Pickens Sentinel
Pickens, South Carolina, United StatesEnglishThe Pickens Sentinel is a community newspaper serving Pickens County, South Carolina. It provides local news coverage, high school sports reporting, and community events for Pickens, Easley, and surrounding areas. Now part of the Sentinel-Progress, it remains a primary source for regional journalistic reporting and local legal notices.
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- Deck the Halls (in October)
- Thurmon leads charge on Military Appreciation Day
- Marsoun shines as Athlete of the Week
- Bring back the Model T!
- Carter helps boost military events
- Spot the signs of cyberbullying
- Tecsys pledges $5M to Prisma’s new behavioral health hospital
- Study: SC is second-worst nationally for access to mental health treatment facilities