River Bluff defeats Blythewood in game 1 of title series
May 22, 2023 By
LEXINGTON – Were it not for River Bluff’s four straight hits in the second inning Monday night, the Gators and Blythewood would have taken the first game of the 5A Championship series into extra innings. Those four hits produced two River Bluff runs and the Gators closed out a 2-0 victory over the Bengals at […]
Richland County mass rezoning re-do up for consideration
May 18, 2023 By
RICHLAND COUNTY – As the proposed mass rezoning of all rural zoned (RU) areas and every other parcel in unincorporated Richland County winds through a second year, it is approaching important votes. The county’s Development and Services committee will meet Tuesday, May 23, at 5 p.m. to consider proposed text amendments to the 2021 Land […]
BZA denies exception for 140 homes on Wilson Blvd.
May 18, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – A Columbia developer says plans to cluster up to 140 lots off Wilson Boulevard wouldn’t exceed what the Town of Blythewood already allows for a traditional subdivision. Residents, however, fear the development would pour more vehicles into an already traffic choked road system. On Monday night, the Blythewood Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) […]
WTC looks at cutting cost of Town’s vehicle fleet
May 18, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – Concerned over the efficiency of the Town’s aging vehicle fleet, Town Manager Jason Taylor invited Matt Plyler, area sales manager for Enterprise Fleet Management, to analyze the Town’s fleet and make suggestions for management and cost savings. Plyler said an analysis was run only on 50 of the Town’s 75 or so vehicles […]
Blythewood council pushes back against attendance law
May 18, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – At the Blythewood Town Council’s budget workshop Friday morning, council members discussed for the second time an attendance policy for council members. During the initial discussion on March 27, Councilman Rich McKenrick and Mayor Bryan Franklin called out Councilman Sloan Griffin for allegedly not communicating about his two absences during his deployment to […]
Fairfield’s Crosby Lewis dies at 89
May 18, 2023 By
Ernest “Crosby” Lewis, a native son, attorney and statesman of South Carolina, passed peacefully and surrounded by family on Tuesday, May 9 2023. Crosby was born in Fairfield County in 1934 in his family’s log cabin, to his parents Nell and Ernest Van “Brick” Lewis. Later in his youth, the family moved to Newberry and […]
Nord donates property to BHS&M
May 18, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood’s Cindy Nord has made a second donation of property to the Blythewood Historical Society. After donating what is now known as the Langford-Nord home to the Historical Society on May 17, 2011, it was announced last week that Nord has now purchased and donated a 1.81 acre property to the Society on […]
BTC eyes referendum for town council districts
May 18, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The last agenda item at Friday morning’s 4-hour town council meeting called for council members to discuss the possibility of creating election districts for the council and/or adding two additional council seats, which would bring the total number of council members from 5 to 7. “Blythewood is at the point now where we’re […]
