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Butterfly Wellness spreads holiday cheer across Pickens PICKENS — The Butterfly Wellness Yoga team faced a choice this Christmas season More »

Clemson alum donates kidney to stranger

Clemson alum donates kidney to stranger

By Ken Scar Clemson News news@thepccourier.com Two men spent years as strangers only miles removed from one another. A life-saving More »

Jones appointed interim Clemson president

Jones appointed interim Clemson president

CLEMSON — Clemson University’s Board of Trustees met on Wednesday, Dec. 10, to approve the appointment of an interim president, More »

Bobcats come back to top Easley

Bobcats come back to top Easley

By Bru Nimmons Sports Editor bnimmons@thepccourier.com EASLEY — The Easley High School boys’ basketball team went big game hunting on More »

Guild presents quilts to Bravo Battery troops

Guild presents quilts to Bravo Battery troops

EASLEY – The Upcountry Quilt Guild presented 83 Quilts of Valor to members of the Easley National Guard on November More »

 

This week in FOOTBALL FRENZY

DANIEL DOMINATES 8TH-RANKED SENECA IN ALL FACETS, GREEN WAVE PUMMEL BEREA berea 3B, DEVILS DOWNED IN OT BY NINETY SIX 4B, PICKENS FALLS TO GREENVILLE 5B,  TIGERS WIN IN TALLAHASSEE 7B

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Honoring a Hero

Investigation yields drug charges for 3

By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com

DACUSVILLE — A Pickens County Sheriff’s Office investigation has resulted in several people facing drug charges.

According to a sheriff’s office release issued Thursday, its Special Operations Unit and Community Action Team recently concluded a drug

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Fundraiser benefits Family Promise of Pickens County

By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com

SUNSET — Family Promise of Pickens County helps families weather difficult times and get back on their feet while staying together.

The “Barn, Boots and Brew” fundraiser held Oct. 11 at Arabella Farms aimed to support the organization as it prepares to return to its normal way of functioning.

“We work with families in need,” executive director Nath Briley said. “We work with homeless families, and those that are having trouble, we try to prevent them from becoming homeless. The whole idea behind Family Promise is to keep families together.

“Keep them together and help move them to self sufficiency,” he continued. “That way, they don’t need help. They can live on their own. That’s everybody’s

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State agency issues school report cards

COUNTY — Every school in the School District of Pickens County scored an average or better rating on the S.C. Department of Education’s 2021-22 school report cards, released Monday.

The report card assigns ratings of excellent, good, average, below average and unsatisfactory. Of the 22 SDPC schools measured, four were rated excellent, 10 were rated good and eight were rated average.

The S.C. Department of Education defines an average rating as: “school

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Residents uniting to preserve Highway 11 corridor

By Karen Martinez
For the Courier
news@thepccourier.com

Every time I read an article someone has written about the concerns and discussions about S.C. Highway 11, or even attend a Pickens County Council meeting, I see or hear another incorrect piece of information being displayed as “fact” and I think, “No wonder we are getting absolutely nowhere!” It does feel like that sometimes.

Then “studies” done in 1997 and 2014 come to light, where suggestions about how to handle

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Wave bounce back with blowout win over Berea

By Eugene Jolley
Courier Sports
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GREENVILLE — It was a record-setting night Friday night as Easley shut out Berea 56-0 last week.

Easley sophomore quarterback Kalab Sutton passed for six touchdowns, all in the first half, as the Green Wave clinched a state playoff berth with the win.

The six touchdowns was the most thrown in a game by an Easley player in the last three decades.

The six scores gave Sutton 28 touchdowns for the

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Pickens drops third straight in loss to Greenville

By Ryan Davenport
Special to the Courier
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GREENVILLE — It is tough to beat the experience of Friday night football at Greenville’s iconic Sirrine Stadium.

Then again, it was probably an experience the 2022 Pickens Blue Flame would rather forget. Greenville’s Red Raiders scored on all but one offensive possession to solidify their spot at the top of Region I-4A, finishing off Pickens 56-0 under a second-half running clock to send everyone home a little earlier than usual for Friday night lights.

Pickens (3-5) now effectively sits in last place in

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Red Devils fall to region foe Ninety Six in overtime

By Matthew Kannarney
Special to the Courier
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NINETY SIX — Liberty traveled to Ninety Six on Friday looking for an opportunity to move into second place in the Region I-2A standings.

The Red Devils fought hard all night, but ultimately came up short at the end of the night, losing 28-21 in overtime. The Red Devils fell to 3-5 overall and 1-2 in the region.

It was another great night for high school football at Wilson-Campbell Stadium, as the seasons are finally showing

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Tigers take win from FSU in Tallahassee

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — No. 5 Clemson scored 17 points in a two-minute span on either side of halftime to take command of the game in a 34-28 win at Florida State on Saturday night.

Quarterback D.J. Uiagalelei led Clemson on six consecutive scoring drives as the Tigers (7-0, 5-0 ACC) won their 13th consecutive game and seventh in a row in the series against the Seminoles (4-3, 2-3 ACC). Running back Will Shipley tallied a career-best 238 all-purpose

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