Local councils take part in state leadership training
COLUMBIA — City council members from the City of Liberty and the City of Pickens spent last week in Columbia More »
Hot-shooting Hillcrest keeps Easley winless in region play
By Bru Nimmons Sports Editor bnimmons@thepccourier.com EASLEY — Holding a 60-57 lead entering the fourth quarter of their matchup against More »
LWVOP receives empowerment grant to expand local voter education efforts
UPSTATE — The League of Women Voters of Oconee and Pickens Counties (LWVOP) is excited to announce that it has More »
PC Native Plant Jubilee returns on May 2
LIBERTY — The Pickens County Native Plant Jubilee will return for its second year Saturday, May 2, bringing together gardeners, More »
High school juniors graduate from Junior Leadership Pickens County
EASLEY — On May 16, 27 local high school juniors, representing all four high schools in Pickens County, graduated from Junior Leadership Pickens County (JLPC) Class VII.
Presented by the Greater Easley Chamber of Commerce, JLPC is sponsored by Prisma Health-Baptist Easley Hospital and the YMCA of Easley, Pickens and Powdersville.
JLPC assists in the development of future leaders by providing programs to acquaint students with community successes and challenges; encouraging acceptance of civic
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Courier Legal Notices 6-12-19
NOTICE OF SALE
BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Pickens County in the case of United Community Bank v. Otis Hopkins, et al. under Case No. 2019-CP-39-00139, I, the undersigned, as Special Referee for Pickens County, will offer for sale at public outcry at 11:00 A.M., on Monday, July 1, 2019, at the Pickens County Courthouse, 214 E. Main Street, Pickens, South Carolina, the following described real property, to-wit:
All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in the State of South Carolina, County of Pickens, about four (4) miles Southeast
Courier Notice to Creditors 6-12-19
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
Courier Trespass Notices 6-12-19
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
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Woman in jail after wreck that killed sons
PICKENS — A woman charged with felony DUI and other charges in connection with a wreck that killed her 6-year-old twin sons last week was booked into the Pickens County Detention Center on Monday after being released from the hospital.
Jennifer Lynn Knox, 38, of Seneca, is charged with two counts of felony DUI resulting in death, two child restraint violations, child endangerment and a seatbelt violation. She was denied bond Tuesday after her legal counsel waived a hearing.
Knox was airlifted to Greenville Memorial Hospital after the May 26 wreck that killed her sons, Dylan and Camryn Clark.
The boys died at separate hospitals after the wreck, according to Pickens County deputy coroner Gary Duncan. Duncan said one of the twins was pronounced dead at Prisma Health–Easley and the other died at AnMed Health Cannon Hospital in Pickens.
Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. David Jones said the accident took place at around 10 p.m. May 26 when Knox’s 2005 BMW tried to pass a vehicle pulling a boat on S.C. Highway 183 near its intersection with Concord Church Road. Jones said the vehicle collided
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Easley clinic included in DOJ suit alleging kickbacks, bogus billing
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — A federal complaint filed under the False Claims Act alleges a Greenville-based chiropractor owned or managed pain management clinics and urine drugs testing laboratories that engaged in illegal financial relationships and provided medically unnecessary services and items.
An Easley location, Oaktree Medical Centre, is one of the pain management clinics named in the complaint filed against Daniel McCollum and announced by the Department of Justice in a news release Monday.
The entities named as defendants in the complaints are FirstChoice Healthcare P.C.; Labsource LLC, Oaktree Medical Centre P.C.; Pain Management Associates of the Carolina LLC; Pain Management Associates of North Carolina P.C.; and ProLab LLC.
FBI agents executed search warrants on the Easley location, as well as locations in Greenville and Spartanburg, in October.
The complaint alleges urine drug testing, steroid injections and prescriptions for opioids and lidocaine ointment were among the medically unnecessary services and items provided at the locations.
The complaint also names as a defendant ProCare Counseling Center LLC, a substance
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‘A little bit for everybody’
Pickens officially unveils Doodle Park
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Kids were the first residents to explore the Pickens Doodle Park Saturday.
Officials opened the park’s playground Saturday morning ahead of the 2 p.m. ribbon-cutting and official grand opening.
“This is a great day for Pickens,” Mayor David Owens said. “This has been in the works for several years.”
The park has “a little bit for everybody,” he said.
“You’ve got cyclists here, you’ve got runners, you’ve got walkers, you’ve got people with strollers, you’ve got people with skateboards, you’ve got rollerbladers — a little bit of everybody,” Owens said. “Parents and grandparents are going to be able to come down here and watch the children play.”
The park, located at the Pickens trailhead of the Doodle Trail at 409 E. Cedar Rock St., is about 95 percent complete, he said.
“Still got a little bit to do,” Owens said, adding that more exercise equipment for adults
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Woman gets 10 years on trafficking charges
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Judge Letitia Verdin sentenced an Easley woman to 10 years in prison for trafficking heroin and methamphetamine.
Thirteenth Circuit Solicitor Walt Wilkins said in a release last week that Pamela Snapp Richards, 59, pleaded guilty on May 23 to trafficking heroin, trafficking methamphetamine and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.
Assistant solicitor Baker Cleveland presented evidence at the plea hearing establishing that Pickens County Sheriff’s Office narcotics investigators executed search and arrest
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New county jail nearly complete
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
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PICKENS — Construction of Pickens County’s new jail is nearing the final details.
County attorney Ken Roper told county council members Monday that he had an opportunity to tour the new jail last week.
“During that tour, I was able to see how close they are to completion,” he said. “It’s just a matter of weeks now. This building is going
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