WINNSBORO – Approximately 10 health care vendors were available on Saturday at the Free Fairfield County Health Fair, sponsored by U.S. Congressman Ralph Norman at the Fairfield County Parks and Recreation Center from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Representing Providence Health’s new ER facility in Winnsboro were, from left: registered nurses Arlene Vance and Robin […]
Update: Winnsboro man kills self after SLED arrives
March 27, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – As the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Department assisted the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) with serving fraud warrants on a Fairfield County man, deputies say the man put a gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger. John Wayne McCord, 64, who lived near the intersection of Highway 321 and Broom Mill Road […]
Can Winnsboro’s 10M gallons of water per day keep Blythewood contract?
March 21, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Mayor J. Michael Ross took the opportunity at council’s annual retreat on Saturday to call for public comment on the town’s 20-year water agreement with the Town of Winnsboro. The contract ends in July of 2020. “I would recommend that our next agreement not last for 20 years,” Ross said before asking town […]
Coleman pleads; gets 20 years in prison for fire deaths of her children, husband
March 21, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – Sharon Coleman, 35, was sentenced to 20 years in prison Monday after pleading guilty in the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court in Winnsboro, to three counts of involuntary manslaughter and two counts of unlawful neglect of a child in the deaths of her two children and her husband last year. Circuit Judge R. Keith […]
JWC cited over coliform testing
March 21, 2019 By
JENKINSVILLE – The Jenkinsville Water Company was hit last year with a new drinking water violation, though it and other past violations have been resolved, according to the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control. The latest DHEC violation notice was issued Aug. 24, 2017. It stated that the JWC was in violation of the […]
Chamber finances still in question
March 21, 2019 By
Parler: There Was No Audit, Just a Review of Financial Statements BLYTHEWOOD – Former Blythewood Town Councilman Tom Utroska picked a scab at the Council retreat on Saturday when he suggested Council has never resolved its questionable financial relationship with the Greater Blythewood Chamber of Commerce. “I continue to harp on the Town’s fiduciary responsibility […]
Board spat erupts over notification
March 21, 2019 By
WINNSBORO — A dispute over which members of the school board were notified ahead of the surprise presentation of a major teaching award caused tensions to flare at Monday night’s Fairfield County board of trustees meeting. Board member Paula Hartman voiced her displeasure that she was not informed in time to attend the surprise announcement […]
Taxes, fees get second vote
March 21, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County is one meeting away from enacting a pair of tourism-related taxes aimed at growing tourism and combating blight. Council members voted unanimously Monday night on two ordinances – a 3 percent tourism development fee and a 2 percent hospitality tax. The council also passed second reading of an ordinance establishing a […]
McNulty’s Taproom hosts Wade Hayes, animal shelter fundraiser on Friday
March 21, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – When American country music artist Wade Hayes comes to McNulty’s Taproom in Blythewood Friday night, he’ll be making two appearances. One, his big show, will open at 10 p.m. inside the restaurant. The other will be from 7 – 8 p.m. out front in the WCOS tent, where Hayes will be partnering with […]
Authority maps megasite infrastructure
March 21, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – Now that the initial paperwork is mostly finished, Fairfield County’s water and sewer plan is flowing closer to completion. At the second meeting of the Fairfield Joint Water and Sewer Authority on Monday, the group received detailed reports covering everything from environmental impacts, roads to laying water and sewer pipes. “They’re not in […]
