CHAPIN – Blythewood and Westwood cross country runners represented well at the Lake Murray Invitational in Chapin on Saturday. Runner highlights on the day were top-10 finishes by Blythewood’s Jacob Powell and Westwood’s Emma Ashley. Powell’s 16:15.20 finish put him in eighth place out of 286 runners on the day. Ashley pulled a seventh place […]
Mavericks XC compete at North Central, Great Falls
September 21, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – Midlands STEM Institute’s cross country team ran in its second meet of the season at North Central High School on Sept. 12. Christopher Parker finished first for the Mavericks and in 46th place overall out of 60 runners with a time of 25:56.80. Leahman Knotts finished at 27:39.90, and Isaiah Pierce finished at […]
Swimming for a Cause
September 21, 2023 By
On Saturday, Sept. 16, several Bengal swimmers participated in the 25th annual Lake Murray Dam Swim in Lexington, a two-mile, open-water swim that starts on the Irmo side of the lake and ends on the Lexington side. This swim was started 25 years ago by Lexington High School swimmers in memory of a child who […]
Eagles suffer defeat on the road at Holly Hill
September 21, 2023 By
HOLLY HILL – Richard Winn was on the road for the second week in a row, traveling to Holly Hill this past Friday to face off against last year’s State Champion Holly Hill Academy Raiders. Holly Hill received the opening kickoff and wasted no time crossing the goal line on a 46-yard run by Tyree […]
Griffin boys XC finish 2nd at Westwood
September 21, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Fairfield Central cross country took to Blythewood last Wednesday for a 6-team meet at Westwood High School. The Griffins competed against Great Falls, Lower Richland, Richland Northeast, Sandhills School and Westwood. Fairfield’s boys finished second out of the six teams, just five points behind Westwood. Despite the Griffins second-place finish, Hank White led […]
Letter: He Was a Good Friend
September 21, 2023 By
Mike Moore, who died last week, was a Winnsboro attorney and a good friend of mine. He saved me once as a superior courtroom navigator just as an airplane pilot saved me years before. I still practice law but I also used to fly airplanes. Sometimes I had no business making long trips at night […]
Melvin Freeman
September 21, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Melvin Freeman, 94, of Blythewood, died on Monday, September 18, 2023. Born in Blythewood on June 12, 1929, he was a son of the late Rufus and Carrie Branham Freeman. Mr. Freeman graduated from Blythewood High School, Class of 1947. He served in the United States Army and was a Korean War Veteran. […]
Blythewood Town Council may raise FY 2024 legal budget to $500,000
September 14, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – With no discussion, council passed first reading of a budget amendment Monday night that increases the budgeted amount for the Town’s outside legal expenses from $200,000 to $500,000 for the current fiscal year 2023-24. According to budget information on the Town’s website, it spent approximately $152,500 on outside legal expenses in FY 2021-22 […]
Blythewood PC OKs site plan for 104 townhomes
September 14, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Planning Commission voted on Aug 29, to recommend approval of a site plan for 104 townhomes proposed in one of the most traffic congested sections of downtown Blythewood. The vote passed 3-2 with Marcus Taylor and Erica Page opposing. Great Southern Homes wants to build the townhomes along with a walking […]
Subdivision of more than 1,000 homes proposed for Fairfield County
September 14, 2023 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY — As many as 1,000 to 1,600 residential units could be coming to Fairfield County if Fairfield County Council approves a request from Haven Homes to rezone 392 acres from Industrial (I-1) zoning to Residential 2 (R2) zoning. The property, bordered by Gum Springs Road, Devil’s Race Track and Highway 34, was rezoned […]
