Pickens News

Students are allowed by state law to miss up to 10 days of school per year, but 70 students in the graduating class of 2012 never missed a single one.

A project that has been in the works for a couple of years is finally taking shape in downtown Pickens.

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A lifetime of service to the residents of Pickens best characterizes this month's I Fan The Flame award recipient, Frances Wannamaker.

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Signups are now underway for evening classes in acoustic bluegrass instruments in Clemson, Travelers Rest, Greenville, Easley, Pickens and Walhalla that will begin on Monday, June 4. These classes are part of the Young Appalachian Music program.

A lifetime of service to the residents of Pickens best characterizes this month's I Fan The Flame award recipient, Frances Wannamaker.

The Senior Citizens of Pickens, Inc. are holding a fundraiser Saturday, June 6, rain or shine at the Hagood Center.

The Pickens County Board of Disability and Special Needs is getting set to host its first prom since 2004.

Pickens County Sheriff's Office: Breach of Trust over $2,000 - County deputies responded to a home on Nine Times Road in Sunset on April 8, where the victim reported that he and his wife hired someone to do some rock work to their home.

A Pickens man was killed Wednesday afternoon after being struck by a car on Highway 178.

Meals on Wheels of Pickens County is changing gears this year, with plans for a fundraising bike run during the Azalea Festival.

The City of Pickens has lifted the boil water advisory affective at 10:45am on Thursday May 3, 2012.

Popular singer Ben E. King will be the stand up fill in for Bobby Rydell, previously scheduled as main entertainment at Friday's Blue Ridge Fest.

On Thursday April 19th, 2012 the day started off as routine as any other for 32 year old Michael Rowland of Pickens.

To area businesses, organizations and individuals who gave both financially and volunteered their time to ensure that this year's festival would break all records.