Meet and Greet

WINNSBORO – The Fairfield County Republican Party held their regular meeting on Tuesday, July 12 at Cornwallis House of Tea Co., in Winnsboro. The get-together served as a meet and greet for SC House 41 candidate Jennifer Brecheisen.

Horseless Carriage Club Tours Fairfield

WINNSBORO – The Horseless Carriage Club toured Fairfield County last week, entertaining residents as the vintage cars wound through downtown Winnsboro, Monticello and Ridgeway. About 50 vintage, pre-1928 cars, belonging to club members throughout the southeastern United States, take an extensive tour of an area of the country every year. This year, they chose Fairfield […]

Winning Ways

BLYTHEWOOD – Doug Pauley, owner of Doug Pauley Insurance Agency in Blythewood, congratulates LeJohnny Anthony, who recently competed at the 2022 AAU Taekwondo National Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pauley was one of LeJohnny’s sponsors to help send him to the nationals, where he won Gold medals in Olympic Style Sparring and ITF Forms. LeJohnny […]

Christmas in July set for July 23 in Winnsboro

WINNSBORO – Opening along with the Fairfield County Farmers and Artisans Market, Christmas in July in downtown Winnsboro will last from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. There will be kids activities, special sales and raffles. Local merchants will be open and stocked with Christmas gift ideas. Plus, there will be 40 or so vendors lining […]

Louise Ruff named ICC Ambassador

RIDGEWAY – Louise Ruff, a seventh generation Ridgeway resident, has been working diligently to become an effective public communicator for half of her 18 years. And she made it. Last week, as a member of the Institute for Cultural Communicators (ICC), she was named one of eight 2022 International Ambassadors for the group. That means […]

Rovers make a splash in Winnsboro

WINNSBORO – Aquarium Rovers visited the Fairfield County Library on Friday, July 8. Aquarium Rovers is an educational outreach program by the South Carolina Aquarium that brings interactive learning through engaging activities, including wildlife artifacts and live animals. The event was a part of Fairfield County Library’s Summer Reading Program. Up next, the library will […]

Columbia shelter offers free adoptions until July 16

COLUMBIA – The City of Columbia Animal Services will participate in PickMe!SC, a free pet adoption event, through Saturday, July 16. To see available pets, visit petfinder.com/animal-shelters-and-rescues and enter “City of Columbia Animal Services.”  The program, which began on July 8, has produced great adoption results for the shelter. On July 9, they posted on […]

Centerville Cemetery offers columbarium

FAIRFIELD COUNTY – A rural Fairfield County cemetery has added something they say isn’t available anywhere nearby: a columbarium, which is a monument-like structure that holds urns filled with ashes of the deceased. Centerville Cemetery, which began as a family burial spot more than 50 years ago, has grown to a nonprofit-run cemetery that now […]

Online map shows citizens where to find fresh food in Richland County

COLUMBIA – The City of Columbia and the Columbia Food Policy Committee created a food access GIS (geographic information system) map that lists various sites to access healthy food for the whole family. Locations listed on the map include, grocery stores, farmer markets, food pantries, FoodShare produce box sites and free summer meal locations for […]

Fire on McDuffie Lane

WINNSBORO – Fairfield County fire units were dispatched to a reported fire structure on McDuffie Lane in Winnsboro at 12:52 on Thursday, June 30. With all occupants out of the building, the first arriving unit reported heavy smoke coming from a mobile home. As more personnel arrived, crews were able to make entry, locate and […]

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