IRMO (Aug. 17, 2016) – The Redhawks, Griffins and Bengals all got their first taste of live Friday night football last week as all three took to the field for two quarters of action apiece in the Irmo Jamboree. Westwood easily handled the Swansea Tigers, 21-0, in the opener on Aug. 12, showcasing their new pistol […]
County Council grapples with community grants
August 16, 2016 By
WINNSBORO – Community Enhancement Grants, which were terminated by County Council last year, came under fire again last week when they were revisited during a Council work session; not only from some Council members but from the County’s financial staff as well. Comptroller Laura Johnson presented a ‘pros and cons’ report that described the previous application […]
Bobby Richard Smith
August 15, 2016 By
WINNSBORO – Bobby Richard Smith went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016. He was 79 years old. Born in Winnsboro, he was the son of the late Robert Samuel and Aileen Smith. Bobby was an avid fisherman and hunter who loved his family dearly. He was retired from SCE&G […]
Completing the Dream
August 13, 2016 By
Family, Friends Work on Alaska Log Cabin NEAR ANCHOR POINT, ALASKA (Aug. 13, 2016) – The Weitzel family of Blythewood and Ridgeway is working together and with friends to finish building the Alaskan log cabin that was a labor of love for Adolf Weitzel, the family patriarch who died suddenly in May of 2015. The cabin […]
‘Going Home to Shake Hands with The Lord’
August 12, 2016 By
Remembering Gary Brown WINNSBORO (Aug. 12, 2016) – When men like Gary Brown, men who have become so ingrained in the fiber of the community that one can no longer separate the man from the place or the place from the man, when men who have become institutions in their community leave this world for their […]
William Kilpatrick Jordan Jr.
August 11, 2016 By
DUE WEST, S.C. – William (Bill) Kilpatrick Jordan Jr., 95, passed away Aug. 10, 2016, in Due West, S.C. where he was a resident of Wylie Care Assisted Living at The Renaissance Retirement Community. Prior to his stay at Wylie he lived in his beloved community of White Oak, S.C. He was preceded in death […]
Woman Jailed in Heroin Bust
August 11, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (Aug. 11, 2016) – A Winnsboro woman was arrested last week and charged with trafficking heroin as well as two other counts of possession of a controlled substance. According to the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office, Linda Dover Silvia, 51, of Cedar Court Extension, was arrested during a traffic stop on Aug. 4 on the Highway […]
County puts EMS Contractor on notice
August 11, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (Aug. 11, 2016) – County Administrator Jason Taylor informed the Administration and Finance Committee last month of significant problems with a contract signed recently with Ken Simmons and Associates for two county projects – the EMS stations at Jenkinsville and Ridgeway. On Monday evening, Council voted 6-0 to rectify the problems and asked County attorney […]
Car Chase Ends in Chester
August 11, 2016 By
CHESTER (Aug. 11, 2016) – A Blythewood man was arrested last week and charged with unlawful conduct toward a child and failure to stop for blue lights after leading Richland County deputies on a three-county chase along I-77 North. According to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department, Harrison Prince, 38, kidnapped his 3-year-old grandson from a home […]
Blythewood Feeling Growth Spurt
August 11, 2016 By
BLYTHEWOOD (Aug. 11, 2016) – The latest housing boom is on. In Blythewood, at least, where Town officials say building permits for single-family homes are at a five year high. “The whole calendar year is higher than in prior years,” Town Administrator Gary Parker told The Voice last week. “The economy has improved. We’ve finally gotten […]
