Pickens News

It wasn't a position that Dr. Fred Stone really longed for. In fact, when a friend approached Stone about allowing his name to be put in nomination for the president of the South Carolina Southern Baptist Convention, his first reaction was to politely decline the honor.

PICKENS -A 47-year-old Easley man has pleaded guilty to an assault charge in connection with an incident in 2006 involving a minor male, according to court records.

The latest state Exit Exam scores from Anderson District 1 and the Pickens County School District fell from the previous year, a trend that was repeated statewide.

The Pickens County School District has seen its general fund budget dip nearly $6 million since it was approved last June.

Most public offices and schools in Pickens County will be closed Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holidays.

A 19-year-old Marietta man has been arrested and charged by the Pickens County Sheriffa s Office with assaulting a 19-year-old Pickens man with a knife near Fruit Mountain Road in Easley Friday night.

American Legion Pickens Post 11 members and members of the community gathered at the Chapel at Hillcrest Cemetery to honor the veterans the county has lost in the past year.

" The Pickens Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind will celebrate its 30 year anniversary on Dec.

A recycling center employee places cardboard in a bin. Clemson city officials are optimistic following two recent meetings with Pickens County Council members Jim London and Randy Crenshaw that penalties won't be imposed on municipalities if they fail to meet the county's recycling goal of 30 percent.

Pickens Savings and Loan Announces Quarterly Earnings Pickens, SC, November 13, 2009 - Pickens Savings and Loan Association, NA, announced earnings for the quarter ending September 30, 2009, of $153,387. Total earnings for the first six months of the fiscal year are $263,305. G. Alex Gettys, Jr., President of the Association stated that ...

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Victim Advocate Association held its 19th annual Training/Conference this past week at Beach Cove Resort in North Myrtle Beach.

Starting Jan. 1, residents within the city limits of Pickens will face an increase in water and garbage collection rates.

November 16, 2009 - 11:21 p.m. EST From left: Blue Ridge Elementary Principal Kathy Eichler; Oconee County District Superintendent Mike Lucas and Oconee County School Board of Trustees Chairman Andy Inabinet are accompanied by Blue Ridge students during the school's Monday morning news broadcast.

PICKENS - Jury selection is expected to start today for the trial of man charged in the 2006 death of a pawnshop owner in Easley.

PICKENS a ' An 86-year-old Pickens man was victimized last Wednesday by men impersonating people that work for the U.S. Social Security Administration, according to an incident reported filed with the Sheriffa TMs Office.

Firefighters are currently a battling a blaze off Highway 11 near Highway 178 in Pickens.

EASLEY a" The man accused of the 2006 murder of an Easley pawn shop owner will go on trial in Pickens Monday, according to Clerk of Court Pat Welborn.

The South Carolina Baptist Convention has elected a Pickens pastor as its next president.

A bullet to the heart fired by a North Carolina police officer killed the man authorities think was a serial killer responsible for five deaths in South Carolina this summer.

November 10, 2009 - 10:28 p.m. EST SENECA - The remnants of Hurricane Ida are expected to continue to bring more precipitation to Pickens and Oconee counties through today and tonight, but experts indicated on Tuesday that so far the area had dodged the worst of the system.