BLYTHEWOOD – Game two of the 5A state championship baseball series featured an explosion of offense in the first two innings Wednesday night. By game’s end, River Bluff’s base running, combined with Andrew Vaughan’s relief pitching won the day and the series for the Gators. Two runs on a passed ball and a Blythewood error […]
Griffins take 6 titles at 2A state meet
May 25, 2023 By
COLUMBIA – Fairfield Central track and field members claimed six first place finishes at the South Carolina High School League’s 2A State track meet last Friday at Spring Valley High School. Griffin runner Sharmelle Holmes took home a neck full of medals, claiming four of the school’s six titles. Holmes took first place in the […]
Westwood girls claim school’s first state title, share championship with Ridge View
May 25, 2023 By
COLUMBIA – The Westwood and Ridge View girls track and field teams are friendly rivals battling within Region 5-4A during the regular season. On Friday they took their competition to a state level, and it paid off for both teams—70 points apiece, good for a shared state championship. The Westwood girls, which finished runner-up last […]
Blythewood Council approves rezoning; residents call for burn to end
May 25, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Town Council approved the rezoning Monday night of a 290-acre parcel from D-1 zoning to Light Industrial zoning (LI2). The parcel is slated to become a rail yard as part of the Scout Motors plant adjacent to the Ashley Oaks subdivision. With the 3-2 approval on second reading, the project has […]
Blythewood girls take 5A state track and field title in dominating fashion
May 25, 2023 By
HOPKINS – One day after the Westwood girls track and field team came home with their 4A state championship, the Blythewood girls track and field team dominated the 5A meet at Spring Valley’s Harry Parone Stadium and claimed their first state championship as well. The Bengals totaled 93 points on the afternoon dash 33 points […]
Fairfield County Council nixes plans to end driveway maintenance
May 25, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – After a citizen addressed the hardships an amended ordinance would impose on many of the county’s residents, Fairfield County Council members did not advance second reading of the ordinance during Monday night’s meeting. Ordinance 814, an Ordinance to Amend and Restate Ordinance 674 Roads, Highways and Bridges (which had earlier amended Ordinance 616) […]
Fairfield’s late audit expected about mid-June
May 25, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County’s oft-delayed 2022 audit that was supposed to be submitted Jan. 1, 2023, now won’t be ready until mid-June at the earliest. Interim Administrator Laura Johnson issued the revised forecast during Monday night’s council meeting. Johnson said she expects county staff to receive a draft document soon from the county’s auditing firm. […]
Richland PC pursues mass zoning amendments
May 25, 2023 By
COLUMBIA – After almost an hour Tuesday evening of reviewing and discussing procedures related to proposed amendments made by the Richland County Planning Commission to the county’s 2021 Land Development Code, the Development and Services (D & S) Committee was not a lot closer to getting those amendments to county council for a vote. At […]
Sharmelle Holmes is flying
May 25, 2023 By
Griffin Standout Claims 4 State Titles COLUMBIA – “On my goodness, look at lane four! Holmes is flying… it’s Holmes! Holmes takes it!” Fairfield Central standout Sharmelle Holmes competed in four events in the South Carolina High School League’s 2A State track meet last Friday, and she claimed the title in all of them. In […]
Local panelists talk about stopping violence
May 25, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – A Stop the Violence meeting at Bethlehem Baptist church in Ridgeway last week brought six local law enforcement and education leaders together to discuss ways the community can work together to eliminate violence – primarily youth violence – in the community. Harrison facilitated the discussion. The panelists discussed ways to communicate to the […]
