By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com

COUNTY — Staffing numbers and employee pay are among Pickens County Sheriff Tommy Blankenship’s concerns as the 2026-27 budget is developed.

Pickens County Council members heard from Blankenship during their May 18 work session.

Blankenship said he wanted to address “two significant issues.”

“The first is a continued understaffing at the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office and our detention facility,” he said. “Secondly is ensuring our current employees are placed

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