BLYTHEWOOD – Last week, Mandy Seeger received the best news she’s had in a long time. Doctors at Duke University Hospital notified her family that a donor has been found and approved whose bone marrow is a match for her daughter, Brelynn. Brelynn, 5, has suffered from a debilitating immune deficiency called Combined Variable Immune […]
Yow wins March Madness cash
April 17, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Joshua Yow, 15, of Blythewood has been named the winner of The Voice’s $200 March Madness Bracket Challenge. While no contest entry chose Virginia to win the Championship, Yow and one other entry, Yow’s neighbor Bobby Armentrout, placed Virginia in the Championship game. To break the tie, Yow got 43 picks right and […]
Free job training for construction work
April 11, 2019 By
Training Targets Disadvantaged Women, Minorities in Fairfield WINNSBORO – “We’re looking to provide free training for 10 Fairfield County individuals over 18 who are interested in careers in highway construction,” Larry Salley with the Benedict Allen Community Development Corporation said in his address to Council Monday evening. “But for the last eight weeks we’ve been […]
Be sure you’re counted in 2020 census
April 11, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Doris Green, a representative from the U.S. Census Bureau in Atlanta, addressed Blythewood Town Council members at their March 25 meeting, outlining why citizens need to be encouraged to participate in this year’s census. Green said that participating is critically important for several reasons. The results determine Blythewood’s share of the $675 billion […]
Truck fire damaged fuel pumps, canopy at Bojangles
April 11, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – “It wasn’t all bad,” businessman Larry Sharpe said on Saturday after a vehicle fire torched two diesel fuel pumps and the overhead canopy of the Blythewood Bojangles restaurant that he owns on Blythewood Road. “No one was injured,” Sharpe said, with a grateful tone in his voice. It all started Saturday about 5 […]
R2 board OKs stricter conduct for teachers
April 11, 2019 By
COLUMBIA – Weeks after brushing aside adopting greater accountability measures for their own conduct, the Richland Two school board voted 6-0 for similar conduct rules for district staff. On March 26, board members combed through the five-page policy, which lists numerous behaviors classified as “misconduct.” Many behaviors focus on teacher-student interactions. Board vice-chair Monica Elkins-Johnson […]
The Voice takes one of three top Press Association awards
April 11, 2019 By
COLUMBIA – The 7th annual Jay Bender Award for Assertive Journalism was presented to The Voice’s publisher, Barbara Ball, and reporter Michael Smith at the South Carolina Press Association’s annual meeting in Columbia on April 6. This is the second year in a row that the newspaper has received the honor. The award recognizes one […]
Council ‘retreats’ to Lake Wateree Hideaway
April 10, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – It’s called The Hideaway at Lake Wateree. Situated on the secluded shores of Lake Wateree, 22 miles east of downtown Winnsboro, the 3,513-square-foot Airbnb get-a-way sleeps nine, has over 200 feet of lake frontage, and its own boat dock “The sun neither rises nor sets facing the front,” a listing on www.zillow.com states. […]
JWC attorney threatens to sue councilwoman over water criticisms
April 9, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – Bertha Goins is used to being in hot water with the Jenkinsville Water Company. A frequent critic of the organization, the Fairfield County Council vice-chair has called out the JWC on a variety of issues, ranging from finances to transparency. Goins has also publicly stated she thinks the JWC should be absorbed by […]
DMV Director urges residents to obtain REAL IDs
April 4, 2019 By
COLUMBIA – With the deadline a little more than a year away, South Carolina residents should not wait to get their REAL IDs. That’s the message from Kevin Shwedo, executive director of the S.C. Department of Motor Vehicles. Shwedo has been making the rounds in 2019, a year before a critical REAL ID deadline arrives […]
