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Historic schoolhouse restored, marker unveiled at Soapstone By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com PICKENS — A historical marker on the More »
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ON A ROLL!! LIBERTY OVERCOMES SLOW START FOR THIRD STRAIGHT WIN LIONS LOOKING TOWARDS CLINTON; GREEN WAVE PREPARE FOR MANN; More »
Pickens Lip Sync Battle sparks community unity
PICKENS — The second annual Lip Sync Battle was held at the Pickens Amphitheater on Saturday, bringing music, laughter and More »
Grand opening held for Hagood Mill Pavilion
The grand opening of the Heritage Pavilion at Hagood Mill Historic Site was held on Friday at a free community More »
PC Habitat for Humanity to host dinner next week
COUNTY Pickens County Habitat for Humanity (PCHFH) invites neighbors, supporters, and community partners to gather for the Have a Heart More »
4th annual Barns, Boots, Brew and Silent Auction set for Oct. 7
EASLEY — Family Promise of Pickens County is excited to present its 4th Annual Barn, Boots Brew and Silent Auction More »
State marks new COVID case high
By Andrea Kelley
Courtesy The Journal
akelley@upstatetoday.com
COLUMBIA — On the last day of 2021, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced 8,882 new confirmed or probable cases of COVID-19, which was the agency’s highest single day of cases since the beginning of the pandemic.
The previous record was 7,686 cases on Jan. 6, 2021. No more recent numbers had been released by press time Tuesday, as the agency did not report numbers Monday because of the New Year holiday.
“If South Carolinians don’t take actions now to prevent further spread,
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Deputies look for robbery suspects
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office is seeking two suspects who robbed an Easley convenience store last week.
According to a release from the sheriff’s office, deputies responded to the Spinx convenience store at 4283 Calhoun Memorial Highway in Easley in the early morning
hours of Dec. 29 about a reported armed robbery.
A cashier told deputies two people entered the store brandishing a handgun, the release said.
Before fleeing on foot, the two people
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2 killed in early morning crash
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — Two Travelers Rest residents were killed in a single-car accident near Easley early on New Year’s Day.
Pickens County deputy coroner Heather Harrison identified the victims as Randy Jerome Hill, 29, of Old Buncombe Road and Stephanie
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Local nonprofit collecting pajamas for the elderly
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — A local nonprofit is collecting pajamas to help keep area senior citizens warm this winter.
Members of Warmth and Comfort for the Elderly Upstate SC use their crochet skills to provide warm items for nursing home patients,
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Six Mile park construction to pick up
Six Mile town clerk Rita Martin said last week the town is working with two engineers and an architect on design plans for the Six Mile Community Park on Main Street. “The first thing we’re going to start doing is the pavilion,” she said. “And we’ve got drawings, architectural drawings, but the holidays have sort of put a stop there. But hopefully, once the year gets rolling, hopefully we’ll actually get to start on that. We’ve not actually constructed anything out there, but if you take a look, you can see little markers and where they’ve cut limbs off of trees to actually be ready to have it start to go up.”
Clemson requiring masks in all buildings for spring
By Lauren Pierce
Courtesy The Journal
lpierce@upstatetoday.com
CLEMSON — Clemson University is now requiring face masks inside all university buildings statewide for the spring semester “until 
further notice,” the school announced in a news release Monday.
This requirement does not include those who are alone in spaces such as private workspace,
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Clemson school mask ordinance fails
Doc: Record number turn out for testing at Nettles
By Riley Morningstar
Courtesy The Journal
rmorningstar@upstatetoday.com
CLEMSON — An updated mask ordinance for schools inside Clemson city limits failed in a split vote Monday.
A push from Councilman Fran McGuire for the action fell after dissenting votes from Mayor Robert Halfacre and Councilmen John Ducworth, John Fulmer and Bob Brookover.
“I think we need this,” McGuire said when talking about his proposal to help slow the spread of COVID-19 and its more transmissible omicron variant. “It makes me more confident we can
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Delegation plans meeting Monday
LIBERTY — The Pickens County Legislative Delegation will hold a pre-session public meeting at the Pickens County Performing Arts Center, located at 314 W. Main St. in Liberty, on Monday, Jan. 10.
Reports from organizations and boards will be heard starting at 6 p.m. The floor will be opened for public comments directly after.
The public is invited and encouraged to attend the meeting. Residents will have an opportunity to ask questions and make comments to members of the Pickens County Legislative Delegation. Members of the delegation will comment on various issues that may be introduced in the upcoming session of the General Assembly, which convenes on Tuesday, Jan. 11.
The delegation is made up of Sens. Thomas C. Alexander and Rex Rice and Reps. Davey Hiott, Neal A. Collins, Jerry Carter and West Cox.
For more information, contact the delegation office at (864) 850-7070.
Twelve Mile upgrades set to start
By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal
goliver@upstatetoday.com
CLEMSON — The Twelve Mile Recreation Area is a little quieter this time of season, but the park leased by Clemson from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will still feature some activity in the form of upgrades.
“At some point, going into this offseason, we want to address some things hopefully infrastructure-wise and hopefully limb some trees up 
and take care of some things we couldn’t take care of by taking everything on in the spring right when everything got busy,” city horticulturist Tony Tidwell said recently. “Now we can sort of take a deep breath and have a little better strategy
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Pickens County basketball teams compete in holiday tournaments
COUNTY — With region play beckoning this month, five of Pickens County’s eight high school basketball teams participated in tournaments over the holidays in the hopes of improving their team as they head into the meat of their schedule.
One of the most successful teams over the break was the Easley High School girls’ basketball team. The Green Wave, competing in the New Year’s Classic hosted by Eastside High School, went 2-1 in tournament play and finished as
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