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WDPS investigating series of overnight shootings

Map of shootings by WDPS WINNSBORO— The Winnsboro Department of Public Safety is investigating several overnight shootings that left multiple...
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WDPS investigating series of overnight shootings

Fairfield County shuts down shelter volunteers after volunteer exposes safety concerns

Thomasson Price FAIRFIELD COUNTY – On the morning of Jan. 31, 2026, Fairfield County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the...
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Fairfield County shuts down shelter volunteers after volunteer exposes safety concerns

Mayor refuses to answer Fripp’s questions about the $20,000

Mayor Sloan Griffin Councilwoman Andrea Fripp BLYTHEWOOD — Blythewood Mayor Pro Tem Andrea Fripp initiated a public confrontation with Mayor...
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Mayor refuses to answer Fripp’s questions about the $20,000

Community Road to reopen March 31

BLYTHEWOOD - After almost 11 months, Community Road will be open again, according to officials at the South Carolina Department...
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Community Road to reopen March 31

Graber named Detention Center Director

WINNSBORO  - Fairfield County Council has named a new director for its detention center. Graber At the March 22, Monday...
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Graber named Detention Center Director

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Three debutantes presented at 69th Winnsboro Cotillion Winter Ball

WINNSBORO – The Winnsboro Cotillion Club presented three debutantes on Saturday, December 13, 2025 at the 69th annual Winter Ball. At a reception prior to the ball, Mr. John Palmer Nicholson, president, and Mrs. Nicholson and president-elect Mr. Daniel Mayes Bonds and Mrs. Bonds; and the debutantes and their parents received members and guests. The […]

Opinion

Letter: Are We Ready For a Penny Tax?

Can we confidently entrust county council to manage a multi-million dollar Capital Project Penny Sales Tax?  County headlines over the last five years say no: Pauley, Morgan flip flop on secret ballot Was Vote for Chair, Vice Chair Legal? (Jan. 16, 2025) After 10 months of silence, council faces questions regarding admin search (Oct. 12,

Opinion

Guest Editorial: Classic Christmas Poem has disputed authorship

Reading “Twas the Night Before Christmas” has become a ritual for millions. Who actually wrote the poem, however, is the question. The beloved poem was first published on Dec. 23, 1823, as an anonymous submission to the Sentinel newspaper in Troy, N.Y. Though authorship is commonly attributed to Clement Clarke Moore, a seminary professor from

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Manor Director arrested by RSCD

BLYTHEWOOD – Capt. Maria Yturria, Director of the Office of Public Information for RCSD, announced on Dec. 16 that Frederick W. Layman, III, Director of Doko Manor, has been arrested on charges of obtaining property under false pretenses. According to Yturria’s announcement on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, Blythewood’s town attorney sent a letter requesting an

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The Voice receives demand letter

BLYTHEWOOD – The Voice newspaper and its publisher, Barbara Ball; Blythewood Town Councilman Donald Brock; and the Town’s Marketing Director Jordan Langland received demand letters on Monday, Dec. 15, threatening legal action if certain demands were not met. California entertainment attorney Imene Meziane sent the letter on behalf of Blythewood resident Edward Straiter and his

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