions and the 3.0 multiplier.
Flexibility, as approved by the Reclassification/Realignment Guidelines Committee, was also used with consideration given to geographics and travel.
The SCHSL’s executive committee will meet Jan. 18-19 to hear appeals regarding the classification placements.
“Appreciation is expressed to those who served on the Reclassification/Realignment Guidelines Committee,” SCHSL commissioner Jerome Singleton said. “Classification placement of schools is the initial phase of the process. The next step for the league staff is to place the schools into regions in their respective classifications.”
Moped passenger killed in collision
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — An Easley woman died in a three-vehicle collision Dec. 21.
Pickens County deputy coroner Tommy Page identified the victim as Kerry Hamilton of Tucker Lane in Easley.
The accident occurred at 9:45 p.m. on S.C. Highway 183 near Albatross Road, 4.5 miles north of Easley, according to South Carolina Highway
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Dream Center residents earn new rides
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
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EASLEY — Supporters of the Dream Center of Pickens County gave two of the program’s participants a surprise a few days before Christmas.
Patty Lomax and Dee Dee Pitts had no idea what they’d be receiving as they stood in the crowd outside the center the morning of Dec. 20.
Both ladies were surprised with increased freedom and financial independence, in the form of keys to vehicles of their
very own.
“If you want to do well here,
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Chapman celebrates 61-year career in insurance business
By Rocky Nimmons
Publisher
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PICKENS — When you work in an industry for more than half a century, you create a legacy in the field you have chosen to dedicate your life to.
You become a fixture in the industry.
Geraldine Chapman is such a fixture with the legacy she built in the world of insurance in Pickens County. Chapman started her career in the
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Forest Acres student works to bring holiday joy to many
EASLEY — When most people think of the Christmas holidays, they immediately think of a season of giving.
This year that spirit was on display in a major way courtesy of an Easley second-grader who exemplified it.
Brinley Evans, daughter of David and Jessica Evans, is a student at Forest Acres Elementary. The second grader raised $2,000 by making and selling bracelets and receiving donations for a local Christmas toy drive.
Brinley’s parents spoke with her one evening about Scruffy’s Auction’s upcoming Christmas toy drive for children who may not receive toys for Christmas.
Hearing that some kids may not receive any toys broke her heart and
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Every day is a new opportunity
I hope everyone is having blessed holidays with family and friends. Spending time with those you love is much more meaningful than all the customs and traditions. The same is true with our spiritual lives, as it comes down to our personal 
relationship with God and the peace and joy we have living in His presence.
I’ve spoken with several people over the last few weeks who have no family
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Couier Letters to the Editor
A rant on the safety of our children
Dear Editor,
Just an old senior life citizen of Pickens County ranting a little.
About three months ago, I called the county works department and requested a sign for my neighborhood. We have like 18 homes in this subdivision, and up until a couple of years ago, all of us were elderly folks. There is no exit out other than to go back out the way you came in. It has one 20 mph speed limit sign on the right as soon as you enter.
Since we have had a few who have sold and moved, younger families have bought and have small children. Myself and a
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Don’t give up
This is not the world we grew up in, or even the world we knew for much of our lives. If my informal poll of friends and acquaintances is correct, we don’t like it much. The current state of the world has taken an emotional, physical and social 
toll on us. This isn’t the retirement we planned.
I hear:
We’re too trusting and it gets us into trouble when we fall for scams coming to
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