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Main Street Easley. Main Street Pickens. Main Street USA. They are the iconic image and representation of small towns even today. Long-time resident of Pickens and Easley will recall the days of the 1950s and 60s when mobs of shoppers and crowds looking for activity congregated on Main Street and busy side. Whether it was Easley’s railroad divided business hub or Pickens’ courthouse centered district, downtown became the destination for...
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Liberty man killed in hit-and-run incident
ANDERSON COUNTY — A hit-and-run that claimed the life of 32-year old Liberty resident Monday night is still under investigation. The incident took the life of Clifton D. Chapman on Sharon Church Road in Anderson County just south of Liberty. South Carolina Highway Patrol officials say 20-year old Ashley Duggan of Liberty is a suspect in fatal collision, which took place at around 6:30 p.m. Chapman was found in a ditch early the next mor...
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"We will be opening on Wednesday March 13, with a Grand Opening ceremony at 7:30 a.m. and we will open the doors shortly after that," said Ginny Marhanka, store manager. "We are excited about being in the Powdersville community and look forward to offering great prices to save our customers money so they can live better."
Wal-Mart in Powdersville set to open March 13
Joe Toppe Staff Writer
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Pickens County residents spoke out against a non-sectarian prayer at a Pickens County School Board meeting on Monday night. Even a non-sectarian prayer, however, may still cause problems for the district.
FFRF Attorney: non-sectarian prayer does not go far enough
PICKENS COUNTY—A recent decision to establish a non-sectarian prayer at Pickens County School Board meetings may not be enough to avoid a lawsuit. Patrick Elliott, a staff attorney with the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) , said Tuesday a non-sectarian prayer does not address all the legal issues. “I don’t think it goes far enough,” Elliott said “Ultimately it still excludes those students and families who are non-religious or jus...
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Board votes in favor of non-sectarian prayer
PICKENS COUNTY—Prayer will continue at Pickens County School Board meetings, but not as many local residents had hoped. The board voted in favor of the first reading of a motion to establish a non-sectarian invocation at the beginning of monthly meetings. Those meetings had previously been opened with a student-led prayer, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. The motion was approved 3-2 with one (Jimmy Gillespie) abstaining. Jim Shelton ...
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South Carolina GOP Chairman: “There’s no time to be demoralized.”
PICKENS COUNTY—South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Chad Connelly told a group of Pickens County Republicans that now is not the time to look back. Connelly aimed to rally Pickens County GOP members at a recent meeting last week, saying an effort to turn things around would require aggression. “We can’t afford to look at the past. We have to move forward,” Connelly said. “We need all hands on deck. We’ve got the majority in the house,...
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Easley man dies in head on collision
EASLEY—An 89-year old Easley man is dead after crashing his 2009 Toyota on Popefield road on Saturday afternoon. Samuel Ralph Scott of 208 High Ridge Ct., Easley, was transported to Greenville Memorial Hospital shortly after 1:40 p.m. on Saturday as a result of a head-on collision. Scott later passed away from injuries suffered in the crash, according to Pickens County Deputy Coroner Gary Duncan. Thirty-six year old Tron McCoy, who was ...
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Fire destroys Easley home
Easley firefighters work to put out a blaze that damaged most of a home on Robert P. Jeanes Road in Easley Monday afternoon. Easely Fire Chief Butch Womack said the house was a “total loss.” The house is occupied by one person, but the resident was not at home at the time of the fire. There were no injuries reported.
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A small church with an enormous history
PICKENS COUNTY—To many, Soapstone Baptist Church may not stick out, but inside the walls of this structure overlooking the Blue Ridge Mountains is a deep history that has gone, for the most part, untold. Born in 1943, Mable Owens Clarke is a decedent of freed slaves that lived in a small community called “Liberia” in northern Pickens County. Clarke was born near the church, and the significance of the site, she said, is greater now than i...
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Jet Toy competition returns to local schools
PICKENS COUNTY—Pickens County students are again competing for top honors during the annual JetToy Challenge Fifth Grade design teams and their balloon-powered toy cars were to compete Tuesday at the 2013 School District of Pickens County JetToy Challenge on Tuesday, Feb. 19 at the Pickens County Career and Technology. “Students use principles that professional engineers use,” said Dr. Barbara Nesbitt, Coordinator of Elementary Education....
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Two escape from residential fire early Thursday morning
PICKENS—Two local residents are safe after a 3 a.m. blaze destroyed a barn-structure in Pickens early Thursday morning. Pickens firefighters were called to a residence on Walhalla Highway Thursday, but most of the damage had already been done by the time they arrived. “Ultimately, it was a total loss,” Pickens firefighter Chris Elrod said. “There were two people actually living there, but the smoke woke them up and they were able to get o...
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