WINNSBORO – Winnsboro folk artist Christy Buchanan, who teaches architecture at Midlands Technical College, is fond of advising her students, “You must have a passion for something – not just your kids or your job – but something that will always sustain you.” Buchanan practices what she teaches and for her, that passion is painting. […]
Big Grab weekend is here
September 5, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD/FAIRFIELD – The Blythewood, Winnsboro and Ridgeway 50-mile Big Grab yard sale will happen Friday, Sept 6 from 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. and Sat, Sept 7 from 7 a.m. – 3 p.m. The figure 8 loop of shopping extends up Hwy 21 from Blythewood to Ridgeway, then along Highway 34 to Winnsboro where vendors […]
Fairfield Co. Arts Council Juried ‘Still Life’ show set for Sept 13
September 5, 2024 By
The Rectory at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 203 Garden St., will host the Fairfield County Arts Council opening reception for the juried show “Still Life” on Friday, Sept. 13, at 5 p.m. Tonie Elkins, award winning artist will judge the show. Elkins has won over 160 national awards, including Best-of-Show Alaska Watercolor and Best-of-Show San […]
Will’s Weather’s 7-Day Forecast
September 5, 2024 By
High Pressure should stay in control for much of Thursday before an upper-level trough starts to work into the area. The situation will begin slowly changing Thursday afternoon as moisture begins returning to the area with a slight chance of some mid and late afternoon showers. With northeasterly winds, temperatures will remain several degrees below […]
Fairfield Farmers Market named 3rd best in SC
August 29, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – Members of the Fairfield Farmer’s and Artisan’s Market were recently notified that their market is the third best in South Carolina. The annual competition for state, regional, and national winners has been hosted for the last 16 years by the American Farmland Trust. The contest ran June 1 thru July 31. The other […]
Sheriff: Incident in Winnsboro Food Lion parking lot appears to be honest mistake
August 29, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – A report was filed with the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office on Aug. 26, in reference to two suspicious men trying to get into a female’s vehicle in the Food Lion parking lot in Winnsboro. According to a press release from the Sheriff’s office, this incident was very alarming to the female and she […]
Will’s Weather’s 7-Day Forecast
August 29, 2024 By
High Pressure remains locked in place for Thursday keeping us hot and humid. But a pattern shift will start to take shape on Friday as the upper-level ridge starts to shift to the south. This weekend, a large trough will pass north of the area. This will spark the opportunity of afternoon showers and thunderstorms […]
Operation Christmas Child needs volunteers
August 22, 2024 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – For many children in developing countries, there would be no soccer ball, no stuffed animal, no Christmas joy, without Operation Christmas Child – an annual global nonprofit program organized by the Baptist Church headquarters in Charlotte, N.C. – that provides Christmas shoebox gifts for children in poor and developing countries around the […]
Gwendolyn Glenn wins NABJ award
August 22, 2024 By
CHICAGO, IL – The National Association of Black Journalist conference in Chicago this month was not only the source of headlines nationwide for a confrontational interview between former President Donald Trump and journalists, but it was also where Fairfield County native Gwendolyn Glenn won one of the organization’s prestigious awards. Glenn, the daughter of the […]
Will’s Weather: 7-Day Forecast
August 22, 2024 By
Not much to say this time. We are looking forward to some wonderful weather over the next week or so, thanks to high pressure stationed overhead into early next week. This will keep our weather dry and a touch cooler as this weekend’s front brought a blast of cooler air! Temperatures will be about 10-15 […]
