Barbara Ball, Author at The Voice of Blythewood & Fairfield County

Carpenter: Fairfield County Detention Center most likely won’t be fined $1M

Barbara Ball / December 23, 2025

FAIRFIELD COUNTY – A media outlet announced last week that the Fairfield Detention Center “is on the hook to pay $1M in fines for staffing violations.” County Administrator Vic Carpenter clarified that information, telling The Voice that the county has been fined $55,000, but not $1 million. The S.C. Law Enforcement Training Council did, however, […]

Community

The Buchanan’s magical Christmas tour

Staff / December 23, 2025

METZ, FRANCE – Blythewood’s Dr. Robert and Susan Buchanan send Christmas greetings from the markets of France and Germany. The couple is currently midway through an 18-day “Magical Christmas Tour” hosted by Scottish Dream Tours. One of their first stops was a Christmas market in Metz, France, where Dr. Buchanan noted, “There are Christmas attractions

Business, News

Blythewood Medical Park is accepting appointments

Staff / December 23, 2025

BLYTHEWOOD – As Blythewood continues to grow, Lexington Health is moving in to meet the rising demand for local medical services. The health system officially opened the doors to its new Blythewood Medical Park last week, located at 230 Red Hawk Way. The 21,300-square-foot facility currently serves as the home of Blythewood Family Medicine, a

Community

Cookie Elves still delivering holiday cheer after 13 years

Barbara Ball / December 23, 2025

WINNSBORO – Every year since 2014, The Voice has published photos of the Fairfield/Blythewood Cookie Elves at work, packaging thousands of decadent holiday treats to be delivered a few days before Christmas to their friends and relatives as well as to many elderly and shut-ins in the community. On a prescribed Cookie Day, a group

Opinion

Welcome to Kenny’s Corner

Barbara Ball / December 23, 2025

Someone was asking me what my column is about (interpretation: “What’s the point here, Kenny?”) Maybe this is something I should have already written about. If you’re wondering what Kenny’s Corner is, pull up a chair. Or better yet, come sit around the fire pit for a minute. Don’t worry, you don’t have to stay

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Author name: Barbara Ball

Carpenter: Fairfield County Detention Center most likely won’t be fined $1M

The Buchanan’s magical Christmas tour

Blythewood Medical Park is accepting appointments

Cookie Elves still delivering holiday cheer after 13 years

Welcome to Kenny’s Corner