WINNSBORO – Following Prisma Health’s surprise announcement last week that it had signed a deal to acquire Providence Health – Fairfield Emergency Room (ER) along with three other hospitals, Fairfield County officials have requested the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), which signed off on the deal, to pump the brakes on the […]
Attorney disputes JWC lawsuit against councilwoman
March 12, 2020 By
JENKINSVILLE – Fairfield councilwoman Bertha Goins plans to fight a defamation lawsuit filed by the Jenkinsville Water Company, an organization whose water quality she’s criticized in the past, her attorney said Tuesday. “I don’t think there’s a direct statement that would rise to the level of necessitating a lawsuit by a public entity against a […]
Mom sues county over son’s detention center death
March 12, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – A Winnsboro man’s death at the Fairfield County Detention Center has prompted a wrongful death lawsuit from the inmate’s mother. Debra Knight Croxton, mother of Brent Ray Croxton, filed the suit Feb. 4 in Fairfield County Circuit Court. Croxton died in his cell on Jan. 27, 2019, when deputies found him hanging from […]
Two dogs executed, left in RW cemetery
March 12, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – Two young adult pit bull dogs, a male and a female, were discovered dead – each shot in the back of the head – and left in the Antioch Cemetery on Antioch Cemetery Rd. in Ridgeway. The discovery was made on Friday, Feb. 28, when a man and his dog stopped by the […]
Fairfield County asks Prisma to slow ER purchase
March 12, 2020 By
Council spends $1M annually on ER, but was not aware it was being sold WINNSBORO – In a strongly worded statement issued Tuesday morning, Fairfield County Council called on Prisma Health to “provide more information to the public, and to us,” regarding the impending acquisition of Providence Health-Fairfield Emergency Room in Winnsboro. In the statement, […]
Forgiveness offered for some driver suspensions
March 12, 2020 By
The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles (SCDMV) will hold its 2020 Driver Suspension Eligibility Week statewide for drivers with licenses suspended for various reasons. During the week of March 16 – 20, drivers in South Carolina, who lost their driving privileges due to certain suspensions, may be able to reduce or clear the remaining […]
Abduction story turns out to be fake
March 12, 2020 By
UPDATE – After a 14-year-old Northeast Columbia girl told sheriff’s deputies last month that a masked man tried to abduct her, the Richland County Sheriff’s Department released a statement Wednesday that the girl had made up the story. A sheriff’s spokesperson said the teen had actually met another person outside her home on the evening […]
Commission OKs plan for phase 4 of Abney Hills
March 5, 2020 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood planning commission voted unanimously Monday night to approve a sketch plan for the fourth and last phase of the Abney Hills subdivision off Fulmer Road. Town Administrator Brian Cook said the 131.94-acres, formerly owned by Essex Homes and recently purchased by Stanley Martin Homes, will be divided into 174 lots with […]
Barclay School closes
March 5, 2020 By
RIDGEWAY – The small special needs school in Ridgeway that was struggling under the weight of financial challenges closed its doors last week, after more than a decade in operation. In a hastily planned graduation, four students were recognized to receive their diplomas – and the remaining 12, who were not set to graduate this […]
Man charged with starving Fairfield dog
March 5, 2020 By
Rochester, N.H. – Police in Rochester, New Hampshire have arrested a man for allegedly starving his dog to death last fall. That dog, Mandy, a 2-year-old Pit Bull was a Fairfield dog that had been brought to the Fairfield County Animal Shelter last year and adopted to a rescue organization, according to County Animal Control […]
