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Library youth programs canceled for book review

Library youth programs canceled for book review

By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com COUNTY — Users of the Pickens County Library System will experience changes in services More »

County plans new ambulance facility in Pickens

County plans new ambulance facility in Pickens

  By Mike Pulley Special to the Courier news@thepccourier.com PICKENS — Pickens County is planning to build a new ambulance More »

Daniel girls see season end with third round loss to South Pointe

Daniel girls see season end with third round loss to South Pointe

By Bru Nimmons Sports Editor bnimmons@thepccourier.com CENTRAL — With a trip to the Upper State championship on the line, the More »

Skardon’s ‘Clemson 8 Challenge’ celebrates legacy of POW heroes

Skardon’s ‘Clemson 8 Challenge’ celebrates legacy of POW heroes

CLEMSON — Long before his death at 104 in 2021, retired U.S. Army Col. Ben Skardon made it his mission More »

IT IS TIME TO VOTE IN THE PICKENS COUNTY COUNTY COURIER’S READERS CHOICE AWARDS

IT IS TIME TO VOTE IN THE PICKENS COUNTY COUNTY COURIER’S READERS CHOICE AWARDS

Everyone run out and grab this week’s Pickens County Courier and vote for your favorite businesses in Pickens — and More »

 

Courier Notice to Creditors 2-8-23

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

Courier Legal Notices 2-8-23

PUBLIC NOTICE
Jordan Tate as owner of SACRED KINGDOM TATOO intends to apply for a Tattoo facility license with the Department of Health and Environmental Control per S.C. Code Section 44-34-110(C). Locations of proposed facility is 135 Watkins St., Central, SC. 29630. Any citizens interested in responding to matter should contact:

Inspiration Is Out There

Local legislator’s bill could send SC residents to space

By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com

COLUMBIA — A Pickens County lawmaker wants to create an annual lottery that would send a South Carolina resident to space.

In December, Rep. Neal Collins prefiled H.3460, a bill that would create the Blue Origin Flight Lottery Commission.

Collins called it “the fun bill.”

“But I’m serious about it, and I think that we can do it,” he said Monday. “I love the idea of what

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House fire kills owner of iconic Mac’s Drive In

CLEMSON — Authorities are investigating a fire that killed the owner of one of Clemson’s most iconic businesses.

Edgar T. Hunter Jr., 81, died in the fire Friday at his home at 307 Pendleton Road in Clemson, according to a news release from Pickens County chief deputy coroner Andrew Wilson.

Also known as Ted or Teddy, Hunter was the owner of Mac’s Drive In on Pendleton Road. A fixture in town for nearly seven decades, Mac’s has been featured on

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Grand jury indicts former teacher on student sex charge

By Riley Morningstar
Courtesy The Journal
rmorningstar@upstatetoday.com

PICKENS — The Pickens County Grand Jury has formally indicted a former School District of Pickens County teacher who was accused of having a sexual relationship with a student last year.

Online court records show Katherine Folger Pelfrey, 35, formerly of Clemson, received a true bill indictment on Jan. 24 for sexual battery of a student aged 16-17 and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She was released from the

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‘Nothing short of magical’: Annual YAM jubilee a success

By Pauline Blackston
For The Courier
news@thepccourier.com

PICKENS — Hosted Saturday at Pickens High School, the 2023 Winter Bluegrass Jubilee will go down in the record books probably not as the one with the greatest attendance or the greatest funds raised — although both of those were fabulous — but as the most magical, awe-inspiring Jubilee to date of those preceding it and of those to follow.

“When the curtains parted and the crowd roared, the hair stood up on the back of my neck,” Preserving Our Southern Appalachian Music (POSAM) board member

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AAA Carolinas: Gas cost up due to rising demand

By Riley Morningstar
Courtesy The Journal
rmorningstar@upstatetoday.com

STATE — The average price for a gallon of unleaded gas in South Carolina was nearly 50 cents more last week than it was a month ago, according to AAA Carolinas.

The agency issued a news release Jan. 25 saying the current average in the Palmetto State was $3.25 per gallon, up 15 cents on the week and 47 cents more than the

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Officials want development standards to have ‘teeth’

By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com

EASLEY — Speaking at a recent grassroots meeting about current and future development in Pickens County,  Dr. Daniel Lee told the crowd he had some numbers regarding a planned development at a former Alice Manufacturing site “that are going to scare you.”

“If they build out this development on the McKissick property, the Alice Manufacturing property, it’ll be the third-largest

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Save A Lot, customers help to feed area hungry

PICKENS — With the help and generosity of its customers, the Save A Lot store at 529 Hampton Ave. in Pickens has donated more than 1,100 bags of much-needed, high-quality food to The Gleaning House.

Throughout the holiday season, Save A Lot customers in Pickens — and across the country — showed their support for their local communities by purchasing pre-assembled bags of food that were donated to local and regional charitable organizations.

The Pickens Save A Lot has seen among the highest donations across all

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US 123 wreck kills Greenville woman

By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com

LIBERTY — A Greenville woman died last week after her car struck a dump truck and then several trees on U.S. Highway 123 near Liberty.

Pickens County chief deputy coroner Andrew Wilson identified the victim as Sarah Marshall, 27, of Vantage Way.

The accident happened at 7:25 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, on U.S. 123 at mile marker 10, 2.1 miles south of Liberty, according to South Carolina Highway Patrol

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