Lobbyist Income Report Doesn’t Match SEI Filing, Investigation Reels in 19 More Late Filings BLYTHEWOOD – As the deadline to pay a hefty ethics fine nears, more questions are arising over reports filed by Amelia McKie, chairwoman of the Richland Two Board of Trustees. Meantime, more previously unfiled ethics forms have been submitted by another Richland […]
Taylor: It was a very good year for Fairfield
January 2, 2019 By
2019 Review: New Industries Brought Jobs, Investment to Fairfield County WINNSBORO – A year and a half ago, a Lowcountry newspaper lamented Fairfield County’s double digit unemployment. What a difference a couple of years has made. Today, the county’s unemployment rate has shrunk to 3.1 percent and, according to County Administrator Jason Taylor, industrial prospects […]
Council shifts Penny Tax priorities
December 27, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Town Council is hoping to reprioritize some road improvement projects set for development in the near future under Richland County’s Penny Sales Tax program. During the Dec. 18 council meeting, Mayor J. Michael Ross opened a discussion on the Penny Tax-funded road projects, which included a debated traffic circle proposed on […]
Town Council allocates $17,360K for concert series
December 27, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – In addition to $15,000 that Blythewood Town Council appropriated earlier this year to Bravo Blythewood for a spring concert series, it voted unanimously last week to approve an additional $2,360 from Hospitality Taxes (H-Tax). Four concerts will be held April 27, May 3, May 10 and May 17, 2019 at the Palmetto Citizens […]
RW book funding voted down
December 20, 2018 By
RIDGEWAY – The Ridgeway Town Council denied a request last week to approve $1,000 from the general fund to publish a book about the heritage and history of the town. Former mayor Charlene Herring appeared before Council Dec. 13 to request they follow through on a 2017 vote to fund the book’s publishing costs. Herring […]
Council OKs zoning for medical building
December 20, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Town Council unanimously approved a motion Tuesday night to rezone property in city limits to allow for a potential medical business development. The property consists of nearly two acres, with the frontage of the area located within city limits at 204 Langford Road, across from the intersection of Langford and Sandfield […]
Providence Health-Fairfield ER opens
December 20, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – As the baton passed from Fairfield Memorial Hospital (FMH) to Providence Health-Fairfield Emergency Room on Tuesday, citizens in Fairfield County were not without health care service for a minute. As FMH officially closed its doors forever, the county’s new ER opened its doors the same day to a new world of state-of-the-art emergency […]
Richland 2 board members fail Ethics 101
December 20, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Most sitting members of the Richland 2 Board of Education have major gaps in their state-mandated ethics filings, a review of public records shows. Three board members failed to file Statements of Economic Interest forms for at least one calendar year. Two of those three board members also haven’t filed quarterly campaign disclosure […]
China-based mattress manufacturer coming to former Mack Truck plant
December 13, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – China-based Healthcare Co., Ltd., announced Monday that it plans to establish new operation, Healthcare US Co., Ltd., in Fairfield County. The company’s $45 million investment is projected to create 250 new jobs in the county. Healthcare US Co., Ltd. is expected to launch its new, 650,000-square-foot, Fairfield County facility in the first quarter […]
Richland 2 chair owes $41,000 in ethics fines
December 13, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Amelia McKie, chair of the Richland 2 Board of Education, owes at least $41,000 in fines to the S.C. Ethics Commission, according to agency documents obtained by The Voice. McKie has until Dec. 31 to pay the first $20,000. The remaining $21,000 is due June 30, 2019, documents state. The fines are spelled […]
