Area schools see movement in new SCHSL realignment
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com COUNTY — The South Carolina High School League () announced the classification placement for More »
Liberty leaders receive update on developing water system
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com LIBERTY — Efforts to create a water system “for Pickens County people” remain on More »
Wreaths Across America ceremonies held across county
COUNTY — Multiple ceremonies were held across Pickens County earlier this month in honor of National Wreaths Across America More »
Merry Christmas
Mountain View Funerals and Cremations owner Wes Hiott, along with Santa Greg, delivered Christmas gift baskets last week to the More »
Upstate Warrior Solution, Goodwill partner to serve vets
EASLEY — Upstate Warrior Solution (UWS), in partnership with Goodwill Industries of Upstate/Midlands South Carolina, is opening a new office to serve Pickens County veterans and families.
Located within Goodwill’s Saco Lowell Road location in Easley, the new office will enable UWS and Goodwill staff to collaborate and improve service delivery and accessibility to care for veterans and their families. Both organizations have
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Blood Connection encourages blood donations in honor of Veterans Day
COUNTY — This Veterans Day, The Blood Connection will salute our nation’s heroes by inviting the community to contribute to making a donation to The Blood Center of America’s Special Forces Wounded Warrior Fund 
(SFWWF).
Between Nov. 9 and 11, The Blood Connection is donating $10 to the SFWWF for every blood donor who gives at 13 different donation centers across the Carolinas and Georgia. The BCA
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Historic Burdine Lodge to be dedicated Saturday
PICKENS — After a decade of preparation and fundraising by local volunteers, the grand reopening and dedication of the 1700s-era Burdine Lodge will be held this Saturday, Nov. 13, at 1 p.m. at the Hagood Mill Historic Site.
As documented in his journals, it was at this log house that Bishop Francis Asbury stayed and preached as he journeyed to establish the early Methodist societies in the region. Now restored by the South Carolina United Methodist Church Conference Historical Society, the
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Easley man hit, killed by vehicles
By Jason Evans
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EASLEY — A Easley man died Nov. 2 after he was struck by two vehicles on U.S. Highway 123.
Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley identified the victim as Scotty Cummings, 39, of Odom Road.
The collision occurred around 7:30 p.m. on U.S. 123 near S.C. Highway 124, according to Master Trooper David
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Person, dogs exposed to rabid skunks in county
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
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COUNTY — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control last week confirmed cases of 
rabies in two skunks encountered in Pickens County.
The first encounter occurred in Easley near East C Avenue and Glazner Street, according to a DHEC release. The skunk was submitted to DHEC’s laboratory on Oct. 29 and was confirmed to have rabies on Nov. 1., the
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Easley PD awarded $255K in grants
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
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EASLEY — An Easley police officer was recently recognized for his efforts in securing the department more than $250,000 in grants.
Sgt. Michael Ambrose
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Finding a more educated view
Sifting and sorting through the economic news, licking my thumb and holding it up in the wind and trying to figure out why inflation is suddenly a thing again.
That’s what I’ve been doing — sort of.
I have no qualifications to pontificate on such matters — although I haven’t let that stop me in the past. But this time I decided to call my old friend-of-the-family, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Economics Emeritus of Clemson University, noted author and holder
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False perceptions
We all know a “Julie” from our high school days. She sat behind me in freshman algebra, and later we shared a history class, and then, was it biology in our senior year? Julie is the girl with the pretty smile and lovely eyes. The 
one we whisper about behind her back. We say things like “She has such beautiful hair, if only she could lose some weight,” or “She has such a pretty smile, if only she could drop a few pounds.”
We all know we shouldn’t judge a book by its cover — but we do.
Americans have many false perceptions of what makes a woman
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As the year goes by
There are scientific explanations for why the sky turns that clear, intense blue in fall, why the leaves change color and why the air can be described as “crisp.”
You may define it, analyze it and put it under a microscope to examine all the variables that make these phenomena happen. It doesn’t matter. Let’s just consider it a seasonal miracle here once again to
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God has a wonderful plan for you
If we do not learn from our trials, then our distress has been a missed opportunity. Crisis situations are occasions to put our faith and patience to work, and may we always remember that we cannot be defeated, as God is for us and 
is constantly working on our behalf.
There are times when we will suffer trauma, discouragement, or even persecution, and no doubt it will be uncomfortable, but we must eventually get back up and dust ourselves off and get back into the
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