GREENVILLE — Duke Energy Carolinas has proposed a rate increase that would raise monthly electric bills for South Carolina ...

By Jason Evans Staff Reporter [email protected] COUNTY — Educational efforts in the area include preparing young ...

The Banjo Extravaganza Festival will return to the Hagood Mill Historic Site this weekend offering a weekend of toe-tapping ...

By Evan Smoak Courtesy The Journal [email protected] PICKENS — At its regularly scheduled meeting last week, Pickens ...

By Bru Nimmons Staff Reporter [email protected] COUNTY — With election season inching closer, Pickens County’s ...

VA officer election debacle Dear Editor, I want to personally thank Rex Rice and the Pickens County Legislative Delegation for showing me what democracy actually looks like. Walt Carter garnered 51 ...

We hear a lot about heroes these days. Accomplished athletes are admired as idols for throwing around a ball, while actors in blockbuster movies portray individuals who can fly and use their ...

With the increasing number of food recalls lately, it’s very tempting to buy a few rural acres and grow our own food, isn’t it? A dozen chickens, a milk cow, a veggie garden ... what else would we ...

By Jason Evans Staff Reporter [email protected] COLUMBIA — More convictions and guilty pleas have been obtained in an ongoing investigation into organized crime being run from within state ...

By Jason Evans Staff Reporter [email protected] PICKENS — A Pickens man faces multiple charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors, S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson said Monday.

Go on a Scavenger Hunt Whether at a beach, park, or even walking the neighborhood, families can have a list of objects that ...

The kind, gentle soul of W. David Gravely left us on July 10, 2025, surrounded by his family. He was born in Pickens on Aug.