WINNSBORO – “In the last couple of months, I think one of the questions that I’ve been asked the most often is, ‘When is the New Mexican restaurant, Winnsboro Fiesta, going to open?’” Winnsboro Town Manager Jason Taylor posted on Facebook earlier this week. The answer came on Tuesday when the restaurant, located at 141 […]
Two arrests made in bomb threat at MLILY
November 1, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – Two suspects were arrested last week after the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office responded to a bomb threat at MLILY Plant on Wednesday, Oct. 25. Markelyis J. Gibson, 21, and Joshua English, 35, were arrested for one count of Bomb Threats/Conspiring to Make a Bomb Threat. Gibson was arrested on Wednesday following the incident. […]
Blythewood mayoral candidates forum tonight
November 1, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood mayoral candidates Bryan Franklin and Sloan J. Griffin III will participate in a forum at Doko Manor tonight from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. The event was planned by the candidates ahead of the election next week on Nov. 7. Doko Manor is located at 100 Alvina Hagood Circle in Blythewood.
Two die in crash near Jenkinsville
November 1, 2023 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – A late night crash on SC Hwy 215 near Jenkinsville has resulted in the deaths of two Winnsboro residents. According to a report by SC Highway Patrol Master Trooper Brandon Bolt, a 2003 Chevrolet sedan with two occupants was traveling north on southbound SC Hwy 215 about 11:20 p.m. on Oct. 31 […]
Bring the family to a live, re-enactment of a Revolutionary War encampment Saturday, behind Fairfield County Museum
October 27, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – Join Winnsboro’s SC Historical Society and the Fairfield County Museum for a celebration of Winnsboro’s patriots of the American Revolution on Sat. Oct. 28 The day-long event will include at a grave marking ceremony at 10 a.m. off Hwy 34, 1.5 miles west of Winnsboro, and a re-enactment of an American Revolution encampment […]
Halloween Weekend Events
October 27, 2023 By
Looking for some Halloween weekend fun in Blythewood and Fairfield County? Here’s what’s happening: FRIDAY, OCT. 27 FALL FESTIVAL at Sandy Level Baptist Church, 408 Blythewood Rd., Blythewood. Friday, Oct. 27 from 6 – 8 p.m. The free event features a trunk or treat, hay rides, inflatable, food, games and more. OCTOBERFEST at Redemption Church […]
Fairfield County Council reverses direction on filling vacant administrator position
October 27, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – At the Oct. 9 county council meeting, Chairman Doug Pauley announced council would hire a recruiting firm within two weeks to begin a search for a county administrator. At Monday night’s county council meeting he announced a change in plans. “Instead of hiring an expensive firm to recruit a county administrator, a decision […]
BHS golfer reclaims Individual State Title
October 26, 2023 By
PROSPERITY – Caroline Hawkins made the Mid Carolina Club golf course in Prosperity her own Monday and Tuesday. The Blythewood sophomore shot a 5-under par 68 on the Par-73 course Monday, then followed up Tuesday with a 6-under 67 to finish the 5A state girls’ golf tournament with a 135 and her second straight individual […]
Brock files for protective motion
October 26, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – A town councilman has asked a judge for a protective order regarding testimony in a deposition he says was “unilaterally” set by opposing counsel. Councilman Donald Brock filed the motion Monday as part of an ongoing Freedom of Information lawsuit between Mayor Bryan Franklin/Town of Blythewood and MPA Strategies, the Town’s former marketing […]
Franklin continues to hide Town’s expenses for MPA lawsuits
October 26, 2023 By
Town’s Legal Expenses Could Be Approaching $800,000 BLYTHEWOOD – After almost three years and hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees paid to attorneys and consultants by the Town government for lawsuits involving Mayor Bryan Franklin and marketing firm MPA Strategies, Franklin continues to prohibit the Town’s attorneys from revealing to the public, the […]
