WINNSBORO – The Fairfield County Council will hold a public hearing for its long overdue Comprehensive Plan at its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, March 25. 2024 at 6 p.m. Citizens who wish to speak to the plan must sign up to speak by 5:45 p.m. in the council chambers at 250 N. Walnut St. […]
Four running in Ridgeway election
February 22, 2024 By
RIDGEWAY – The regular April 2, 2024, election set for the Ridgeway town government will include three candidates for two seats and an unopposed candidate to fill the unexpired term of mayor. Council seats currently held by Belva Bush Belton and Donald Prioleau will be open. Belton will be looking to retain her seat on […]
Richland County transportation planning meeting coming to Blythewood
February 18, 2024 By
RICHLAND COUNTY– Richland County is holding a series of planning meetings as part of a transportation needs assessment. The drop-in style meetings are scheduled in each of the 11 Council districts during January and February. The meeting for District 2, Councilman Derrek Pugh’s district, will be from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, […]
Black delays turning over discovery, evidence, invoices to town hall
February 15, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – In an update on the delayed transfer of files pertaining to the MPA FOI lawsuit and the Town’s countersuit from Maynard Nexsen law firm to Blythewood Town Hall, Mayor Sloan Griffin told The Voice on Wednesday that there has been no new information as to the status of the file transfer. Those files […]
Pauley goes after council members, media
February 15, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – Monday night’s county council meeting got off to a rough start when Chairman Doug Pauley stopped short a motion made by Councilman Dan Ruff to amend the agenda to add the second public comment time back to the agenda. Pauley cut Ruff off, did not call for a second to Ruff’s motion, nor […]
RW council OKs bid for museum renovation
February 15, 2024 By
RIDGEWAY – During its regular monthly meeting last Thursday evening, the Ridgeway Town Council voted unanimously to approve a bid (with contingencies) for the Thomas Store Museum renovation project. Ridgeway citizen Charlene Herring presented the bid tabulation provided by the Town’s Interim Administrator Clay Killian. The sealed bid opening on Feb. 2, produced two bids […]
Town of Winnsboro awarded additional $1.8M grant for Fortune Springs Park
February 8, 2024 By
WINNSBORO—Winnsboro Town Manager Jason Taylor announced last week that the Town of Winnsboro has been awarded the South Carolina Office of Resilience (SCOR) grant of $1,859,744.90 for the Fortune Springs Stormwater Project and a $54.886.28 Parks and Recreation Development (PARD) grant for restoration work in Friendship Park at the corner of Garden and Moultrie Streets. […]
Former EMS captain sues; says county retaliated
February 8, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – A former Fairfield County employee is suing the county, alleging it retaliated against her for voting (as a member of the county’s grievance committee) against the termination of another county employee. Anna Rhodes, who was a Fairfield County EMS captain before being terminated, filed suit Jan. 19 against Fairfield County in Fairfield County […]
Early voting for BW special election begins February 12
February 8, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – A special election is being held in Blythewood to fill the council seat left vacant after Councilman Sloan Giffin was elected mayor in the town’s Nov. 7 election. Five Blythewood residents have filed as candidates for a vacancy to fill that seat in a special election to be held Feb. 27, 2024. The […]
MPA to bring sanctions against Black
February 1, 2024 By
Court Approves Settlement; Black Withdraws BLYTHEWOOD – In a surprise turn of events during a zoom Richland County Court hearing on Thursday, Jan. 25, an attorney for marketing firm MPA Strategies told the Court his client plans to file for sanctions this week against the Town’s former outside counsel David Black, an attorney with Maynard […]
