GREENVILLE – Closing in on the Upper State Championships, Blythewood’s women’s wrestling team, ranked No.1 in the state, had a tough go in the Ladies Winter Classic at Wade Hampton High School over the weekend. Seven Bengal wrestlers finished in sixth place or higher en route to their third place finish at the tournament. Tiyanna […]
Letter: Council Blames Citizens for its Failures
January 25, 2024 By
On Monday night several council members actually taunted Fairfield citizens, lamenting that the citizens are confused and misinformed and blaming them for the problems the county finds itself in. Unbelievable. If the citizens are confused and misinformed, council only has to look in the mirror to see the wellspring from which the citizens’ confusion and […]
Letter: So the Citizens are the Cancer?
January 25, 2024 By
Yet another county council meeting passed on Monday without any explanation of how the county, for 5 years, violated IRS rules that ultimately cost us taxpayers over $1.4 million. One member defended former interim Administrator Laura Johnson by reiterating that the IRS fines had to be paid or they could seize our assets. That is […]
Francis Laval Green
January 25, 2024 By
Francis Laval “Val” Green, III was born August 13, 1942 to the late Francis Laval Green, Jr. of Bishopville and Mary Hazel Aiken Green of Winnsboro. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Nelia Eckley Green, and his brothers, Wade “Bubba” Aiken Green, and Douglas Yancey Green. Val was […]
Concrete factory coming to Fairfield
January 18, 2024 By
Dept. of Commerce: $8.25M Investment Will Create 17 Jobs FAIRFIELD COUNTY – Capital Concrete Co., a construction materials supplier, has announced it will open a new operation in Fairfield County. The company’s $8.25 million investment will create 17 new jobs, according to an announcement by the S.C. Department of Commerce. This is the first economic […]
Blythewood Road widening project affected nearby pond
January 18, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Unmanaged water runoff from the Richland County Penny Tax funded Blythewood Road widening project between I-77 and Syrup Mill Road is causing worrisome changes to neighboring property, says Byron Dinkins, who says his two-acre pond has been fouled with silt, has turned brown, and may be permanently ruined as highway drainage from the […]
Fairfield Sheriff seeks help in cold case murder
January 18, 2024 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office is asking the community for assistance in solving a homicide that has remained unsolved for 3 years. On Oct. 24, 2020 at approximately 8:45 p.m., a juvenile victim was killed near the intersection of Meadow Lake Rd and Hwy 215 South, near the Monticello EZ Mart, in […]
Grandma, 66, becomes author
January 18, 2024 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – For Terri Daughtry, inspiration for writing has always been a fleeting thing. But when inspiration would strike, she rushed to get the idea down on paper – or napkins, or the back of a receipt, or whatever she could find – before it was gone. As she wrote each precious note, she […]
Mayor Griffin meets with Scout officials
January 18, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Following Richland County being given the green light last week to resume grading and construction on the Scout Motors EV site in Blythewood, Blythewood Mayor Sloan Griffin met with Scout and County officials on Tuesday to talk about what Scout plans going forward and what Blythewood residents want. “We talked about the concerns […]
