Culpepper named PHS principal
Neuner, Plyler named principals of DES, FAE By Bru Nimmons Staff Reporter bnimmons@thepccourier.com COUNTY — The School District of Pickens More »
SCDOT seeking comment on 183-178 intersection
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com PICKENS — Officials are seeking public comment on a proposed “road diet” along portions More »
Cannon Church breaks ground on new building
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com CENTRAL — Construction of a $2 million addition to the grounds of Cannon Church More »
Lady Lions take down county foe Pickens for 18th straight victory
By Bru Nimmons Sports Editor bnimmons@thepccourier.com CENTRAL — After blowing by county foe Pickens in their first matchup this season, More »
Red Devils go cold against top-ranked High Point
By Bru Nimmons Sports Editor bnimmons@thepccourier.com LIBERTY — Hosting top-ranked High Point on senior night, the sixth-ranked Liberty High School More »
Deep Winter Blues Festival returns
PICKENS — The soulful sounds of the blues will once again echo through the hills of the Upstate as the More »
LHS football coach retires
LIBERTY — Coming off Liberty High School’s season ending loss on Friday night, Liberty head football Paul Sutherland announced his 
retirement on Monday.
Sutherland joined Liberty in 2021, bringing decades of experience and a proven track record. Before his time with the Red Devils, he led programs at Pendleton High School for 17 seasons and at Franklin County HighSchool in Georgia for three years. His overall head coaching record stands at 161-116.
“Coach Sutherland’s impact on
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Pickens restores historic outdoor warning siren
PICKENS — At the direction of Mayor Isaiah Scipio, the City of Pickens has undertaken the restoration and reinstallation of a historic outdoor warning siren to strengthen community preparedness and emergency notification capabilities.
Over the next few weeks, crews will install a fully restored Federal Signal STH10 outdoor warning siren on the water tank located behind the shops on East Main Street.
Originally used decades ago to alert firefighters to emergencies, the
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American Legion honors local vets
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — Residents gathered last week to honor the service and sacrifice of veterans of this area and across the nation.
American Legion Post 52 held its annual Veterans Day observance Nov. 11 at Robinson Memorial Gardens in Easley.
“This is a special day for all of us to be able to remember ourfamilyand our friends who are not able to be with us today,” Post 52Commander Gary Hinton said.
The ceremony included the posting of the colors by the post’s honor/color guard, the singing of the national anthem, an
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And the winners are
The art students at Liberty High School know how to create art that dazzles and inspires, and at the November 4 Art Club meeting four talented artists, and their teacher Amanda Stokes, were recognized for their creativity by the Liberty Community Scholarship Board. The highly talented art contest winners who beautifully illustrated “The Joy of Christmas” are Holly Burgess who earned the first place honor; Bonnie Creely winning 2nd place, Brooklyn Johnson awarded 3rd place and Austin Jackson awarded 4th place; and, their artwork will be featured on the widely distributed 2025 LCS Christmas Card. Look for this card in your mailbox and at the Pickens County Museum. The art contest is sponsored by Strickland Services with many prizes awarded by community leaders including gift bags from CVS Liberty, manager Justice Simms; decorated chocolate chip cookie cakes from Ingles Liberty, manager Thomas Capogna; award certificates and cash prizes. The winners are pictured with memebers if the Liberty Community Scholarship board.
Local smoke shops under investigation
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Agencies inside and outside Pickens County joined 
forces recently to investigate smoke shops in the
area.
According to a release issued by the Easley Police Department on Nov. 12, search warrants were executed that day on multiple smoke shops within the city of Easley as a part of an ongoing narcotics investigation.
The search warrants’ executions were assisted by the South Carolina
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Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative to host annual Tree Lighting
PICKENS — Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative will kick off the Christmas season with the co-op’s annual tree lighting at their 
Pickens office at 734 West Main Street on November 25 at 5:15 p.m. For 43 years, this highly anticipated community event has created joy and camaraderie throughout the Pickens community by bringing people together to celebrate the reason for the Christmas season.
This long-standing tradition would not exist if it weren’t for the foresight of former co-op
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Seeing our reflection in God’s eyes
We have been discussing the need for Christians to be continuously willing to examine 
their biased opinions about life and the Bible.
Remember the person who boldly declared, “I am what I am, and this is what I will always be?” It’s sad to imagine how many individuals actually feel this
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Then along came Hitler
John 8:32 “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
Often I have been asked “What is your favorite country?” Or “What is the most beautiful country you’ve traveled in?” But I’ve never been asked “What is the most impressive country you’ve visited?”
Had that question been asked, the answer would have been “Germany!” The German people, the culture, the history, the architecture, the infrastructure and the
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Courier Letters to the Editor 11-19-25
Thank you to Pickens police
Dear Editor,
I would like to commend the Pickens Police Department for helping me when a car went between me and another car on my way home from Walmart.
The car hit my side mirror and knicked my front fender. Then they went two lanes over to the red light by CVS. They had to stop at the red light to make a left turn.
I got the license plate number and called the police station. They were at my home
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within 20 minutes to get the details and file a report.
I was thankful that I was not hurt, but my concern was that the driver of the car was not paying attention and could hurt someone else. The police officer located the driver and brought the report to my house.
This is an all-too-often occurrence that happens every day, especially on Hampton Street.
I hope that everyone will be more patient when driving so more people will not be hurt or have damage to their vehicles.
Elaine Moss
Pickens
Why is war so popular?
Dear Editor,
The world has had very little of peace since time began. War seems more popular. With that in mind, I wrote the following.
War is a cruel mistress, calling young people to her bed. She cares nothing about their welfare, and death is her closest friend. Both sides fighting have mothers at home worrying and grieving for their children. She is a liar, with her telling both that they are justified in killing the other. War cares nothing for none, only that they die. War is heartless, with love never being her reason for existing. A cruel mistress that thrives off of hatred, fear, rage and seeing humans die. Expect no mercy from her.
She is not happy with just taking lives and being done. No, also she must also destroy the lives of those who survive her rage. It has been said, “wars don’t solve problems, they only create new ones.”
The battlefield soaked in blood isn’t enough for her to be satisfied, no, she delights in leaving widows and orphans behind to try and carry on. Someday those orphans, when grown, she will call to her to satisfy her bloodlust. War is a cruel mistress, covered in the blood of those she calls to her bed.
Why is she so popular? Perhaps those who lust after the others’ wealth? Those who think nothing of sacrificing others’ children upon her altar for said wealth. However, their children are spared this cruel mistress called war.
It will never change as long as wealth means more than human lives. No she’s never going to be satisfied with no hope for peace ever unto the end from this cruel mistress called War!
Eddie Boggs
Westminster
