Auditor issues county clean opinion and material weakness

Audit Presented Late for Third Consecutive Year WINNSBORO – Fairfield County failed to follow “certain accounting, reporting, and reconciling procedures,” resulting in incomplete and inaccurate financial reporting, according to the 2023 audit. Mauldin & Jenkins, the Columbia financial firm that conducted the audit, issued a “material weakness” in the audit. The material weakness stems from […]

County hires auditor to appeal $1.4M IRS debt

WINNSBORO – Following an update given by the county’s Interim Administrator Clay Killian concerning the county’s $1.4 million in IRS fines and penalties, council members voted unanimously to appropriate $40,000 to enlist the county’s auditing firm, Mauldin & Jenkins, to assist the county in erasing some of those tax penalties and interest owed to the […]

Town purchases more property

BLYTHEWOOD – Town Council members have purchased another parcel of land. During an executive session at a special called meeting Thursday evening, March 7, council members received legal advice regarding contractual terms associated with the potential acquisition of real property. When they returned to the open meeting, they voted unanimously to authorize Town Administrator Carroll […]

Sheriff’s Office adds K-9 unit

AIRFIELD COUNTY – The arrival of a longtime expert at working with law enforcement’s dogs has led to the launch of a new K-9 program at the Fairfield County Sheriff’s office, with two dog handlers and their K-9 partners now operational and assisting with a variety of tasks. “It’s kind of unusual because we started […]

Artisans Market set for March 16

BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Farmers Market will celebrate its 10th year in operation next month and will kick that celebration off with its Spring Artisan’s Market this Saturday, March 16, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., featuring about 60 vendors selling handmade items. It will be held in front of the Amphitheater in Doko Meadows […]

Blythewood turned out for Ribfest

BLYTHEWOOD – “This is what community is all about,” General Jason Kelly, commander of Fort Jackson Army Base in Columbia said, smiling broadly, as he made his way through a crowded Ribfest on Saturday, sampling ribs as he went. He was one of several dignitaries and elected officials Blythewood Mayor Sloan Griffin invited to the […]

The dollhouse mystery

WINNSBORO – In 1874, my great grandfather James M. Lawson, then about 17 years old, contracted scarlet fever.  In the late nineteenth century, this was a much dreaded malady and a large number of children died from the untreatable effects of the disease. While recuperating, James began assembling what would result in an exquisite miniature […]

Bengal softball beats Irmo, Fort Mill

BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood softball team (4-1) blasted Irmo 12-5 Friday, then on Monday did the same at Region 3-5A rival Fort Mill, where the Bengals whipped the Yellow Jackets 13-3 in five innings. Against Irmo, Josie Smythe homered and went 2-for-3 with two RBI, and Ashley Duncan also homered and had four RBI against […]

Emerging Elite Champs

Blythewood Elite Track Club’s Patience Lisbon, Olivia Taylor, Madison Ross and Zion Harvey (also members of Blythewood High School’s varsity track team) are Emerging Elite National Champions of the 4x200m relay. They claimed the top spot in the division at the Nike Indoor Nationals on March 8 with a time of 1:42.85. The group also […]

Eagles return to dominant conference play

WINNSBORO – On the heels of a walk-off 5-4 win over Richland Northeast last Tuesday, Richard Winn played host to Laurens Academy for an early-season region game. Despite losing six seniors from last year’s SCISA 1A State Championship squad, the Eagles looked as if they’d fallen right back into their old patterns: beating their opponents […]

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