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

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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.