Mill Village facing waterline repairs, boil notice advisory
March 6, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – The Town of Winnsboro experienced a break in a Mill Village water line on Poplar Street several weeks ago. Repairs of the waterline are set for next week. The area affected by the repairs will extend to all customers on both sides of Columbia Road from 2nd Street all the way to 11th […]
Man found dead Friday night on S. Zion in Winnsboro
March 2, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County Coroner Chris Hill has released the name of the individual killed in a hit and run in Winnsboro at about 8:30 p.m. on Friday, March 1. Coroner Hill said Brian Kennedy, Sr., age 56, of Winnsboro, was found in an alley off of South Zion St. after being struck by an […]
Officials hear Blythewood’s traffic concerns
February 29, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood residents turned out Thursday night to speak with county representatives and learn more about the county’s current Penny Tax transportation projects in the Blythewood Zip code. The drop-in style meeting, which was held at the Manor, was also a chance for residents to talk with county transportation officials about future Penny Tax […]
Admin reports on appeals for $1.4M
February 29, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County is looking into ways to appeal approximately $1.4 million in IRS debt and penalties that came to light in December. On Monday night, interim administrator Clay Killian outlined a series of steps he’s pursuing to try to cancel as much of the IRS debt as possible. In a report to council, […]
Winnsboro bringing gas line to Ridgeway
February 29, 2024 By
RIDGEWAY – A quarter-million-dollar gas line project being undertaken by the Town of Winnsboro will bring natural gas to Ridgeway – and Winnsboro town hall wants to hear from residents and business owners who are interested in connecting to the new gas line. “This is a request that the town council of Ridgeway has made, […]
Celebrating Black History: Looking Back – Reaching Forward
February 29, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The annual Black History Month Celebration organized each year by the Blythewood Historical Society, lived up to its theme last Saturday – ‘Looking Back – Reaching Forward’ – with two locally and nationally recognized speakers who did just that. Jim Felder, a political and civil rights activist from Sumter, S.C. served as pallbearer […]
Blythewood council meeting was deja vu all over again
February 29, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – It was very much like old times at the Monday night council meeting. New Councilwoman Andrea Fripp took to the podium to question why council will not convene in executive session to re-discuss the now settled (with prejudice) 2021 MPA/Town lawsuits. By meeting’s end, it was a donnybrook with Fripp repeatedly interrupting and […]
Fairfield Library programs offer free services
February 29, 2024 By
Free tax preparation service WINNSBORO – Fairfield County Library programs offering free services are up and running for the spring. A program that provides free tax preparation help begins this month, and those who wish to participate can now sign up for a time slot. The service is offered on Wednesday evenings from this week […]
Join FCCOA’s Lunch Bunch
February 29, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – The weekly “Lunch Bunch” gathering of seniors at Lizard’s Thicket restaurant has proven quite popular, says Angi Connor, executive director of the Fairfield County Council on Aging. “It gives our senior clients a different opportunity to get out and be around people and socialize and just be with their peers, and we have […]
