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Flame advance to state title game

Flame advance to state title game

By Bru Nimmons Sports Editor bnimmons@thepccourier.com PICKENS — With a trip to the Class 4A state championship on the line, More »

ElringKlinger to create 294 jobs in Easley

ElringKlinger to create 294 jobs in Easley

By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com EASLEY — A company that announced it was coming to Pickens County last summer More »

Area groups discuss SNAP

Area groups discuss SNAP

By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com COUNTY — Nearly 20 dozen area organizations and groups met last week to discuss More »

Former Easley mayor faces ethics complaint

Former Easley mayor faces ethics complaint

By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com STATE — The South Carolina Ethics Commission held a hearing last month about an More »

This week in the PICKENS COUNTY COURIER’s FOOTBALL FRENZY Sponsored by MOUNTAIN VIEW FUNERALS AND CREMATIONS

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STILL SUPREME Lions take down Greer for seventh straight region championship Greenwood ends Easley’s season; Devils outlast Blacksburg;  pickens clinches More »

 

Honoring vets

Six Mile marks anniversary of Korean War Armistice

SIX MILE — July 27 marked the 70th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice, and the town of Six Mile remembered the event with a lunch for nine Korean War veterans.

Pickens County Veterans Council members Tom von Kaenel and Tom Smith organized the event.

Mayor Roy Stoddard gave opening remarks, and 91-year-old Korean War veteran James Whitley and his great-granddaughter, Sophie

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2 charged with drug trafficking

By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com

EASLEY — Two people face multiple charges after a brief police chase last month.

According to a release from the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office issued Monday, deputies with the agency’s Community Action Team

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Filing closes for fall races

By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com

COUNTY — With election season inching closer, Pickens County’s municipal general election candidate filing period finished on Tuesday, giving voters an idea of who they will see on the ballot in November.

The period, which began on July 18, had filings available for candidates in Central, Easley, Liberty, Norris, Pickens and Six Mile.

Easley, Norris, Pickens and Six Mile will all have mayoral elections on the ballot this year. Two incumbent mayors will be running for

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End nearing for school district book ban lawsuit?

By Andrea Kelley
Courtesy The Journal
akelley@upstatetoday.com

COUNTY — A months-long legal journey centered around antiracist literature in the School District of Pickens County could be coming to an end after the district filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit.

Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough LLP filed the motion last week on behalf of the school district and requested an oral argument, according to court records.

The lawsuit, filed in April by the Pickens County Branch NAACP along with three sets of parents with children in the district, stemmed from the Pickens County School Board’s

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Dump truck kills moped driver

LIBERTY — A Liberty woman died Monday after the moped she was driving was hit by a dump truck.

Pickens County chief deputy coroner Andrew Wilson identified the victim as 31-year-old

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PS&L announces promotions, state honor for employee

PICKENS — The Pickens Savings and Loan Board of Directors recently announced two promotions. Harold Alexander has been promoted to executive vice president, and Tracey Brock is the bank’s new vice president.

Alexander is the senior lender and loan department manager, and Brock is responsible for consumer lending and loan department operations.

“We are very fortunate to have Tracey and Harold on our team,” PS&L president

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Easley woman hit, killed by vehicle

By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com

EASLEY — An Easley woman died Friday after being hit by a vehicle.

Pickens County deputy coroner Tommy Page identified the victim as Donna Brown, 62, of Brookway Drive.

The accident took place on U.S. Highway 123 at Williams Avenue at 8 a.m. Friday, he said.

Brown, a pedestrian, was pronounced dead at the scene and died of blunt force trauma, Page said.

The Easley Police Department is investigating.

Pickens County Council discusses workforce childcare task force

By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com

COUNTY — Pickens County Council members recently discussed workforce childcare issues in the county and what role, if any, council should play in that discussion moving forward.

The discussion came before the vote on the council’s consent agenda during its July 10 meeting.

Councilwoman Claiborne Linvill asked for “Workforce/Childcare Task Force” to be put on the

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IN FULL SWING

SC District 1 off to hot start in Senior League World Series

By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com

EASLEY — After four days of play at the Senior League World Series, the bracket is beginning to thin out, and host S.C. District 1 is in a great position to advance to the United States final.

District 1 opened tournament play at the J.B. “Red” Owens Complex in Easley on Saturday taking on the Central regional champion Burbank

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Councilman weighs in on Trump rally costs

I read last week’s article about the Trump rally and the costs of the rally. Let me add some clarity.

Lindsay Graham asked the city of Pickens if President Trump could speak at the Independence Day Celebration. The city agreed. People like the city administrator Charlene Carter, Chief Randal Beach, Davey Hiott and Barry Crawford (Market at the Mill) worked with Team Trump

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