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The Pickens County Chronicle - Local News - August, 2025

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For the young and young at heart, the old Easley YMCA building has a new life with the opening of the Brotherton Child Development Center and Pickens County Meals on Wheels Young at Heart Senior Dining and Activity Center - Click here to read The Pickens County Chronicle's in-depth story and to view 40 photos of the event by The Chronicle

Upcountry Quilters Guild to hold biennial quilt show October 10-11 in Pickens

Clemson to host First Friday Parade August 29

Hagood Mill Historic Site to host South Carolina Old Time Fiddler's Convention featuring the South Carolina State Fiddling Championship September 19-20

Brushy Creek Baptist Church hosts bed build for Sleep in Heavenly Peace -- 46 volunteers build 20 beds for local children in need

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School District of Pickens County announces Elizabeth Gunnels of Liberty Elementary School as district-wide Teacher of the Year and April Heard of Transportation Services as district-wide Support Employee of the Year

The Village Library in Pickens to host Author Gathering on September 25

Fostering Love, Inc. check presentation (Courtesy photo)
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Pickens County Sheriff Tommy Blankenship with K-9 Wyatt (Courtesy photo)
K-9 Wyatt with the Pickens County Sheriff's Office (Courtesy photo)
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Store Manager Tonya Bovain (Courtesy photo)
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Sheriff's Office K-9 Foundation and Fostering Love, Inc. each receive $1,000 grant from Pickens Walmart, and new community-focused mural is unveiled during grand reopening ceremony August 22

Grand opening of the Heritage Pavilion at Hagood Mill Historic Site is set for 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, September 12 with ribbon cutting and celebration

Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative to power new AnMed Central/Clemson campus

AnMed Central/Clemson to have area's only emergency department: Groundbreaking ceremony is held August 19

Opening reception for Firelocks of the American Revolution (from the personal collection of Ken Nabors) to be held at the Pickens County Museum of Art & History on Saturday, September 6

Wolf Moon String Band
Swamp Rabbit Bluegrass Band
Pretty Little Goat
Creekwater Collective
Bluegrass and Company
Big Eyes Parker
Bailey George and the Hit Paraders

Pickens Appalachian Folk Festival to be held October 24-25 at the Hagood Mill Historic Site - Click here for more information on this year's event and to view 115 photos by The Pickens County Chronicle from last year's event

Local petitions seek to save historic Greenville-Pickens Speedway

Liberty First Baptist Church to hold car show on Saturday, August 23

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Soapstone Church and Soapstone School (Photo by Karen Brewer, The Pickens County Chronicle)

Mable Owens Clarke to hold fish fry fundraiser for Soapstone Baptist Church on Saturday, September 13

Liberty Mayor candidate debate to be held Monday, October 20 at the Pickens County Performing Arts Center

Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative celebrates 85 years of service with commitment to the future

Celebrate the opening of Young at Heart Senior Dining and Activity Center in Easley August 28 and September 2

Clemson's Welcome Back Festival on Monday, August 18 will benefit the Student Alumni Council Scholarship Endowment Fund

Creels' $2 million gift names auditorium, honors lifelong Clemson connection

Join The Hiding Place and the Pickens Village Library for a community baby shower on August 15

Meet Charles Hood, author of Looking for Space: My Pickens Journey, during an Author Talk at the Village Library in Pickens on Friday, September 19

Pickens County Administrator Ken Roper is named President of South Carolina Association of County Managers, Administrators, and Supervisors

Hope Women's Center's Run/Walk for Life will be held Saturday, October 11 at Pickens Doodle Park

Pickens County Youth Board to present Lip Sync Battle, Uniting Voices for Suicide Prevention, on Saturday, September 13 at the Pickens Amphitheater

Back the Blue K-9 One-Mile Run/Walk on September 11 to benefit The Hiding Place, which serves victims of domestic violence. Click here for details on this year's event and to read The Pickens County Chronicle's story and view photos from last year's event

Candelight vigil to be held August 31 for International Overdose Awareness Day

Dacusville Heritage Association to present Dacusville Farm Show August 30-31. Click here for more information and to view 25 photos by The Pickens County Chronicle from last year's event

Itchy and the Chiggers to perform August 23 at the Pickens Amphitheater

'March or Ride' for Greenville-Pickens Speedway will be held on August 17

Rolling Waterwheel Gospel Revue returns to Hagood Mill Historic Site on Saturday, August 16

Upstate Warrior Solution honors the life and sacrifice of Easley Police Officer Matthew Hare with portrait in the Hall of Heroes

Purchase tickets by August 15 for United Christian Ministries' masquerade ball, to be held August 23 at Southern Wesleyan University

Pickens County Museum of Art & History to host art reception - paintings by Chuck Greene on Saturday, August 9

Pickens County Museum of Art & History is accepting entries for 43rd annual Juried Art Competition

The Hiding Place's Cups of Hope - A Women's Tea Party will be held August 16

Car show on Saturday, August 9 to benefit Pickens County Advocacy Center

Matthew Morris and Jonathan Stewart (Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative photo)
David Montes, Maggie Blankenship, and Ava Alexander (Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative photo)
Jonathan Stewart talks with peers at Cooperative Youth Summit (Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative photo)

High school students take part in Washington Youth Tour and Cooperative Youth Summit

New book Looking for Space: My Pickens Journey pays tribute as a 'love letter' to Pickens and honors the memory of author's son through Young Appalachian Musicians (YAM) program: The Pickens County Chronicle interviews the author, Charles Hood

Upcountry Fiber Foundation gives $15,000 to local upstate non-profits The Hiding Place, Preserving Our Southern Appalachian Music (POSAM), and Ripple of One

Easley Police Department remembers Officer Matthew Hare on second anniversary of his passing

Puerto Rico wins 2025 Senior League Baseball World Series

Dr. Diane Vecchio, author and retired professor, to present program, A History of Jewish Entrepreneurs in Upstate South Carolina, including about the Sarlin family, at the Sarlin Library in Liberty

Catherine Hughes is named Executive Director of the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts at Clemson University