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WDPS investigating series of overnight shootings

Map of shootings by WDPS WINNSBORO— The Winnsboro Department of Public Safety is investigating several overnight shootings that left multiple...
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WDPS investigating series of overnight shootings

Fairfield County shuts down shelter volunteers after volunteer exposes safety concerns

Thomasson Price FAIRFIELD COUNTY – On the morning of Jan. 31, 2026, Fairfield County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the...
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Fairfield County shuts down shelter volunteers after volunteer exposes safety concerns

Mayor refuses to answer Fripp’s questions about the $20,000

Mayor Sloan Griffin Councilwoman Andrea Fripp BLYTHEWOOD — Blythewood Mayor Pro Tem Andrea Fripp initiated a public confrontation with Mayor...
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Mayor refuses to answer Fripp’s questions about the $20,000

Community Road to reopen March 31

BLYTHEWOOD - After almost 11 months, Community Road will be open again, according to officials at the South Carolina Department...
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Community Road to reopen March 31

Graber named Detention Center Director

WINNSBORO  - Fairfield County Council has named a new director for its detention center. Graber At the March 22, Monday...
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Graber named Detention Center Director

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News, Sports

Redhawks give Bruins a drubbing

  BLYTHEWOOD-Westwood hitters, and the 2-hit pitching of Brandon May, made the Redhawks’ game against Lancaster a short affair. In a game moved up in the day to accommodate a storm front coming into the Midlands later that evening, Westwood scored in every inning and May struck out six in an 11-1, five-inning victory over […]

Opinion

The madness of March

March Madness I am a basketball fan and in particular a college basketball fan. As a fan, I love it when March rolls around because the Big Dance, the season ending national tournament that ultimately crowns the national champion, is played. There is a gluttony of games that are played on the first weekend of

News, Sports

Bengals dominate visiting Thoroughbreds

BLYTHEWOOD- Blythewood bounced back from a grueling 12-inning loss to River Bluff by clinching a 9-0 victory over the South Aiken High Thoroughbreds, on the Bengals’ Military Appreciation Day. “I thought it was good for us to come out and just try to get that taste out of our mouths” Bengals’ head coach Banks Faulkner

Opinion

What about Merit Pay?

Merit Pay One has to wonder why Fairfield County’s local State and House Delegation is pushing to transform our school board from all volunteer to all salaried. Where would the money come from and what service would, subsequently, receive less monetary support? Does the Delegation feel a need to upgrade the school board talent pool

Government, News

Fairfield County votes to update economic development website

WINNSORO – County Council members dispensed with a lengthy agenda in less than an hour Monday evening. A highlight of the session was a unanimous vote to upgrade the County’s aged economic development website to the tune of $29,000 with a $695/month maintenance contract. “This was not a budgeted item,” County Administrator Jason Taylor told

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