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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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Welcome to Blythewood –

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, […]

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Check This Out –

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.

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Breaking New Ground –

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

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JWC Meeting Turns into Bedlam

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

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Columbia Man Killed in I-77 Crash

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

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