COLUMBIA – Richland Two school board Vice Chair Monica Elkins-Johnson (seen in the surveillance video wearing a pink jacket) was arrested Thursday and charged with disorderly conduct. The altercation occurred Jan. 22 following a school board meeting at the Richland Two Institute of Innovation on Fashion Drive in Columbia. School Board Vice Chair Monica […]
County approves new industry, rehab company
January 31, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County kicked off 2019 by finalizing a major economic development project and leasing the rehabilitation center on the Fairfield Memorial Hospital campus. County Council members voted unanimously Monday night on final approval of a fee-in-lieu of taxes, or FILOT, agreement for MLily, a Chinese-owned mattress company set to launch operations this year […]
Miss BW pageant set for Saturday
January 31, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – A new Miss Blythewood and Miss Blythewood Teen will be crowned Saturday night at Blythewood High School as a preliminary event for the Miss South Carolina/Miss America pageant. Miss Blythewood will receive a $1,000 scholarship and Miss Blythewood Teen will receive a $500 scholarship. Pageant director Traci Cooper said the contestants will compete […]
Penny Tax to finance McNulty Rd. upgrade
January 31, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood residents got their first look at two choices for the planned improvements on McNulty Drive Thursday night at a public informational meeting held at Doko Manor. From 5 to 7 p.m. residents poured into the manor to view two concept plans for the area being considered by the Richland County Transportation Penny […]
FMH Board hit with federal lawsuit
January 31, 2019 By
Former Employee Claims Sexual Harassment WINNSBORO – A previously dismissed lawsuit alleging sexual harassment at Fairfield Memorial Hospital is once again active. On Dec. 28, an attorney for Tabitha Williams, a former employee of the hospital, refiled the suit in circuit court. It was removed to federal court on Jan. 22. In May 2017 it […]
Updated: R2 Board meeting ends in melee
January 31, 2019 By
COLUMBIA – An altercation involving a state senator, the spouse of the Richland Two school board chair and a second board member, erupted following a recent board meeting, according to public records obtained by The Voice. The skirmish resulted in two separate police reports being filed against the subject (the reported school board member), whose […]
Council settles Doko Depot deed hitch
January 31, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The town of Blythewood took the first steps in resolving the latest of several delays in the sale of the Doko Depot building across from city hall Monday night. This particular delay was caused by the discovery last year that title restrictions on two slivers of land in the Doko Depot property had […]
Fairfield Chamber welcomes new members
January 31, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – The Fairfield Chamber of Commerce welcomed new members last week with a drop-in at Songbird Manor Bed and Breakfast. Chamber President Gene Stephens recognized those members: Oldies & Goodies, Cecil Bradstreet Blue Cross Blue Shield, The Barclay School, Roger & Charlene Herring, Sandy James, Webster University, Smith’s Towing, ECPI University, Alltemp Comfort Services, […]
BHS Junior scores perfect on ACT
January 31, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Adrienne Luedicke, a Blythewood High school junior, received a perfect score of 36 on her ACT the first time she took it. “I wasn’t expecting to do well at all,” she said. “I saw it [the score] and showed my mom and we both just started screaming. I definitely cried.” She hopes […]
Update: Detainee found dead at Fairfield County Detention Center
January 30, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – A detainee at the Fairfield County Detention Center was found deceased in his cell on Sunday from an apparent suicide, Deputy County Administrator Davis Anderson reported. The detainee, 28-year-old Brent Ray Croxton of Great Falls, was found at 11:30 a.m., according to Anderson. FCDC is conducting an internal investigation. The South Carolina Law […]
