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The Pickens County Chronicle - Local News - March, 2025

Sheriff's Office invites community to join in time of prayer at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, March 29 at Sunrise Cemetery (City Cemetery), praying for our community, first responders, and rain. Click here for details.

Below, read about the Table Rock State Park fire with daily updates

Firefighters battle wildfire on Table Rock Mountain: Click here to read daily updates, including from Pickens County, Sheriff Tommy Blankenship and the Pickens County Sheriff's Office, the South Carolina Forestry Commission, Governor Henry McMaster, Pickens County Emergency Management, and the South Carolina National Guard

*** Update on Tuesday, March 25: MANDATORY EVACUATION

Click here for 60 updates from March 21 to March 31, including photos, videos, audio, maps, news about the fire, and a link to live Table Rock webcam

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Hagood Mill Historic Site holds groundbreaking for $1 million completion of Heritage Pavilion

Special celebration includes music by Bluegrass and Company, The Wilder Flower, Luke Deuce, and Creekwater Collective

Read The Pickens County Chronicle's in-depth story and view 74 photos from the March 19, 2025 event

March 18 update on March 19 groundbreaking at Hagood Mill Historic Site's Heritage Pavilion, including schedule of events

Hagood Mill Historic Site Director Billy Crawford and Young Appalachian Musicians (YAM) founder Betty McDaniel at KidsFest on Saturday, March 15, 2025. (Photo by Karen Brewer, The Pickens County Chronicle)
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View 135 photos by The Pickens County Chronicle from KidsFest at the Hagood Mill Historic Site on Saturday, March 15: including all performances by YAM students in all the schools participating in KidsFest, and the Sweet Potato Pie Kids, and all of the entrants in the talent show, and activities including sack races, tug of war, playing the kazoo and washboard, and other scenes around Hagood Mill

Waffle Fest to be held in Liberty on Saturday, March 29

Hagood Mill Historic Site receives $1 million from the State of South Carolina to complete the Heritage Pavilion; groundbreaking is set for March 19

KidsFest is this Saturday, March 15 at the Hagood Mill Historic Site. Click here for the story and schedule of events and also to read the story about KidsFest published in February.

Pickens County Habitat for Humanity revives Women Build on International Women's Day, Saturday, March 8 - Read the story and view photos from the event

Sheriff's Office gives update March 8 regarding Stephanie Womacks, missing from Table Rock State Park

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The Tams kick off Central's Spring First Friday Concert Series at the historic depot -- View 120 photos from the concert by The Pickens County Chronicle

Registration is now open for popular Camp Hagood, to be held June 11-13 at the historic Hagood Mill Site; deadline for scholarships is April 11

Mary Cate Garrett is selected as next Principal of Gettys Middle School

Jeff Fruster to step down as Head Football Coach at D.W. Daniel High School

Exciting news about the rebuilding of historic Fort Prince George in Pickens County: Read The Pickens County Chronicle's story, including interviews with Pickens County Administrator Ken Roper and Pickens County Historical Society board members Wayne Kelley, Anne Sheriff, and Dennis Chastain

Georgia woman, Stephanie Womacks, is missing from Table Rock State Park

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Sabrina Greenlee is named South Carolina Football Hall of Fame's Humanitarian of the Year

Sabrina Greenlee to read from new memoir at Clemson on March 5