Pickens County Courier

3 weeks ago | yourpickenscounty.com | Rocky Nimmons

SCDOT set to give downtown Six Mile new look after July pavingBy Rocky [email protected] MILE — Main Street Six Mile will soon have a new look, as South Carolina Department of Transportation officials offered three different versions of how the wide street could be laid out during a special meeting held at Six Mile Town Hall on May 22. Brandon E.

3 weeks ago | yourpickenscounty.com | Jason Evans

Council stresses vote is first step in long processBy Jason EvansStaff [email protected] — Pickens City Council voted last week to approve the first reading of an annexation request, but council members stressed that the vote was the first step in a process that is far from over. The issue of whether to annex 215 acres at the north side of Wolf Creek School Road and Mauldin Lake Road has been a contentious one for the city in recent months.

3 weeks ago | yourpickenscounty.com | Jason Evans

By Jason EvansStaff [email protected] — The longest-serving solicitor of the 13th Judicial Circuit is set to retire. Walt Wilkins announced his decision to retire on May 29 in a release “to the citizens of Greenville and Pickens counties,” the two counties that comprise the 13th Circuit. “It is with a heavy and grateful heart that I announce my retirement after over 14 yearsas the longest-serving solicitor of the 13th Circuit,” Wilkins said.

3 weeks ago | yourpickenscounty.com | Jason Evans

By Jason EvansStaff [email protected] — A medical student who hails from Pickens has been working on legislation she hopes will have a big impact on both students and small farms. An Anderson University alum, Scarlett Saitta’s bipartisan federal amendment, The American Farm and School Nutrition Support Act, would improve school meals by expanding access to whole, locally sourced foods through Farm-to-School partnerships.

3 weeks 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.