COLUMBIA – A town hall meeting is set for Thursday, Jan. 6 to discuss a map amendment request on Killian Road. The request seeks to rezone a 32-acre parcel in the 100 block of Killian Road from a rural district (RU) to a general commercial district (GC). Residents in nearby communities are encouraged to attend […]
$50K grant helped cut Fairfield opioid deaths in half
December 30, 2021 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – A $50,000 State Opioid Response (SOR) grant from South Carolina’s Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services has resulted in a 50 percent decrease in overdose deaths, a 65 percent decrease in the number of opioid and stimulant arrests and a 7.6 percent decrease in drug seizures in Fairfield County during […]
First Baptist Brings Nativity to Life
December 30, 2021 By
WINNSBORO – Winnsboro First Baptist Church held its annual live nativity Dec. 19 and 20 from 6 – 8:30 with shows running every twenty minutes. Church members and animals from Sam’s Petting Zoo in Georgia reenacted the Christmas story with narration.
Santa! I Know Him!
December 22, 2021 By
You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout, I’m tellin you why- Santa Claus is coming to town. Congratulations to The Voice’s ‘Kids Meet Santa’ winners: Charlee (8 months) and Parker (9 months) finished first with 260 votes (pictured above); Carter Jane (2.5) finished second with 235 votes (below left) and […]
Winnsboro’s Bethel ARP cemetery part of national observance
December 22, 2021 By
WINNSBORO – Last week, under warm, sunny skies, the Bethel ARP cemetery in Winnsboro became one of 3,164 cemeteries across the county – and the first in Fairfield County – to honor America’s veterans, especially its fallen veterans, through the Wreaths Across America Day ceremony. Some of those veterans served in time of war, while […]
WDPS & volunteers host 8th annual senior holiday luncheon
December 22, 2021 By
WINNSBORO – For the last eight years, members of the Winnsboro Department of Public Safety and several community volunteers have coordinated and sponsored a Senior Holiday Luncheon for members of the community 65 years and older at the Old Armory. During COVID, however, the get-together didn’t happen because of pandemic restrictions, but another kind of […]
The Gift of Life
December 22, 2021 By
WINNSBORO – The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office held a Holiday Blood Drive on Dec. 20 through The Blood Connection at the old Walmart parking lot in Winnsboro. Donors received a $20 eGift card, a holiday shirt and a bonus $25 eGift card. Abby Hodge, left, of Winnsboro, gave blood for the first time during the […]
On the Job
December 22, 2021 By
Santa’s helpers, the Winnsboro-Blythewood-Ridgeway Cookie Elves, were at their station doing their job again this year to bring cheer to area seniors and shut-ins. For the 11th year, donning matching aprons, the elves, shown above, from left, Beth Collins, Chief Elf Norma Branham, Jan Gregory, Phyllis Gutierrez and Barbara Ball (not shown) met the Sunday […]
Rotarians honored
December 22, 2021 By
The Blythewood Rotary Club recognized three of its members as Paul Harris Fellows earlier this month. The award is named for Paul Harris who founded the Rotary Club in 1905. During the Dec. 2 meeting, Rotarian Derek Saxby, left, pinned the three award recipients (pictured to the right of Saxby): Bill Talbert, Ted Von Keller […]
