WINNSBORO (Aug. 11, 2016) – If County Council passes by Sept. 9 an ordinance allowing the Sunday sale of alcoholic beverages in Fairfield County, that will put it on the Nov. 8 ballot as a referendum for the people to decide if they want Sunday alcohol sales, County Administrator Jason Taylor told members of the Public […]
International Arts –
August 11, 2016 By
Bulgarian artists Vania Lavasheva and her daughter Nastasia displayed their work last week at The Gallery in Over The Top Boutique during Ridgeway’s First Friday event. Musician Frederick Ingram entertained while shoppers enjoyed wine and sweet treats.
A-Tax Committee Reverses Course on Band, Chamber
August 11, 2016 By
BLYTHEWOOD (Aug. 11, 2016) – The Town’s A-Tax Committee was publicly chided by Mayor J. Michael Ross at a special called meeting of the Committee on Aug. 3 for tabling last month a $10,000 funding request from Band Director James Barnes for Blythewood High School’s Band Tournament and for voting against recommending $3,000 for what the […]
Head First?
August 11, 2016 By
Apparently, our Fairfield County School District is about to dive head first into the shallow end. In other words, the School Board will surely bang its head on the bottom if it continues to hastily plunge into the home building business. Initial Board reaction begs many questions. Why would we commence a bidding process before […]
Senior Members –
August 11, 2016 By
Maxine Canzater, Francis Mitchell and Naomi Waden line up at the dessert table during the Blythewood Ladies’ Club annual summer picnic last week. At 94 years old, the women proudly share the distinction of being the oldest members of the group. Waden, who baked two coconut custard pies for the occasion, even boasts of not […]
County Puts EMS Station 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 […]
Jenkinsville Man Killed in Crash
August 5, 2016 By
LITTLE MOUNTAIN – A Jenkinsville man was killed this week in a single-car accident on R. Stoudemeyer Road in Little Mountain. Richland County Coroner Gary Watts said Nelson Robichaux Peach, 59, of St. Barnabas Road, Jenkinsville, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident at 11:45 p.m., Aug. 2. According to the S.C. Highway […]
Gary Brown
August 4, 2016 By
WINNSBORO – Gary O’Neal Brown, 69, passed away on Aug. 3, 2016, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born March 2, 1947, in Greer, S.C. He is the son of the late Francis Cauthen and Sherry M. Cauthen of Lancaster, S.C. At age 18, Gary moved to Winnsboro and became a barber where […]
Conventioneers –
August 4, 2016 By
Fairfield County residents Boyd Brown and William Frick were in Philadelphia last week for the Democratic National Convention. Brown as a super delegate and Frick as a delegate from the Fifth Congressional District. . . . No casualties were reported.
Community Pitches in for RWA Facelift
August 4, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (Aug. 4, 2016) – Already sporting a new head football coach, new girls’ basketball coach and a new head of school, the Richard Winn Academy building itself is going to have a new look when classes start Aug. 11. Since accepting the job as Head of School in the spring, Brandy Mullennax has thrown herself […]
