WINNSBORO – Mr. Jimmy M. “Ken” Johnson Jr., 58, died on Tuesday, April 12, 2016. Born in Winnsboro, he was the son of the late Jimmie McKinley and Jone Goodwin Johnson. Memorial services will be held at 4 p.m. on Friday, April 15, 2016 at First Church of the Nazarene conducted by the Rev. Harry […]
Davis Heading for Upstate –
April 15, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (April 15, 2016) — Fairfield Central High School senior Tanise Davis put her name on the dotted line this week to play basketball for Converse College in Spartanburg. The daughter of Tonya Brown, Davis has been a member of the Lady Griffins varsity squad since her eight-grade year. Throughout her career she has been […]
Plan Update Puts Leadership on Notice
April 15, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (April 15, 2016) – As consultants continue their work on Fairfield County’s newest set of long-range plans, County Council during their March 28 meeting received a word of advice during an update on their Economic Development Plan: officially get behind the next Strategic Plan. “I will point out that that 2010 Strategic Plan was never […]
Fairfield Square Lands Second New Business
April 15, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (April 15, 2016) – After taking a big hit in January with the exodus of Walmart, Fairfield County is suddenly on a roll. State Sen. Creighton Coleman (D-17) and Interim County Administrator Milton Pope announced late last week that Roses has signed a lease to open a department store at 83 Highway 321 Bypass S., […]
Public Shows up at Meeting, Councilman Calls Cops
April 15, 2016 By
RIDGEWAY (April 15, 2016) – During a special called meeting of Fairfield County Council last week at the Fairfield Commerce Center on Peach Road, Councilman Kamau Marcharia called 9-1-1 when three members of the public showed up for the meeting which was, in fact, open to the public. Macharia’s call was placed just before 2 p.m., […]
County Floats Loan to Hospital
April 15, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (April 15, 2016) – Fairfield Memorial Hospital got a shot in the arm Monday night as County Council agreed to loan the healthcare facility more than $400,000; albeit, with strings attached. The loan of $423,092.38 comes less than a month after Council voted to OK the early release of $366,750.54 in quarterly budgeted hospital funds, […]
In the Green –
April 14, 2016 By
Tom Willingham’s Agriculture Class at Blythewood High School offered a greenhouse full of tomato plants, bedding plants, herbs and other vegetables and hanging baskets at the class’ annual plant sale on Saturday. Members of the class planted and grew the plants. Students on hand for the plant sale included Caroline Warner, Audrey Cutlip, Sarah Walker, […]
NFL Pro-Bowler, Former Bengal Makes Big BHS Donation
April 14, 2016 By
BLYTHEWOOD (April 14, 2016) – A string of three consecutive NFL Pro Bowl selections and a contract extension with the Arizona Cardinals may have changed Justin Bethel’s life, but they haven’t changed his character. “I’m a giver. I love to give back,” Bethel said last Friday after presenting his Alma mater, Blythewood High School, with a […]
Park Tops Workshop Agenda
April 13, 2016 By
BLYTHEWOOD (April 13, 2016) – Choosing a security system for the Park and Manor and placing restrictions on the use of grills and bounce houses in the Park will be two of several topics discussed by Town Council at its monthly workshop on Thursday, April 14, at The Manor. “We expect to have several proposals for […]
Columbia Man Killed on Highway 213
April 13, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (April 13, 2016) – A Columbia man was killed Saturday after running a stop sign on Jackson Creek Road. According to Fairfield County Coroner Barkley Ramsey, George Tyrone Bookert, 53, of Sutters Mill Road, Columbia, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. The S.C. Highway Patrol said Bookert was driving a 1989 Nissan […]
