PICKENS COUNTY NEWS & PRESS RELEASES
Hi, Friends, So sorry I have not begun these articles until this week. I do appreciate the opportunity to be your voice in the Capitol during this legislative session. The past two weeks have been very busy, meeting new people and moving offices and all that stuff, in addition to session and committ... more |  | |
Nettes win; Dragons narrowly lose Pickens High School Varsity Nettes and Dragons faced Ridgeland at home last night. The Nettes landed on top with score 49-42, and close one for the Dragons with Ridgeland winning 67-63. Photos provided by Heather Jordan and posted on more | ||
Opens March 3, 2017 Mark your calendars now! Go on line and order your tickets. You don’t want to miss this epic comedy all about love, trickery and disguises. The Taming of the Shrew is laugh-out-loud Shakespeare. Jan Simpson, an experienced and talented director, is having her first go at directing "The Bard"... more |  | |
Last night, January 26th, Pickens Sheriff’s Office Detectives arrested Edwin Brian Lumpkin. Mr. Lumpkin, a 27-year-old man, drove to Pickens County from his home in Roanoke Alabama to meet who he believed to be a 15-year-old female. Mr. Lumpkin had been engaging in an online conversation with the yo... more |  | |
The free tax preparation provided by AARP Tax-Aide will again take place at Pickens County Library this season on a new day, TUESDAY, from February 7th through April 11th, 2017, starting at 9:30 am until 1:30 pm. The service is aimed at clients with moderate income and an uncomplicated tax return... more |  | |
The Band Student of the Week is Lucas Pilla. Lucas is a Senior member of the band program and participates in the Pride of Pickens marching band, the Symphonic Band and various small ensembles. He is currently section leader for both of those groups. Lucas has always been a positive contributo... more |  | |
Keep Pickens Beautiful is once again providing recycle containers at the Habitat for Humanity construction site, as they begin construction on their second house in New Hope Acres Subdivision. KPB has placed a recycling container to collect plastic bottles and aluminum cans from their volunteers wor... more |  | |
The PHS Swim Team Swimmer of Week is Lizzie Arrendale. Lizzie is a great swimmer. She has been swimming for about 6 years on the USA swim club. For USA swimming, she has been to state finals multiple years and in multiple events. On the high school team, she is just a second off from state cut times... more |  | |
Pickens County, through an existing contract with Emergency Communications Network, will begin providing public safety alerts through the company’s public safety app, CodeRED Mobile Alert. The app, which is a free download on the App Store and Google Play, will allow Pickens County residents and... more |  | |
In one of their recent meetings, the Education and Workforce Development Committee of the Pickens County Chamber of Commerce came up with the idea of doing a soft skills fair. With Dr. Sonny Proctor’s leadership, the committee contacted Mountain Education and toured their facility. Mountain Ed agree... more |  | |
The Pickens County Chamber of Commerce invites the public to attend the February Chamber Community Breakfast, where Camera Ready Program Manager/Senior Film Location Specialist Craig Dominey is scheduled to speak. Dominey is the creator and manager of the state of Georgia’s Camera Ready Program, a g... more |  | |
Pickens County area people joined the Atlanta March for Social Justice and Women on Saturday, 1/21, which was held simultaneously with the Women's March on Washington. Police estimated that 60,000 people marched from the Center for Civil & Human Rights to the Georgia Capitol to hear speakers. Th... more |  | |
Meeting on Tuesday, January 24th The National Federation of Republican Assemblies (NFRA) was formed in the 1930's - a sort of “Tea Party” before the current Tea Party captured the hearts and minds of the true Americans in our great country. While the news media apparently did not pay much attention to the NFRA (have you ever seen ... more |  | |
Starting January 23, 2017 Pickens County will be closing West Price Creek Road on January 23, 2017, for the next ten (10) weeks to tear out and replace the bridge structure. The bridge is located approximately ½ mile from Jones Mountain Road Please use Trout Farm Road or East Price Creek Road as detours while West Price ... more |  | |
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