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By Bru Nimmons Staff Reporter [email protected]. EASLEY — An Easley woman died on Christmas Day after being struck by a motor vehicle. According to a release from Pickens County Deputy Coroner Tommy Page, Mona Smith and another pedestrian were struck while walking in the roadway on Saco Lowell Road in Easley last Wednesday afternoon.
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Jan 1, 2025 · ROGER RAY HAYES PICKENS — Roger Ray Hayes, 78, of Pickens, passed away at home on Saturday, December 21, 2024. Roger was born in Middlesboro, Ky., to the late Virgil Thomas and Gloria Ann Hayes. He was a member of Secona Baptist Church. Roger retired from Spinx as a District Supervisor and later worked at
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Jan 1, 2025 · By Bru Nimmons Staff Reporter [email protected]. EASLEY — An Easley woman died on Christmas Day after being struck by a motor vehicle. According to a release from Pickens County Deputy Coroner Tommy Page, Mona Smith and another pedestrian were struck while walking in the roadway on Saco Lowell Road in …
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RUTH STEWART. LIBERTY — Ruth Mae Stewart, 94, formerly of Liberty, passed away Nov. 24, 2024, at the Rainey Hospice House. Born on Oct. 2, 1930, in Easley, she was the widow of William Dyre “Junior” Stewart Jr. and a daughter to the late Guffie and Lillian Davis McCall.
Pickens council races head to runoff
Nov 6, 2024 · By Bru Nimmons Staff Reporter [email protected]. COUNTY — Four years after a record-breaking turnout for the 2020 election, Pickens County voters smashed that record once again as they cast ballots to select representatives at the local, state and national levels.. All told, Pickens County had a turnout of 60,606 out of 76,308 registered voters (79.4 percent) breaking the record of ...
McManus, Wilson win Pickens runoffs
Nov 20, 2024 · By Bru Nimmons Staff Reporter. [email protected]. PICKENS — Voters in the city of Pickens returned to the polls one final time this election cycle to fill two open city council seats in Tuesday’s municipal runoff election.. Ray Wilson and John McManus took the open seats on council as 17 percent of registered voters within the city took to the polls to make their voice known.
Christmas parades to begin this week around Pickens County
Dec 4, 2024 · By Elizabeth Whiten Staff Reporter [email protected] COUNTY — It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas as merchants and homeowners are putting up their trees covered in lights and holiday decorations galore. As the calendar inches closer to Christmas Day, many Pickens County municipalities will be hosting their annual Christmas parades.
County breaks ground on EMS facility
Dec 26, 2024 · COUNTY — Officials held a groundbreaking ceremony for Pickens County’s new emergency services facility Thursday afternoon. The facility will be located behind the county’s administration building on McDaniel Avenue in Pickens and is funded in part by American Rescue Plan Act funds. County administrator Ken Roper said the facility is …
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Joint water system still on track despite Pickens withdrawl
PICKENS — Two weeks after the City of Pickens decided to remove itself from the Pickens Regional Joint Water System (PRJWS), the joint water system has released a statement saying it still plans to build its water transmission system. “We are excited about the future of Pickens County and the Pickens Regional Joint Water System.