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EHS graduate Tate using bowling prowess toward college education

4 days ago | yourpickenscounty.com | Bru Nimmons

By Bru NimmonsSports [email protected] — An athlete from a young age, Larson Tate’s life changed when his grandfather began to take him bowling after school when he was in the third grade. The recent Easley High School graduate found pleasure in playing games like baseball and basketball but found a purpose through bowling. “I just wanted to keep going back,” Tate said.
Many struggle financially in Pickens County

1 week ago | yourpickenscounty.com | Jason Evans

By Jason EvansStaff [email protected] — United Way officials across the state have new data to help them better understand — and assist — the ALICE families in South Carolina. ALICE is not a name, it is an acronym that stands for “asset limited, income constrained, employed.”The 2025 State of ALICE in South CarolinaYou must be logged in to view this content. Subscribe Today or Login Username or Email Address Password Remember Me
More indicted in drug investigation

1 week ago | yourpickenscounty.com | Jason Evans

By Jason EvansStaff [email protected] — More defendants have been indicted on charges that include trafficking fentanyl as a result of a multi-year, multi-county state grand Jury investigation known as “Devil in Disguise,” South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced last week.
Pickens County unemployment sees April rise

1 week ago | yourpickenscounty.com | Bru Nimmons

By Bru NimmonsStaff [email protected] — The unemployment rate in Pickens County saw a slight increase during the latest jobs report released last week. The S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) reported that unemployment in the county went up from 3.6 percent in March to 3.9 percent in April. Pickens County was one of just three counties in the state of South Carolina to seeYou must be logged in to view this content.
Bishops come back to snap Daniel’s state title streak

1 week ago | yourpickenscounty.com | Ian Taylor

By Ian TaylorCourtesy The [email protected] — When the South Carolina High School League realigned its classifications last summer, one of the many moves was sending Daniel High School up to Class 4A. A ramification of the shift was that the Lions’ boys’ soccer team could not defend its three straight Class 3A state titles, and it meant that a fourth straight would have to beYou must be logged in to view this content.
PCSO: Man who died after chase suspected in Liberty man’s killing

2 weeks ago | yourpickenscounty.com | Jason Evans

By Jason EvansStaff [email protected] — Authorities say a Pickens man who died of a self-inflicted gunshot after a high-speed chase that ended in a crash in Clemson last week was a suspect in the shooting death of a Liberty man whose body was found in Pickens on Sunday. According to the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office, 68-year-old Steve Crawford Whitmire went missing on Wednesday, May 14.
Motorcycle wreck kills Easley man

2 weeks ago | yourpickenscounty.com | Jason Evans

By Jason EvansStaff [email protected] — An Easley man died last week after a motorcycle crash in Pickens. Pickens County Coroner Andrew Wilson identified the victim as 27-year-old Cody Ryan Crenshaw. The accident occurred at 8:26 p.m. May 13 on Allgood FarmYou must be logged in to view this content. Subscribe Today or Login Username or Email Address Password Remember Me
Easley man facing charges in Upstate church burglary

2 weeks ago | yourpickenscounty.com | Jason Evans

By Jason EvansStaff [email protected] — An Easley man has been arrested in connection with the burglary of a church in Newberry County. On April 7, the Newberry County Sheriff’s Office posted that a break-in had justYou must be logged in to view this content. Subscribe Today or Login Username or Email Address Password Remember Me
Late surge sends Daniel to Upper State championship

2 weeks ago | yourpickenscounty.com | Bru Nimmons

By Bru NimmonsSports [email protected] INN — With a trip to their first Upper State baseball championship since 1997 on the line, the Daniel High School baseball team traveled to Fountain Inn on Saturday for game three of their series against the Fury. Tied at 2-2 after five innings, the Lions looked like they were going to have to sweat out the clinching game. However, the Daniel bats came to life in the sixth with the LionsYou must be logged in to view this content.
Prisma breaks ground on new Behavioral Health hospital

2 weeks ago | yourpickenscounty.com | Jason Evans

By Jason Evans Staff Reporter [email protected] EASLEY — As a psychiatrist and emergency physician, Dr. Karen Lommel said she sees firsthand “the devastation of untreated mental illness, but also the lifesaving value of access to the right treatment at the right time.” The chair of psychiatry for Prisma Health in the Upstate, Lommel spoke Monday morning at the groundbreaking for Prisma Health’s behavioral health hospital, a $138 million facility being built at the intersection of S.C....