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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

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

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

 

Courier Trespass Notices 3-8-23

In the state of South Carolina, trespass after notice is a misdemeanor criminal offense prohibited by section 16-11-620 for the South Carolina Code.
Those who enter upon the lands of others without the permission of the owner or manager shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor trespassing. All persons are hereby notified and warned not to hunt, fish, cut timber or trespass in any manner whatsoever upon the lands of the undersigned:

Dollie G. Morris Mar. 2023

Courier Notice to Creditors 3-8-23

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES
All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on Form #371ES with the Probate Court of PICKENS COUNTY, the address of which is 222 MCDANIEL AVE., B-16 PICKENS, SC 29671, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements on the prescribed form (FORM #371ES) indicating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate: Bryan Loyd Smith

Courier Legals Notices 3-8-23

Notice of Self Storage Sale

Please take notice Prime Storage – Clemson Central located at 1737 Old Central Rd., Central SC 29630 intends to hold a Auction of storage units in default of payment. The sale will occur as an Online Auction via www.storagetreasures.com on 3/20/2023 at 12:00PM. This sale is pursuant to the assertion of lien for rental at

2 men sentenced to life for store clerk’s murder

By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com

COUNTY — Two men were found guilty last week in the 2018 murder of an Easley convenience store clerk.

Tychristian Ladson and Quinton Maurice Collins were both found guilty of murder and attempted armed robbery following a four-day trial, according to a release

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Easley post office renamed for fallen soldier

By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com

EASLEY — Easley’s post office will bear the name of a local man who died defending the nation.

A dedication ceremony was held Wednesday at Easley City Hall in honor of U.S. Army Pfc. Barrett Lyle

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New principals named for 4 county schools

School board trustees OK hires at Clemson, Hagood, Dacusville Middle, Daniel

COUNTY — The School District of Pickens County will welcome five new principals for the 2023-24 school year, and school board trustees approved four of the new leaders at their meeting this week.
At Monday’s school board meeting, trustees voted to approve Jessica Hendricks to lead Hagood Elementary, Nate Roper to be principal at Dacusville Middle, Adam Russell to lead Daniel High and David Thompson as Clemson Elementary principal.
Pickens Elementary will also have a new principal next year after the retirement of current principal Donna Harden, and school district communications director

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Police seek man after downtown Clemson bar fight

By David Ferrara
Courtesy The Journal
dferrara@upstatetoday.com

CLEMSON — A suspect has been identified in a downtown Clemson bar fight that led to a man being airlifted to a Greenville hospital Feb. 19.

Julian Tristen Mackenzi Garren, 23, is charged with one count of second-degree assault and battery, according to a

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Local wrestlers win state titles

By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com

ANDERSON — Over the weekend, athletes from all over the state of South Carolina descended on Anderson for the South Carolina High School League individual wrestling state championships.

More than a dozen Pickens County athletes represented their respective schools at the tournament, and three of those grapplers earned the title of state champion

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Blue Flame fall to North Augusta in round three

By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com

PICKENS — After a second-round romp of Riverside, the Pickens High School girls’ basketball team felt pretty confident in its abilities heading into a third-round game against top-ranked North Augusta.

However, the Yellow Jackets showed they were No. 1 for a reason as they overpowered Pickens in a 49-25 season-ending loss for the Blue Flame.

“They were very well coached,” Pickens head coach Rikki Owens said of North Augusta. “They’re used to being here this late in the playoffs and they were just such a

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Wave’s Pierce, Lions’ Simons brothers ink with colleges

By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor

bnimmons@thepccourier.com

COUNTY — Three of Pickens County’s finest athletes have signed recently to continue to their academic and athletic careers at the next level.

At Daniel High School, the brotherly duo of Blaine and Bray Simons will stay close to home after they signed to play football at Anderson University on Sunday.

Bray, a member of the Lions’ talented wide receiver corps last season, recorded 12 catches for 126 yards over the first half of the 2021 season before a knee injury ended his year prematurely. Working back from his injury this

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