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 »
Courier Notice to Creditors 5-31-23
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
Courier Legal Notices 5-31-23
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF PICKENS
IN THE PROBATE COURT
CASE NUMBER 2023-ES-39-00269
5-year-old dies after falling from car
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — A 5-year-old boy died last week after falling from a moving vehicle in Easley.
Pickens County chief deputy coroner Andrew Wilson identified the victim as Axel Garcia of Easley.
The incident happened at 6:20 p.m. May 16 on Highway 192 near Grant Valley Road, 2.3 miles east of Easley, according to Lance Cpl. Lena
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Pickens rejects FEMA funding
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — City administrator Charlene Carter acknowledged the request before Pickens City Council members was an unusual one.
An item on council’s May 8 meeting agenda was a motion to rescind a request, obligation and award
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Man, 21, found shot to death in Clemson
CLEMSON — Clemson police are still investigating after an Anderson man was found shot to death at an apartment complex on Old 
Greenville Highway early Saturday morning.
Clemson Police Chief Jorge Campos had no update Monday afternoon on the investigation into the death of the man, identified by the Pickens County Coroner’s Office as 21-year-old Logan
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One hurt in Easley shooting
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that left a man injured last week.
According to a release from Chief Deputy Chuck James, the sheriff’s office was notified at 6:38 p.m. May 17 about a possible shooting in the 800 block of Pelzer Highway in Easley.
James said that as deputies were responding to the scene, officials from Prisma Health Baptist Easley called saying a person had been dropped off at the hospital with an apparent
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SDPC budget includes raises, no tax increase
By Andrea Kelley
Courtesy The Journal
akelley@upstatetoday.com
EASLEY — The School District of Pickens County’s budget review Monday night prompted some discussion among school board trustees over the question of millage rates.
The third reading of the $165 million budget includes a $2,500 raise for each cell of the teacher salary schedule and increases pay for bus drivers, nurses and support staff, all without raising millage.
Trustee Betty Bagley asked district chief financial officer Matt Owens how much the district could
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Wreck claims life of Greenville man
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
CENTRAL — A 59-year old man died after a single-car wreck last week.
Pickens County chief deputy coroner Andrew Wilson identified the victim as David Smith of Greenville.
The accident occurred at 9:08 a.m. May 17 on Simms School Road near Mill Pine Road, approximately 1.5 miles east of Central, according to Master Trooper Mitchell Ridgeway of the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
The accident occurred as Smith was driving a 2014 Subaru sedan north on Simms School Road, he said.
The car went off the right side of the road, striking a utility pole before overturning, Ridgeway said.
Wilson said Smith was not wearing a seatbelt and was pronounced dead at the scene from blunt force trauma.
The Highway Patrol is investigating.
Liberty grad King wins Big 12 title
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
NORMAN, Okla. — Liberty High School graduate Keyshawn King has had a college career filled with accolades and achievements, and the 
Texas Tech senior added one more on May 14, as he took home the Big 12 outdoor triple jump championship.
King, who began his career at Stanford before transferring as a graduate to Texas Tech last summer, took sixth place at the Big 12 indoor track and field
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