COLUMBIA (Jan. 25, 2017) – For the last two games, the Fairfield Central boys were within four points of coming out with a much needed Region 4-3A win. At Columbia Tuesday night, the Griffins broke through for a win, and made it so with a 13-point margin. Quay McBride scored 17 points and Chandon Davis added […]
Bengals Shake Off Spring Valley Loss, Flatten Caps, Heathwood
January 23, 2017 By
BLYTHEWOOD (Jan. 23, 2017) – The Blythewood Bengals wrestling program picked up a pair of crucial victories Thursday night, bouncing back from a tough loss on Jan. 18 against Spring Valley. The Bengals downed Columbia 45-36 in their first matchup, and dealt Heathwood Hall a 56-24 defeat. “Considering we got our butts kicked by Spring Valley […]
And the Answer is . . .
January 19, 2017 By
WHS Principal Wins on Jeopardy! BLYTHEWOOD (Jan. 19, 2017) – Westwood High School principal Cheryl Guy, who won $20,600 on Jeopardy Thursday night, was the star of a watch party at Columbia Country Club as she and more than 100 friends, family and colleagues gathered to have dinner and watch the show on a big screen […]
Effort Emerges to Save Water Tower
January 19, 2017 By
RIDGEWAY (Jan. 19, 2017) – Although Town Council has yet to nail down a definite site for a new water tank, the fate of the old water tower standing over downtown Ridgeway has been the subject of some concern among merchants and citizens. During Council’s Nov. 10 meeting, the Merchants Association asked Council to preserve the […]
New Amphitheater Brings New Concerns
January 19, 2017 By
BLYTHEWOOD (Jan. 19, 2017) – As Council, contractors, major donors and friends of the park spent the better part of Tuesday celebrating the eminent rise of the amphitheater in the park with a ground breaking, ribbon cutting and big check photo op, Town Administrator Gary Parker suggested they will also soon have to tackle some of […]
Welcome to Blythewood –
January 19, 2017 By
Cutting the ribbon for the grand opening of Palmetto Citizens Federal Credit Union in Blythewood are, front row: Michael Beam, CFO; Belinda Portnall, Blythewood Chamber of Commerce President; Jim McLean, Doko Park Foundation Chairman; Nick Wodogaza, President of Palmetto Citizens Federal Credit Union; Mayor J. Michael Ross; Angie Watts, Service Center Vice-President and Bryan Crosby, […]
Check This Out –
January 19, 2017 By
George Lippard, Vice President of Nuclear Plant Operations at V.C. Summer Unit 1, right, presents Fairfield County Treasurer Norma Branham with the plant’s annual property tax contribution – $28,108,846.23. At left is Fairfield County Administrator Jason Taylor. Back row: Deputy County Administrator Davis Anderson, County Councilman Jimmy Ray Douglas and Fairfield County School Superintendent Dr. […]
Breaking New Ground –
January 19, 2017 By
Breaking Ground for the Doko Meadows Amphitheater are, front row: Mayor J. Michael Ross; Bryan Crosby, Palmetto Citizens Service Center Manager; Town Councilman Eddie Baughman; Blythewood donor Joyce Martin Hill; Nick Wodogaza, President of Palmetto Citizens Federal Credit Union; Jim McLean, Park Foundation Chairman; Doug Payne, Fairfield Electric Cooperative; JoAnn Turnquist, President & CEO of […]
JWC Meeting Turns into Bedlam
January 19, 2017 By
JENKINSVILLE (Jan. 19, 2017) – The Jan. 13 annual meeting of the Jenkinsville Water Company (JWC) was, by most any standard, a Donnybrook, complete with angry outbursts and shouting matches between the President of the Water Company Board and many of the 100 or so members in the audience. It was a repeat of last year’s […]
Columbia Man Killed in I-77 Crash
January 18, 2017 By
BLYTHEWOOD (Jan. 18, 2017) – A Columbia man was killed Monday after the 1998 Ford Expedition he was driving struck a tractor trailer at mile marker 28 on I-77, just north of Blythewood. Richland County Coroner Gary Watts said Barrett Keith Scott, 55, was pronounced dead at the scene Monday night. An autopsy conducted Tuesday indicated […]
