WINNSBORO – Last year, the Fairfield Pickleball Club adopted a stretch of highway near the Fairfield Recreation Center, where they meet multiple nights a week to play pickleball. The Club recently received notification that it has been selected as one of the winners of the South Carolina Department of Transportation’s 2023 Adopt-a-Highway Program. The award […]
A Presidential Trip
February 29, 2024 By
WASHINGTON, DC – Richard Winn Academy middle school students traveled to Washington, DC for a tour Wednesday, Feb. 14 to Friday, Feb. 16. The students and chaperones hit all the historical hot spots, including The White House, Capitol Building, Arlington National Cementry, Mount Vernon, and toured museums and memorial monuments.
Eagles look sharp at Back Woods Quail Classic
February 29, 2024 By
GEORGETOWN – Richard Winn’s sporting clay team took to Georgetown over the weekend for the Back Woods Quail Club tournament, their third tournament in the 2024 give-tournament series. Sophomore shooter Abby Lewis took home the medal for Highest Overall in the Senior Advanced division. Hitting 94 of 100 targets on the day, Lewis finished in […]
A SNIP donation
February 29, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – In late January, Hoof and Paw SC donated $2,000 to Because of Roscoe for SNIP (Spay Neuter Initiative Program). Because of Roscoe’s SNIP program offers free and low-cost spay and neuter options for Fairfield County. Spay/neuter vouchers are available for pick up at the County Animal Shelter. The program also utilizes a Spay […]
FCHS alum named 5A Region Coach of the Year
February 29, 2024 By
COLUMBIA – Former Fairfield Central Griffin student-athlete turned coach was recently awarded Coach of the Year for 5A Region 4. Candace Bush, a 2002 graduate of Fairfield Central, is currently the head girls’ basketball coach at Dutch Fork High School in Irmo. Bush led the Silver Foxes to a perfect 8-0 record in region play, […]
James Island upsets Westwood in OT thriller
February 29, 2024 By
CHARLESTON—The Westwood boys basketball team got off to a great start in its third-round matchup with James Island Thursday night, but the Trojans erased a double-digit deficit early in the fourth quarter. The Trojans defense slowed down the Redhawks attack, forced overtime, and R.J. Simmons’ 3-pointer with 36 seconds left gave them a 71-70 edge. […]
Green named SCAEOP Admin of the Year
February 29, 2024 By
GREENVILLE – Fairfield County Superintendent Dr. JR Green may be leaving his post, but not empty handed. Green was recently named 2024 Administrator of the Year, an award given by the SC Association of Educational Office Professionals (SCAEOP). Fairfield County School District’s Gervonder Brown, Executive Assistant to Dr. Green and board clerk, was installed as […]
Guest Editorial: Be the Best You Can Be
February 29, 2024 By
A few weeks ago, I got a call from one of my white brothers who wanted to share with me a story that he had read in a history book. It was a story involving former President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The story goes that in 1943, Roosevelt was putting together a group of Naval officer […]
Erica Page wins council seat
February 27, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Erica Page was the winner in the Town’s Special Election held Tuesday to fill the Council seat vacated when former Councilman Sloan Griffin was elected as the Town’s Mayor last November. Page, a wife, mom of two daughters, and local mortgage lender, took almost half the votes in a candidate field of five. […]
Scout Motors breaks ground
February 22, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Scout Motors broke ground on its production center in Blythewood on Thursday, hosting two ceremonies – a morning session primarily for media and local, county and state officials who were eminently involved in bringing Scout to South Carolina, and an afternoon session for only Blythewood residents that provided an update on the project […]
