As simple as this may sound, it astounds me that instead of giving all the facts together with an honest direction from our County Council and Administration, we are getting word salad. Sometimes it passes with little question because it’s phrased in such a manner to disguise the truth for whatever reason they have. Monday […]
Campaign Trail
March 18, 2016 By
A while back, Our Vice-Chairman of the Fairfield County Council made the remark that all roads leading to Lake Wateree were ‘Slick as Glass.’ Undoubtedly he was in an airplane at 30,000 feet where the roads do look like they are ‘Slick as Glass.’ I spent the weekend of March 5 campaigning for the Fairfield […]
The Proclaimers –
March 18, 2016 By
The month of March was proclaimed Disability Awareness Month by the Fairfield County Disabilities and Special Needs Board members and Winnsboro and Fairfield County elected officials. Signing the proclamation are, seated: Winnsboro Mayor Roger Gaddy, State Rep. MaryGail Douglas, County Council Chairwoman Carolyn Robinson, Jenkinsville Mayor Gregory Ginyard, County Councilwoman Mary Lynn Kinley, State Sen. […]
Griffins Expelled, Charged in Classroom Beating
March 18, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (March 18, 2016) – A pair of Fairfield Central High School football players were arrested last week and charged with second-degree assault and battery after a classroom fight on campus. Randanion “Chad” Sampson, of Cemetery Street, Winnsboro, and Zchivago M. Herndon, of Marsh Lane, Winnsboro – both 17-year-old juniors at Fairfield Central – were arrested […]
Second Reading Cuts FMH Funding Request by More than Half
March 18, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (March 18, 2016) – County Council Monday night passed second reading on an ordinance to amend their 2015-2016 budget to provide additional funding for Fairfield Memorial Hospital, although for less than half of what the hospital requested, and not without taking some criticism from the public over their methods. Ordinance 661 reads as a basic […]
Outcry Sends Animal Law Back to Drawing Board
March 18, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (March 18, 2016) – A draft animal control ordinance was sent back to committee by County Council Monday night after members of a local animal rescue group took Council to task over recent amendments to the ordinance that would have loosed restrictions on shelter and tethering. “Life at the end of a chain is not […]
Council OK’s Water for Pointe
March 18, 2016 By
WINNSBORO (March 18, 2016) – Town Council Tuesday night gave the OK to a formal resolution to provide water for The Pointe at Blythewood, a multi-family residential development slated for 423 Main St., Blythewood. According to the agreement, Winnsboro will reserve 19,200 gallons per day of capacity for the 56-unit apartment complex recently renamed Just The […]
John Davis Swygert Sr.
March 17, 2016 By
BLYTHEWOOD – John Davis Swygert Sr., 72, of Blythewood, died Tuesday, March 15, 2016. Born Sept. 25, 1943 in Columbia, he was a son of the late William Earl Swygert and Ann Elizabeth Whitworth Masters. John was a graduate of Eau Claire High School, Class of 1962. After many years as the Service Manager for […]
Blythewood Woman Dies from Crash Injuries
March 17, 2016 By
COLUMBIA (March 17, 2016) – A Blythewood woman succumbed to her injuries last week, a little more than 24 hours after being involved in a two-car collision near the Village at Sandhills. Richland County Coroner Gary Watts said Shirley J. Scott, 79, of Brookwood Forest Drive in Blythewood, died in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at […]
Road Warrior
March 17, 2016 By
Blythewood Town Council, in a masterful feat of leadership, has moved to correct a long-standing problem: pot-hole filled McNulty Road and the need for an attractive walkable downtown. In what would seem to most to be an unexpected reversal, the Council is open to re-direct its priorities and Penny Tax revenues to making the downtown […]
