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York teen arrested for attempted armed robbery at Winnsboro Food Lion

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Richland County Woman Faces Kidnapping, Fraud Charges

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Lane closure planned for Syrup Mill Road near Blythewood Road

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Erosion could lead to closing of Longtown Road East that runs over Lake Columbia dam

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Ridgeway to elect mayor, council April 7

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Royal Greenery –

Barbara Ball / April 2, 2015

Royal Greens, Ridgeway’s new wholesale/retail hydroponic plant business, opened its doors at 200 E. Church St. last week to a huge crowd including Alex English, left, and his wife Vanessa of Blythewood and Fairfield County Councilman Marion Robinson, right. With them are manager of operations Chip Harriford, next to Robinson, and his son Scott. The […]

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Great Greens: Father, Son Turn Factory into Food Op

Ashley Ghere / January 29, 2015

RIDGEWAY – A hydroponic growing business, Royal Greens, is setting up shop in downtown Ridgeway where it will soon headquarter a national wholesale company supplying greens and other organically grown vegetables to the likes of US Foods, Sysco and Whole Foods. Director of Operations Chip Harriford, 52, said the hydroponic and, later, aquaponic components of

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Big Grab Brings Big Bucks

Barbara Ball / September 11, 2014

On Shoestring Budget, Event Gives Local Merchants Shot in the Arm BLYTHEWOOD/FAIRFIELD – Friday and Saturday were good days for the shops, restaurants, service stations, hotels and other merchants in Blythewood, Winnsboro and Ridgeway. Long lines of cars and trucks began snaking into the towns early Friday for the annual Big Grab Yard Sale. The

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Toys Are Us –

Sam Holland / August 20, 2014

S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley (third from right) and Bobby Hitt (second from left), S.C. Secretary of Commerce, stand with Interim Fairfield County Administrator Milton Pope (far left) and County Council members Kamau Marcharia, Dwayne Perry, David Brown, Carolyn Robinson, Chairman David Ferguson and Mary Lynn Kinley before a sampling of products to be manufactured in

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Toy Company to Bring 151 Jobs

James Denton / August 14, 2014

Hiring Begins for Sept. Startup WINNSBORO – In an announcement made at the Midlands Technical College QuickJobs campus Thursday afternoon, Enor Corp., a manufacturer of toys and games, was introduced as the latest addition to Fairfield County’s growing economic base. The New Jersey based company will operate out of the former Ruff & Tuff building