Meggs: Town Bailout of Chamber is Unlawful BLYTHEWOOD – After it was revealed last week that the Greater Blythewood Chamber of Commerce is $22,000 in the red and is currently operating on a $20,000 line of credit, Interim Chamber Director Phil Frye raised eyebrows on Council when he announced the Chamber would no longer request […]
County Council budget fails; Trapp claims racial bias
May 30, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County doesn’t have a budget. In a 3-3 vote Tuesday night, the proposed $45.2 million budget failed to garner enough support to pass third reading, with one council member claiming the budget was racially biased against African-Americans. Council members supporting the budget were Bertha Goins, Clarence Gilbert and Chairman Neil Robinson. Douglas […]
Fanning: ‘Good Ole Boys’ over
May 30, 2019 By
Some Committee Members Closely Connected to Fairfield WINNSBORO – S.C. Senator Mike Fanning advertised last February for applicants to fill positions for four part-time Fairfield County magistrates and one full-time chief magistrate, all of whom would be up for reappointment in May. At the same time he advertised for applicants to fill positions for four […]
Ridgeway accepts bid for restroom
May 30, 2019 By
RIDGEWAY – Before voting to raise water rates, accept a bid for new restrooms and clarify the cost of living increase for town employees at its May 9 meeting, the Ridgeway Town Council first voted to pass first reading of the Town’s FY 2019-20 budget of $751,959 with only Councilwoman Angela Harrison dissenting. Harrison said […]
Mayor questions how A-Tax and H-Tax awards are spent
May 30, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The focus of Town Council’s third and final budget workshop on Thursday, May 23, centered on expenditures from the accommodations and hospitality tax funds. In recent months, Mayor J. Michael Ross has warned event organizers that he expects those who are awarded funds from the Town to spend those awards on advertising that […]
Fortune Springs pool to open June 11
May 30, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – Fortune Springs Park pool, now under the management of the Fairfield County Recreation Department, will open June 11. Fairfield County lifelong resident Carolyn Walters, a former physical education teacher, will be the pool manager. The pool will be open to the public Tuesdays – Fridays from 3 – 5 p.m.; on Saturdays from […]
A Poet Proclamation
May 30, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood’s newly named Poet Laureate, Sara Elizabeth Corn, 11, a student at the Center for Knowledge North at Muller Road Middle, was honored by Town Council with a Proclamation. She also read a poem that she wrote – Moms Trail. The poem is about riding her horse along her mother’s favorite trail.
Teen girl missing from Cambio Academy
May 29, 2019 By
GREENBRIER – A 16-year-old female with black hair and brown eyes is missing from the Cambio Academy, according to the Fairfield County Sheriff’s office. Officers say the teen ran away from the Academy and was last seen wearing blue jeans and Timberland boots. She is about 5’6” and weighs about 120 lbs. Call the Sheriff’s […]
Two Fairfield students killed in ATV accident
May 28, 2019 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – Two Fairfield County students have died from injuries suffered in an ATV accident on Monday, May 27. Christopher (CJ) Simmons, 17, a junior at Fairfield Central High School was driving a Honda four-wheeler when it hit the right side of a 2014 Hyundai that was turning left from West Peach Road onto […]
Historic school to be marked
May 23, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Historical Society (BHS) and Museum will place a historical marker on the site of the original Blythewood School at 501 Main Street. The placement is set for Friday, May 24. The building now houses Blythewood Academy. “We are inviting the community to join us for the placing of the marker,” BHS […]
