Run, run as fast as you can
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
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
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
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
EASLEY – The Upcountry Quilt Guild presented 83 Quilts of Valor to members of the Easley National Guard on November More »
Just one more week!
After weeks of anticipation, the wait is nearly over to find out the winners of this year’s Pickens County Courier Readers’ Choice Awards. To learn which local businesses Courier readers selected as the best in the county at what they do, pick up next week’s edition, which will have our special keepsake Readers’ Choice Awards section filled with the list of winners and plenty of helpful advertising!
Hiring Heroes
Pickens County officials launch new campaign to grow fire, EMS services
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Pickens County officials are taking steps to grow the ranks of the county’s fire and EMS services.
A press event was held Friday morning at the Pickens County Emergency Services
Training Facility to officially kick off the county’s “Hiring Heroes” recruitment campaign.
Pickens County Council
You must be logged in to view this content.
Subscribe Today or Login
Police say man exposed himself on Doodle Trail
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — A man faces indecent exposure charges after police allege he exposed himself on the Doodle Trail.
Nicholas Chase Simmons, 23, of Pickens, is charged with two counts of indecent
You must be logged in to view this content.
Subscribe Today or Login
Hiott presented with top state ag leadership honor
COLUMBIA — State Rep. Davey Hiott of Pickens has been named recipient of the John W. Parris Agricultural Leadership Award by the S.C. Association of Agricultural Educators.
The award was presented by Dr. Tom Dobbins, state director of the Clemson University Extension Service, during the annual state conference of agricultural educators.
Hiott has been serving in the S.C. House of Representatives since 2004 and as chairman of the House Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee in recent years. Hiott is a great
You must be logged in to view this content.
Subscribe Today or Login
Running for a cause
The Red, White and Blue Flame 5k was a success July 2 on the campus of Pickens High School, with proceeds benefiting PHS athletics. Those who staged the race would like to thank the sponsors, volunteers and participants. Without their support, the race would not have been a success, organizers said. Zac Doneth of Easley earned the overall male winner’s medal with a finish time of 17:30, while Jennifer Fisher of Columbus, N.C., was the overall female winner with a finish time of 20:23. Pictured above are some of those who worked to make the event possible, including Rebecca Newman, Lisa Freeman, Bobby Rice, Monica Masters, Ava Bradberry, Ashley Butler, Tim Sheppard, Kade Maxey, Shannon Clark, Jody Cartee, Daniel Furr and Autumn Roberts. Not pictured are Jerry Clark, Joe and Tiffany Fernanders, Hannah Wells, Aubrey Wells, Kayla McCollum, Richard and Randi Mason and Stacy Powell. Below are the overall female winner, Jennifer Fisher, and the overall male winner, Zac Doneth.
Roper gives update on county recycling efforts
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Pickens County has a new piece of equipment that will help make its recycling program more attractive to buyers, but County Administrator Ken Roper says residents will be key in making the program successful.
Proper recycling is a facet of the county’s “Pickens Proud” anti-litter program, unveiled in
You must be logged in to view this content.
Subscribe Today or Login
Rotary Club of Pickens assists Ukrainian children
PICKENS — The Rotary Club of Pickens, in partnership with the Rotary Club of Poltava, Ukraine, is supplying an early childhood development facility in Poltava for IDP (internally displaced persons).
Poltava is a city of about 300,000 people centrally located in Ukraine. Approximately 3 million refugees in their own country have migrated to Poltava. The preschool facility will be a benefit to mothers and children. About
You must be logged in to view this content.
Subscribe Today or Login
The tale of the star-crossed lovers
Boomer is our beloved boxer bulldog. He’s five years old, an avid soccer player, handsome, personable and kind to children. He watches television through the window of the front porch if there’s something on he’s interested in.
He gets upset during a football game, because he is uneasy when people hit each other.
In other words, he is a very civilized dog.
Because he is five and soon to be six, we thought seriously about finding him a mate, but we didn’t want just anybody.
He is such a wonderful dog, we wanted to have a puppy from a litter he had sired.
After looking for some time, an opportunity seemed to fall into our laps.
A lady we know said her sister had a beautiful bulldog who needed a
You must be logged in to view this content.
Subscribe Today or Login
I speak to the trees
I have a confession to make…
I talk to my plants.
Whether they can hear me or not is questionable — but they certainly talk to me.
“Hey, Señor TaterBug! How about some water over here!” one of my banana pepper plants hollered as I walked by.
“Can’t you see it’s going to be raining in a few minutes?” I replied, patiently. “And my name’s not TaterBug!”
JoJo — that’s his name — just glared at me and muttered in Spanish about something
You must be logged in to view this content.
Subscribe Today or Login
Courier Letters to the Editor 7-27-22
Speak up, speak out
Dear Editor,
Nineteen innocents dead, and two adult teachers as well. America stands in shock while asking how could anyone be so heartless!? 63 million innocents killed since Roe v. Wade was put into law, and America doesn’t even blink! Is this what our nation has come to? Innocent blood is the same as innocent lives being taken. Wrong! Murder is murder, no matter what name it is given. It’s still the taking of innocent lives that wanted to live! Abortion has been
You must be logged in to view this content.
Subscribe Today or Login
