WINNSBORO – The Sheriff’s office is hosting an event at Drawdy Park this Saturday that will include more than fun, fellowship and food. It will also offer free rabies vaccines and a bag of cat or dog food for those pets who receive vaccines. “We’re inviting everyone to join us and bring your pets for […]
Winnsboro Music Club presents centennial concert
September 23, 2021 By
WINNSBORO – “In the spring of 1921 Mrs. Robert Y. (Kate Doty) Turner gathered several of the musicians and music loving women in Winnsboro and organized the Winnsboro Music Study Club. This year is the club’s 100th anniversary. To celebrate that milestone, the club members will host a concert on Sunday, Oct. 3, at 4 […]
Secret Life of Pets
September 23, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Movie in the Park presenter Erica Page said the Secret Life of Pets on the big screen Saturday night was the biggest turnout yet for her summer movie series sponsored by the Town. She passed out goody bags with snacks and other treats to Casey Bunton and friend Tristyn Caldwell, below. In the […]
Courthouse improvements
September 23, 2021 By
WINNSBORO – Advantage Outdoors construction company out of Gilbert has spent the last few weeks laying sewer lines to the Courthouse for two new restrooms on the second floor near the courtroom. The work is part of the improvements being made in the approximately $5 million renovation of the historic Robert Mills building.
Blythewood public input meeting set for Sept. 23
September 16, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – A public input session regarding Blythewood’s comprehensive plan for the next 10 years will be held on Thursday, Sept. 23, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Doko Manor. Residents and business owners are invited to hear a short presentation by Gregory Sprouse of Central Midlands Council of Governments beginning at 6:15 p.m., with […]
Freeway Music to cut ribbon Sept. 18 celebrating Blythewood location
September 16, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – More than a decade ago, Don Russo was teaching guitar lessons at a local music store when he found himself dreaming of founding his own music school – a place where students would have their choice of instruments and styles, and learning would not be limited to a set curriculum. Starting in 2011, […]
Cowan named Cayce police chief
September 16, 2021 By
CAYCE – The City of Cayce has hired Blythewood resident Chris Cowan as the next Chief of Police for the City of Cayce. Cowan, a 29-year law enforcement veteran will work alongside Cayce’s current Director of the Cayce Department of Public Safety, Byron Snellgrove, until his departure in December. Currently a Deputy Chief for the […]
Big Grab, big buys in Blythewood and Fairfield County
September 16, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD/FAIRFIELD COUNTY – It was another Great Big Grab in Blythewood, Ridgeway and Winnsboro and everywhere in between on Friday and Saturday. “It was the biggest two days of sales we’ve had this year,” Liz Humphries, owner of Blythewood Consignment said. “There’s a lot of traffic associated with the Big Grab, but for many of […]
Blythewood Chamber panel
September 16, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Chris Keefer leads a panel of Richland 2 teachers in a discussion of employment and workplace retention during Tuesday’s Chamber of Commerce monthly meeting.
Astronaut formerly of Ridgeway captured this 9/11 photo from space
September 9, 2021 By
WINNSBORO – Retired NASA astronaut Frank Culbertson, Jr., who lived in Ridgeway from his elementary school years until his junior year in high school, was the only American not on earth when the 9/11 terrorist attack occurred 20 years ago. As the commander of the International Space Station at the time, Culbertson and his two […]
