BLYTHEWOOD – New traffic patterns will be put in place on Monday, Aug. 11 that town officials say will have a temporary but significant impact on Blythewood Road and Community Road traffic. “From an impact perspective, two things are going to be happening,” Interim Town Administrator Ed Driggers said during the July 28 town council […]
Mayor requests AG’s opinion after voters pass referendum
August 7, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood Mayor Sloan Griffin has asked for an attorney general’s opinion as to whether it is permissible to implement a new government structure before his current term ends on November 22, 2027. Blythewood voters passed a referendum on July 29, calling for the town’s form of government to be changed from a mayor-council […]
Man arrested in Fairfield on sex charges
August 7, 2025 By
WINNSBORO – On July 22, 2025, the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of suspicious activity. During the initial investigation, it was determined that a juvenile victim had been sexually assaulted. Following a thorough investigation by our Criminal Investigations Division, arrest warrants were obtained for Darwin Gerarda Pena-Caceres, a Honduran national, on charges […]
New South Carolina mobile phone law starts Sept. 1
August 7, 2025 By
It will be against state law starting Sept. 1 to hold a cell phone while driving in South Carolina. The Palmetto State is the 33rd state to have such a law. Starting next month, anyone who violates the new law will get a warning through the end of February. When full enforcement begins on Feb. […]
Inv. White graduates Narcotics Commanders School
August 7, 2025 By
COLUMBIA – Eric White, an investigator with the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office, recently graduated the LECC/SCLEOA Narcotics Commanders School, held at the Joseph F. Rice School of Law at the University of South Carolina. White was one of 30 officers selected statewide to attend this intensive course, designed specifically for current and future narcotics unit […]
MLily assists Fairfield Sheriff’s K9 officers
July 31, 2025 By
WINNSBORO – HealthcareSC presented K9 Pawprint Oxygen kits and water showers to the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office’s K9 Unit during an informal ceremony Wed, July 23 at the MlilyUSA’s manufacturing facility in Winnsboro. MlilyUSA is the parent company of HealthcareSC. The presentations were made by Megan George, vice president of Fairfield County K-9 Friends, to […]
Blythewood voters said “YES” to call for change of form of government
July 29, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – With a turnout of 700 voters, the answer to what kind of government Blythewood residents will have going forward is settled. In a vote of 381 – 319, with 50 early votes and two provisional votes, electors chose to change Blythewood’s form of government from a mayor-council form of government to a council-manager […]
Eastover man charged with series of thefts
July 23, 2025 By
WINNSBORO – Hunter Wilson, 23, of Eastover, was taken into custody by the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office on July 14. The sheriff’s office says Wilson has been a suspect in a series of theft-related incidents occurring in Fairfield County. As of July 14, Wilson has been charged with Burglary 1st Degree; two counts of Burglary […]
EPA targets mercury spill in Blythewood
July 17, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Federal regulators are accepting public review and comments of its final report into cleanup efforts of a September, 2024 mercury spill at a Blythewood woman’s home. The Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, recently declared the home on Columbia Club Drive a Superfund Cleanup Site, making it eligible for federally funded cleanup. Up to […]
Fairfield County fails to install industrial site conduit
July 17, 2025 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – For the second time in about a year, Fairfield County has sold county industrial sites that they later found out lack utility services. After calling for the approval of the agenda at Monday night’s regular council meeting, Chairman Clarence Gilbert passed a document to Councilman Oren Gadson who read it aloud. It […]
