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In today's newsletter:

  • See which Pickens County names and properties appear in new legal filings.
  • How Easley's Owen Ross is quietly powering the Green Wave offense
  • How a late-night Easley stabbing turned into a multi-county chase.

Also on today's calendar: Greenville Woodworkers Guild Tool Sale and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Sunny and very warm, with a high of 85 and low of 62 degrees.
  • Friday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 78, low: 60.
  • Saturday: Some rain, with a high of 65 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Courier Legals 10-7-26 (yourpickenscounty.com) — Pickens County residents will find a long list of new legal notices, including lawsuits, quiet title actions, probate filings, and debt collection cases involving local parties. There's also a self-storage lien sale in Easley on October 13 and another in Central on October 21, plus a special called meeting for the Pickens Azalea Festival board. Check if your name or property appears.
   

2. Ross leads charge for EHS football team (sentinelprogress.com) — Easley High School senior receiver and captain Owen Ross is leading the Green Wave's young passing attack while carrying a 4.02 GPA and eyeing Clemson for agriculture studies. He talks about mentoring talented sophomore teammates and how Boys State at Anderson University deepened his sense of leadership and brotherhood.
   

3. Deputies: PIT maneuver used to end pursuit after SC stabbing (wyff4.com) — Law enforcement say a stabbing in Easley led to a late-night multi-county chase ending when Greenville County deputies used a PIT maneuver to stop a suspect's vehicle. Easley Police and Pickens County deputies were involved, and two injured people were treated at Greenville Memorial and Easley Baptist hospitals. Investigators believe the violence followed a social gathering with heavy drinking.
   

4. Margaret Waters Gravely Obituary Oct 6, 2026 (robinsonfuneralhomes.com) — Easley residents are mourning Margaret Melinda Waters Gravely, an 88-year-old Easley High School graduate remembered for her strong faith, love of family, and front-porch reading. Friends and family can pay their respects Friday at Bible Baptist Church in Pickens, with burial to follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Easley.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Are your hummingbirds gone for the season?
    I haven't seen any activity around my hummingbird feeders yesterday or today. (Nextdoor Windham)
  • Pledge Of Allegence:
    The county council starts each meeting with a prayer and then the pledge of allegence. To lead us in the pledge we honor a special citizen each month… (Nextdoor Homestead)
  • Aerotek posted a job opening for Hiring For Light Industrial Assemblers Pays Up To $20/hr. in Easley. Apply here.
  • Danfoss posted a job opening for Assembler 1 in Easley. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Easley here.

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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