The Fairfield County Disabilities and Special Needs Board would like to thank Dwight Robertson and the Ridge Riders Motorcycle Club for barbecuing 100 Boston Butts for the FCDSNB annual Boston Butt sale on Oct. 1. We appreciated their donation of time and talent. The Boston Butts were delicious. The guys were generous and well organized. […]
A Winner
October 27, 2016 By
And we have a winner! Jimmy Ray Douglas shone brightly at the Oct. 17 Winnsboro Chamber candidate forum. He clearly demonstrated his superior grasp of how our Fairfield government should work and why it is not working. Most importantly, Jimmy Ray had well thought out and common sense resolutions to improve our quality of life […]
Hospital Freezes Out Public
October 27, 2016 By
CEO Refuses to Allow Recording of Public Meeting WINNSBORO (Oct. 27, 2016) – The news story out of Fairfield Memorial Hospital’s monthly Finance Committee meeting Tuesday evening was that the Hospital’s CEO Suzie Dorscher refused to allow The Voice to record the meeting. When The Voice’s reporter started to record the meeting, which was held in […]
Blackstock Man Killed in Chester Crash
October 26, 2016 By
CHESTER – A Blackstock man was killed Monday after colliding with a Chester County school bus on Ashford Road. According to the Chester County Coroner’s Office, Robert Dixon, 83, of 1497 Heritage Road, Blackstock, turned left off Mountain Lakes Road onto Ashford Road and into the path of an oncoming school bus. He was pronounced […]
Second Half Charge Lifts Eagles Over Raiders
October 24, 2016 By
BLACKVILLE (Oct. 24, 2016) – Richard Winn headed to Blackville Friday knowing they needed another win to maintain their lead in region play and solidify their position for the upcoming playoffs. The Eagles (7-2, 3-0) did just that, scoring the game’s last 22 points to rout the Jefferson Davis Raiders 36-14. The win keeps the Eagles […]
Bengals Fight Off T-Wolves
October 24, 2016 By
LEXINGTON (Oct. 24, 2016) – The Blythewood Bengals traveled to Lexington on a windy Friday night to notch a 35-21 region win against the White Knoll Timberwolves. “The wind kind of took us out of what we really wanted to do tonight,” Bengals’ head coach Dan Morgan said. “Everything we worked on during the week kind […]
Blazers Hold Off Redhawks
October 22, 2016 By
BLYTHEWOOD (Oct. 22, 2016) – Ridge View went up two scores on Westwood early on in their game at District 2 Stadium Friday night, but held off a stubborn Redhawks defense. The Blazers needed two Nick Lawyer field goals in the final minutes of the fourth quarter to put some distance between them and Westwood, and […]
Instant Classic: Griffins Rally Over Chester
October 22, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (Oct. 22, 2016) – Fingernails were chewed down to the quick. On the home side of E.K. McLendon Stadium, Griffins’ fans were on their feet and teetering on the very edge of potential heartbreak. On the far side, the Chester faithful were delirious for one more shot at the end zone and a chance to […]
Blythewood Man Killed in Wilson Blvd. Crash
October 20, 2016 By
BLYTHEWOOD (Oct. 20, 2016) – A little more than an hour after being involved in a three-car pile-up on Wilson Blvd. last week, a Blythewood man succumbed to his injuries at Palmetto Health Richland Memorial Hospital. Richland County Coroner Gary Watts said William Allen McMahon, 58, of Running Deer Road was pronounced dead in the Palmetto […]
Water Odor Now in Holly Bluff
October 20, 2016 By
BLYTHEWOOD (Oct. 20, 2016) – Stinky water once again dominated discussion during last month’s Town Council meeting when Holly Bluff neighborhood homeowners Marlin Hinds and James Smith addressed Council about the odor of the water in their homes. “The odor comes out of the sinks and toilets. It’s so unbearable that you have to have additional […]
