BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood Town Council voted 4-1 Thursday, May 5, to authorize Mayor Bryan Franklin, Town Administrator Carroll Williamson, and the Town’s outside attorneys David Black and Shannon Burnett to take legal action against The Voice and its publisher. While the Town has already sued MPA Strategies owner Ashley Hunter and threatened to sue Donald […]
R2 trustee arrested for threatening board chair
May 11, 2022 By Leave a Comment
COLUMBIA – In the latest Richland 2 Board of Trustees debacle, board member Lashonda McFadden has been arrested and charged with Threatening Life of Public Employee. McFadden’s arrest follows the release of a four-minute recording of an executive session at the April 28 board meeting, in which a voice identified as Lashonda says, “I will […]
Seven quakes rock Blythewood, Fairfield
May 11, 2022 By Leave a Comment
FAIRFIELD/BLYTHEWOOD – A 3.3 magnitude earthquake occurred six km east of Elgin Monday morning, about 1:30 a.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Many residents in Blythewood and Fairfield County took to The Voice’s Facebook page to report not only feeling the strong tremor, but some said it sounded like a sonic boom and shook […]
Vehicle crashes into crowd, killing Blythewood woman
May 11, 2022 By Leave a Comment
BLYTHEWOOD – A Blythewood woman was killed and two other people injured Saturday when a man drove a vehicle into a group of people at the intersection of Fairfield Road and Eisenhower Drive in Columbia, according to a Richland County Sheriff’s incident report. Dr. Sonya Lewis, a 56-year-old Blythewood resident, died at the scene of […]
JV Water Company sues Neil Robinson
May 5, 2022 By 1 Comment
JENKINSVILLE – Jenkinsville Water Company is suing another Fairfield County elected official. In litigation filed April 27, the JWC accuses County Councilman Neil Robinson of libel, saying he “recruited” citizens to publicly disparage the water company at council meetings. The also names Fairfield County Government as a co-defendant, which the suit states is “vicariously liable” […]
In searing public speech, BW mayor confuses conspiracy with routine journalism
May 5, 2022 By 1 Comment
BLYTHEWOOD – Mayor Bryan Franklin delivered his most chilling verbal attack to date on The Voice’s publisher and Councilman Donald Brock at the end of a joint town council/planning commission meeting Monday night. The subject matter was rambling, with multiple undocumented claims. Explaining that his speech was in response to The Voice’s editorial in the […]
Blythewood woman dies in crash with train
May 4, 2022 By Leave a Comment
BLYTHEWOOD – The Richland Coroner’s office has identified a woman who died on Saturday following a crash involving a train outside of Blythewood. Jennifer Kennedy, 25, of Blythewood died in the crash, according to Richland County Coroner Naida Rutherford. The crash occurred on Hobart Road around 5 p.m. Master Trooper David Jones, with the South […]
MTC president questioned on how county funding is spent
April 28, 2022 By Leave a Comment
WINNSBORO – With Fairfield County considering tax increases and agency cuts to balance the budget, questions arose during a work session Tuesday about how the county funds Midlands Technical College. MTC president Ronald Rhames acknowledged this year’s $155,100 funding request – up from about $143,000 last year – would be spent not only in Fairfield […]
Fairfield Electric board trims its benefits package
April 28, 2022 By Leave a Comment
BLYTHEWOOD – In preparation for the upcoming Fairfield Electric Coop’s annual meeting, the Board of Trustees met March 28 to discussing discontinuing the health/life/dental benefit package for new Trustees beginning with the May 20 election. The vote to do so was unanimous. The package, valued at about $19,000, has always been free to Trustees, except […]
Winnsboro man dies in crash near Drawdy Park
April 28, 2022 By Leave a Comment
WINNSBORO – A Winnsboro man was killed when his KTM motorcycle crashed into another vehicle. Allen Jermaine Trapp, II, 28, was the operator of a dirt bike traveling north on Popular Street when he disregarded a stop sign and collided with a 2007 Ford Focus traveling west on 8th street at about 7:55 p.m., Friday, […]
