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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 »

This week in the PICKENS COUNTY COURIER’s FOOTBALL FRENZY Sponsored by MOUNTAIN VIEW FUNERALS AND CREMATIONS

This week in the PICKENS COUNTY COURIER’s FOOTBALL FRENZY Sponsored by MOUNTAIN VIEW FUNERALS AND CREMATIONS

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 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

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

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

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 »

 

Courier Trespass Notices 12-8-21

In the state of South Carolina, trespass after notice is a misdemeanor criminal offense prohibited by section 16-11-620 for the South Carolina Code.
Those who enter upon the lands of others without the permission of the owner or manager shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor trespassing. All persons are hereby notified and warned not to hunt, fish, cut timber or trespass in any manner whatsoever upon the lands

Courier Notice to Creditors 12-9-21

The publisher shall only be liable for an amount less than or equal to the charge for the space of the item in error in the case of errors in or omissions from any advertisement, and only for the first incorrect insertion.
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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 Legals ads 12-8-21

Notice of Self Storage Sale
Please take notice Prime Storage – Clemson Central located at 1737 Old Central Rd., Central SC 29630 intends to hold a Auction of storage units in default of payment. The sale will occur as an Online Auction via www.storagetreasures.com on 12/20/2021 at 12:00PM. This sale is pursuant to the assertion of lien for rental at the self-storage facility. Unless listed otherwise below, the contents consist of household goods and furnishings. Bradley D Thom unit #A062; Janice Webb unit #A065; Ginger Carner units #B021 & #B031; Renaldo Cunningham unit

Going for state!

Daniel High School receiver Eli Merck gets away from a Chester defender during the Lions’ Upper State championship win over the Cyclones on Friday night. Daniel is hoping to repeat as Class 3A state champion this Friday against Camden in Columbia. To read more, scoll to Courier’s Football Frenzy section below The State AAA Championship will televised on WMYA (My40 Asheville-Greenville) Kick off is set for 2 p.m. on Friday. . John Bolton/boltonphoto.com

Police seeking driver in deadly hit and run

By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com

LIBERTY — The South Carolina Highway Patrol is seeking a driver involved in a fatal hit and run last week.

Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley identified the victim as Jackie Jerome Cumbow, 47, of Arrow Ridge Drive in Easley.

The collision occurred at 1 a.m. Nov. 24 on U.S. Highway 178 near Knoll Street, about a mile south of Liberty, according to South Carolina Highway Patrol Master Trooper Gary Miller.

Cumbow was driving a 2014 moped east on U.S. 178 when a vehicle struck the moped from behind, causing him to be ejected, Miller said.

The second vehicle then left the scene, he said.

Cumbow was pronounced dead at the scene and died of

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Lighting the night

 

Community members gathered for a lighting ceremony for the huge Christmas tree at Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative headquarters on Main Street in Pickens last week. Pickens Mayor Fletcher Perry and his great-granddaughter, Naomi, pressed the button to light the tree alongside Blue Ridge president and CEO Jim Lovinggood.     

Photos by Rocky Nimmons/Courier

 

Pickens man faces felony DUI charge

PICKENS — A Pickens man has been charged after a fatal collision on Thanksgiving Day.

Barney Lewis Trotter, 33, of Pickens is charged with felony DUI with death, according to Master Trooper Gary Miller with the South Carolina Highway Patrol. He was being held without bond Tuesday at the Pickens County Detention Center.

Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley identified the victim as 40-year-old Jodah Mullinax

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Humane Society in need again

The dogs and cats of Pickens County need your help.

Yes, again.

I’ve written this story several times since 2014, when Pickens County cut back its funding of the Pickens County Humane Society.

The county Humane Society is not connected to the national Humane Society and gets no funding from it. Prior to 2014, it had been getting $60,000 a year from the county to help with the costs of operating its animal shelter on Five Forks Road near Liberty.

It had also been surviving partly off some money that had been left by a benefactor prior to that, which has

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Prisma official discusses omicron variant of COVID-19

By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com

STATE — A Prisma Health infectious disease physician says the omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus is “almost certainly already here” in the United States.

An infectious disease physician, Dr. Helmut Albrecht is the medical director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy for Prisma Health and the University of South Carolina.

He discussed the omicron variant during a news conference Monday.

The World Health Organization has named the omicron variant “a variant of concern.”

The omicron variant popped up in disease surveillance systems in Botswana and South Africa between Nov.

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DAR honors local vets

by Ann Warmuth
Special to the Courier
news@thepccourier.com

CLEMSON — Fort Prince George DAR chapter vice regent Mildred Brewer and fellow commemorative events co-chair Martha Hannah recently presented more certificates to honor local veterans. Brewer and Hannah were in Clemson honoring eight World War II veterans and two Vietnam veterans.

“Fort Prince George Daughters love being able to meet and show our appreciation for their service to our

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