COLUMBIA – Richard Winn Cross Country hit the ground running last Saturday to open their 2023 season. After finishing the 2022 season as SCISA A Runner Up, the varsity girls took a six-member squad to the meet, the oldest of which is a ninth-grader. Competing at Varsity level, the team is comprised of one freshman, […]
Bengals claim Silver Bracket title in preseason tourney
August 24, 2023 By
LEXINGTON – Blythewood’s girls tennis team got back into the swing of things at the Kathryn Kleckley Pre-Season Tennis Tournament on Friday, Aug. 18 and Saturday, Aug. 19. Blythewood dropped Friday’s evening match against Oceanside (5-1), but returned Saturday to defeat Chapin 4-2 in the last of pool play. The team entered the Silver Bracket, […]
RW Volleyball returns to court
August 24, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – Richard Winn volleyball’s season is well underway. After ending their season in the semi-finals of the 2022 SCISA A tournament, the veteran roster returns five seniors to the 2023 team under direction of new head coach Kim Meadows. The Eagles got in some preseason action at the annual Newberry Academy Jamboree on August […]
‘No excuses,’ Blythewood heads back to work after week 0 loss to Ridge View
August 24, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – A seasoned and deep Blythewood football team finally got to show what it could do for new head coach James Martin Friday night. Neither Coach Martin, nor the team, nor at least half of the packed house at District Two Stadium were very much pleased. The Bengals dropped passes, overthrew passes by a […]
Redhawks best Spring Valley 27-7 in opener
August 24, 2023 By
COLUMBIA – The Westwood football team opened the 2023 season in fine fashion Friday night with new R2 Superintendent Dr. Kim Moore in attendance as the Redhawks dominated Spring Valley 27-7 at Harry Parone Stadium. After a field goal from their first drive, Westwood hit the end zone on a 22-yard touchdown run by Antwan […]
Pinned
August 24, 2023 By
A recent Piedmont Technical College (PTC) graduate from Fairfield County was recognized in the Summer 2023 Nurse Pinning Ceremony at the Lex Walters Campus-Greenwood, SC, on August 2, 2023. Angela McCants earned an Associate Degree in Nursing.
Midlands STEM celebrates ten years of educating Fairfield students
August 24, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – Midlands Stem Institute (MSI) kicked off its tenth year of existence on Friday, August 11 with a staff and family picnic in the Old Armory in Winnsboro. “The town of Winnsboro is very excited to see the growth of Midlands STEM,” Winnsboro Mayor John McMeekin said, referring to the new $11 million facility […]
Out for a Ride
August 24, 2023 By
Claude Bundrick Road residents Rogelio Soto and Gabrielle Gomez rode their horses into downtown Blythewood on Monday. The Voice snapped the two cowboys mozeying around Town Hall before they headed back to the ranch.
$500 Reward for Benji
August 24, 2023 By
At a house in Tennessee, we met him, young, energetic and full of life. He moved to Michigan with us and made our family complete. He helped me with the trash and yard work, helped our older daughter through some emotional challenges, and even helped with the daily house chores. And what a great travel […]
John Allan Ferguson
August 24, 2023 By
RIDGEWAY – John Allan Ferguson,75, of Ridgeway, died on Sunday, August 20, 2023. Born on August 8, 1948, in Memphis, Tennessee, he was a son of the late Sidney Ray Ferguson and Marion Bowen Ferguson. John moved to Columbia with his family at the early age of five. He attended public schools in Columbia, graduated […]
