Pickens News Archives

October 31, 2009 - 12:03 a.m. EST WALHALLA - Pickens County officials might not be ready to jump on the regional jail bandwagon.

House lawmakers on Tuesday gave key approval to a bill to restore unemployment benefits to thousands of jobless residents, while senators voted to approve a financial incentives package that may be designed to lure a proposed Boeing aircraft facility to North Charleston.

After changes at the helm and some bumpy starts, the School District of Pickens County has released a new timeline for its $365 million facilities-construction program, one that's about a year later than the original schedule.

PICKENS - Pickens police have arrested seven residents on drug charges, the result of an ongoing investigation that began nine months ago, according to Chief Tommy L. Ellenburg.

PICKENS - A group of Pickens residents, business owners and officials has kicked off an effort aimed at improving and developing the city and attracting more businesses.

October 27, 2009 - 11:50 p.m. EST Photo A rendering of the future Daniel High School, to be constructed at the location of the current Singleton Field football stadium, is shown.

Pickens County School District Superintendent Henry Hunt said the recession hasn't prevented the district from moving forward.

Phone: 864-933-2547 Website: www.andersonlightsofhope.org 'ANDERSON LIGHTS OF HOPE' ANNOUNCES THE GRAND OPENING OF THE LOAN CLOSET! Lights of Hope Loan Closet is a program that provides a needed service to Anderson, Pickens and Oconee county residents while expanding our availability of volunteer opportunities for the residents of these ...

The Pickens County Sheriff's Office is investigating an overnight shooting in Central that left an Easley man dead and another man wounded.

Five more parcels have received initial approval for annexation into Pickens city limits as officials work to make police jurisdiction as seamless as possible and guide development along a stretch of U.S. 178.

Have you ever wondered why therea s a four-lane road between Easley and Clemson? Or why we have public boat ramps at our three beautiful lakes? Or why we have a Commerce park on highway 123? What about highway 11 and the beautiful scenery of Table Rock and Keowee-Toxway State Parks? How did they get here? We dona t think much about them; theya re a ...

A 49-year-old Pickens man has been arrested in connection with child pornography found on a computer, camera equipment and other storage devices, according to Pickens City Police Department warrants.

Louisiana music, food and dance are coming to Greenville. The Mental Health America of Greenville County hosts its 15th annual Cajun Crawl at Sawmill at North Main in Greenville, from 7-11 p.m. Friday.

An effort moving forward to help grow tourism in Pickens County is casting an eye toward utilizing the area's already rich resources - from lakes and mountains to its culture, heritage and sports attractions.

A ribbon hanging and welcome sign unveiling is set at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Gate 4 at Fort Jackson, Boyden Arbor Road.

A creek in upstate South Carolina polluted more than 30 years ago is being restored.

Greg Willimon of Pickens doesn't fish the Bass Fishing League's South Carolina Division circuit, but he does fish Lake Hartwell.

The public has the extraordinary opportunity to remove all of the dams on Twelve Mile River and restore the natural, free-flowing character of more than 100 miles of this beautiful river system.

Members of the Pickens County Council Administration and Finance Committee talked at length Thursday about the possibility of turning trash into energy.

A vision to preserve more than 40 Upstate petroglyphs - rock carvings chiseled into the landscape by prehistoric American Indians centuries ago - took on ne7 life Monda9 as local residents and officials announced a goal of $400,000 to create a South Carolina Rock Ar4 Center in Pickens County.

The Pickens County Cultural Commission is leading a campaign to save more than 40 rock carvings in northwestern South Carolina etched centuries ago by prehistoric American Indians.

" The Foothills Retirement Community in Easley is home to Bill and Frederica Black, a Pickens couple who just recently celebrated their seventy-first wedding anniversary.

October 2, 2009 - 12:33 a.m. EST Photo For The Journal An artist rendering of the south entrance of the new career and technology center scheduled to open for classes in August 2011.

Pickens County veterans will head to the polls Saturday to cast their votes in a special advisory election where nine candidates are vying for the post of county veterans' affairs officer.