BLYTHEWOOD – When four guys from Blythewood, Ridgeway and Winnsboro signed up separately over the last five years for music lessons at Freeway Music, little did they expect to eventually become a locally popular southern rock band. But, sure enough, that’s what happened. Performing under the name Ramblin’ Road, the four will play their biggest […]
AG + Art farm tour set for June 29-30
June 20, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Three Blythewood area farms will participate in Richland County’s inaugural AG + Art Tour, June 26-27. The tour will feature not only working family-owned farms and their produce, but local artisans and musicians as well, many of whom will be performing at the various farms. The tour features some of the beautiful farms […]
Agency of the Year
June 20, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County Sheriff Will Montgomery accepts award for his department being named Agency of the Year by the D.A.R.E. Association of South Carolina.
Update: Blythewood man dies in crash
June 16, 2019 By
Kingstree Man Arrested and Charged with DUI Published on: June 19, 2019 RICHLAND COUNTY – A Blythewood resident has been identified as one of two people killed in a crash on I-20 Saturday night, and a Kingstree man was arrested on Sunday and charged with two counts of felony DUI and denied bond. Andrew Tad […]
Goins fearless of JWC threat
June 13, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – Bertha Goins has until Friday to apologize. That’s the day Jenkinsville Water Company lawyers set for the Fairfield County Councilwoman to apologize and retract her criticisms of Jenkinsville water quality. If she refuses, the bubbling controversy is threatening to spill into the courtroom. In a letter obtained by The Voice, attorneys for the […]
Cobblestone thefts suspect arrested
June 13, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – At least one suspect has been arrested in the aftermath of a string of thefts from mostly unlocked cars and the theft of two vehicles from a gated community in Blythewood last week. Elijah Ameria Worthy, 18, was arrested on Friday, June 7, on charges of possession of a stolen vehicle, larceny/breaking into […]
PC proposes allowing sandwich signs, prohibiting feather signs
June 13, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The prohibition of sandwich board signs in the town has long been the bane of many shop owners in Blythewood. Those days may be over if a recommendation made to Town Council last week by the Planning Commission comes to fruition. At the June 3 Planning Commission meeting, Town Administrator Brian Cook proposed […]
Cambio riot leads to jailing of 7 teens
June 13, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – In what was described in a sheriff’s report as a riot at Cambio Academy in Greenbrier last week, seven teenage girls were arrested. After receiving a call from the Academy shortly before 6:30 a.m., Sunday morning, that 20 teenage girls were assaulting a staff member, Fairfield County Sheriff’s deputies, assisted by the S.C. […]
Town fireworks set for July 3
June 13, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Town of Blythewood will host its fifth annual July Fireworks bash with music, food and a park full of fireworks fans from Blythewood, Fairfield and beyond. The Fireworks, Food and Music event will happen Wednesday, July 3 and will feature about 25 food vendors, five on-stage music groups and a full half […]
Doubts cast on transparency and legality of magistrate selection process
June 13, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – It took multiple attempts for some recently appointed Fairfield and Chester county magistrate appointees to pass two basic skills exams required by state law, and one appointee couldn’t pass the tests at all. Katina Capers-Washington and Vanessa Hollins, both appointed to magistrate posts on May 21, passed on the first attempt, an agency […]
