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 »
Courier Notice to Creditors 3-20-17
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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
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Police search for escaped inmate
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Pickens County Sheriff’s Office deputies continued to 
search Tuesday for an inmate who escaped from the county prison Sunday afternoon.
Steven Leroy Aiken, 45, of Pickens, escaped from the prison at 4:05 p.m. Sunday, according to a news release from Chief Deputy Creed Hashe.
Aiken escaped when a perimeter door was opened to bring laundry into the facility, Hashe said.
“The escape did not involve any type of assault on any prison
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Stealing the show
Senior pitcher shines as Green Wave coach opens season with win over son
ANDERSON — Entering the Easley High School baseball team’s matchup at Westside on March 5, much of the focus was on the head 
coaches — Gill Payne of Easley and Jarrod Payne of Westside, a father and son duo facing off for the first time on the diamond.
However, it was Easley pitcher Devyn Bond who stole the show, striking out 16 as the Green Wave left Anderson with a 6-1 victory in the teams’ regular-season opener
“Talk about having a veteran guy that wants the baseball and who’s
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Upstate Forever, customers oppose Duke rate increase
UPSTATE — As customers get their chance to speak at public hearings this week on a proposed double-digit percentage rate increase from Duke Energy, an Upstate conservation organization has already announced its opposition, saying the new fees would discourage energy efficiency and clean energy innovation.
After commissioners heard directly from Duke Energy Carolinas customers at a meeting in Spartanburg on Tuesday, meetings are also
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Liberty seeking grant to pay for sewer repairs
By Ron Barnett
Staff Reporter
rbarnett@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — The city of Liberty is asking the state for help in paying to fix a sewer line on Main Street that’s clogged with sand.
The request comes after the city was cited for three sewage overflows in two locations during recent rains.
“We’re at the point of dire need there,” Mayor Brian Peterson said of the Main Street line.
During its regular monthly meeting Monday, city council approved a resolution supporting the application for a $315,000 grant from the
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Researchers look for help with meth study
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — There’s still time for methamphetamine users to take part in a research study that could lead to new treatment methods.
Behavioral Health Services of Pickens County is one of eight sites nationwide participating in the National Institute of Drug Abuse-funded study, according to BHSPC director of research Elizabeth Chapman.
“We’re looking for participants who are currently using methamphetamine, who have a desire to stop or cut back their use, who are not involved in formal addiction treatment counseling,” she said. “They can go to counseling for other reasons, but not for the addiction part. The reason for that is we need to see if this medicine
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County, municipalities moving closer to new roads agreement
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Pickens County officials are moving closer to an agreement with municipalities on future road maintenance.
Earlier this year, county council began discussing an intergovernmental agreement in which municipalities taken over the county’s roads.
County administrator Gerald Wilson gave council an update on progress with the agreement during its recent Committee of the
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The issue of sagging britches
It happens every year around this time.
Thousands — or more likely, billions — of tiny grains of pollen have been building up inside of me for days, until finally grain number one trillion and one piles on, and the whole thing comes crashing down.
It feels like I’ve been clobbered by a ton of bricks. My head hurts, my whole body aches, and of course, my sinuses are stopped up. It feels like I have the flu, but it’s not the flu.
I know this isn’t the way pollen affects most people, and for the first 30 years of my life, it didn’t seem to affect me at all. But for the past
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