Pickens County News

The Department of Defense said this afternoon that the remains of a Pickens County captain missing in action from the Korean War for more than half a century have been identified and will be returned to Easley ...

An expected Pickens City Council vote Monday could help residents move one step closer to saving their senior center.

Five Upstate counties were upgraded to extreme drought status when the state Drought Response Committee met Monday.

HOLLY SPRINGS -- For the fourth time in just over a week, fire crews were fighting a mountain forest fire sparked by lightning in Jocassee Gorges.

More than 20 homes in a Pickens County neighborhood now have a reliable water system after a two-year ordeal to replace and upgrade the previous patchwork system.

Lee D'Andrea, superintendent for the School District of Pickens County, has been recognized for her commitment and service to adult education.

A man swimming across a small cove at Lake Keowee said he looked behind him Saturday to find that another man swimming with him had disappeared, according to a Pickens County incident report.

' A 33-year - 'old illegal immigrant, released by Pickens County authorities to federal agents last November and subsequently deported four months ago, drowned Saturday while swimming in a cove at Warpath ...

A benefit golf tournament raised $9,000 for Pickens County Meals on Wheels, according to a release from the organization.

Sunday wine tastings could become an option for Pickens County vineyards. County Council members have sent a discussion of the idea to committee in light of a recently passed state law that allows counties to ...

For two years Jerry Buck Inman has sat in a private cell awaiting a death penalty trial and despite his separation from fellow inmates, authorities say the man accused in the strangling death of Clemson ...

The Big League World Series is set to receive some money today from the Cliffs Communities as part of needed matching funds to get $25,000 from Pickens County.

The Pickens County school board last night approved a motion to sell a surplus property that houses a senior center to the city of Pickens for $1. Seniors Unlimited has leased the former Ben Hagood Elementary ...

Pat Welborn clinched his win as the Republican candidate for the Pickens County Clerk of Court seat in a tight primary election runoff today.

Pat Welborn and Ben Finley are facing off for the Pickens County clerk of court seat Tuesday in a primary election runoff.

More than 14,000 Pickens County voters turned out for last week's primary election, bringing victory to some candidates and leaving two with more campaigning to do.

Three Easley residents have been arrested in connection with the theft of more than 140 aluminum wheels from a local business, according to Pickens County Sheriff's Office warrants.

Pickens County Council members are set to vote on the budget for fiscal year 2008-2009 on third and final reading tonight.

A driver's license checkpoint in Pickens County turned into a motorcycle chase and drug bust last week.

Six Pickens County organizations have received grants from the S.C. Arts Commission to promote art in the Upstate area.