Blythewood and Westwood girls track and field both claimed Upper State championships over the weekend in their respective classes. Blythewood took the 5A Upper State title with a score of 119; J.L. Mann followed in second at 68. Westwood’s girls took the 4A Upper State title with a 92.5 score; Ridge View finished second at […]
BHS softball ends season in dist. championship
May 18, 2023 By
LEXINGTON – The Blythewood softball team reached the championship game in the District 4 tournament, but Lexington showed the Bengals why the Wildcats are one of the top teams in the state. Lexington (23-3-1) eliminated Blythewood 15-0 in three innings May 10. Kylie Sanders got Blythewood’s only hit on the afternoon. Lexington moved on to […]
Westwood’s Combs takes AD job at Spring Valley
May 18, 2023 By
COLUMBIA – The 2022-2023 Westwood High School basketball season turned out to be head boys coach John Combs’ last season. Combs will be the new athletic director at Spring Valley, replacing Jeff DiBattisto, another former Westwood boys basketball coach. “Spring Valley was my first job and where I started teaching and coaching after I left […]
Blythewood Garden Club celebrates 70 years
May 18, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Garden Club celebrated its 70th anniversary with a garden tour on Saturday. The Blythewood gardens of Elaine Tyler, above, and Danny Hanna, below, were on the tour. The tour included small, carefully-designed gardens as well as larger spaces and farms. The garden club has been part of the fabric of Blythewood […]
Bengal baseball reaches Upper State Championship
May 18, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Pitching, defense, and timely hitting pushed the Blythewood baseball team into Wednesday’s 5A upper state championship game. The Bengals (23-6) opened the upper state tournament with a 6-2 win over Boiling Springs May 10. That win set up Ben Blackwell’s complete-game 1-hitter in a 1-0 victory over T.L. Hanna Saturday. Against Boiling Springs, […]
Eagles dominate in Game 1 of SCISA A title series
May 16, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – Ten-run-mercy rule games are hard to come by in state final baseball series. When a team as hungry as this year’s Richard Winn Academy squad readies for its plate appearances, mercy is more the rule than the exception. The Eagles jumped all over Jefferson Davis Academy in the first game of the best-of-three […]
Winnsboro residents share ideas for growth
May 11, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – About 75 residents attended the second Winnsboro town government town hall type meeting to talk about ways to revitalize the town by harnessing new opportunities and new funding coming Winnsboro’s way. Mayor John McMeekin, Mayor Pro Tem Demetrius Chatman, Town Manager Jason Taylor and Representative Annie McDaniel drove the discussion and fielded citizen’s […]
BZA hearing for 140 homes on Wilson Blvd. set for May 15
May 11, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – A special exception has been requested from the Board of Zoning Appeals for a cluster single-family development to be approved on two parcels at 11017 Wilson Boulevard in Blythewood. The property is located just south of the former Dinkins used car business on Wilson. Chandler Roy, representing the Pulte Group in Columbia, said […]
Bids being sought for Vet’s Memorial
May 11, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Longtime Blythewood public servant Malcolm Gordge, representing the Blythewood Historical Society & Museum, came before town council April 24 requesting that council release the $40,000 the town had budgeted for the BHS&M to use toward the design and construction of a proposed veterans combat memorial. Councilmen Donald Brock and Rich McKenrick questioned this […]
Williamson withdraws resignation
May 11, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – In an email to The Voice Tuesday morning, Town Administrator Carroll Williamson said he had decided to withdraw his letter of resignation as the Town’s administrator. “[On May 8], I informed Town Council members that I was withdrawing my resignation letter as Town Administrator. They will discuss this during Friday’s town council meeting,” […]
