WINNSBORO – A Winnsboro man has been charged with 10 counts connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor. John Thamer Luffman, 31, was arrested on Dec. 19. He is accused of distributing and possessing files of child pornography and charged with four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, second degree (§16-15-405), a felony […]
RW book funding voted down
December 20, 2018 By
RIDGEWAY – The Ridgeway Town Council denied a request last week to approve $1,000 from the general fund to publish a book about the heritage and history of the town. Former mayor Charlene Herring appeared before Council Dec. 13 to request they follow through on a 2017 vote to fund the book’s publishing costs. Herring […]
Council OKs zoning for medical building
December 20, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Town Council unanimously approved a motion Tuesday night to rezone property in city limits to allow for a potential medical business development. The property consists of nearly two acres, with the frontage of the area located within city limits at 204 Langford Road, across from the intersection of Langford and Sandfield […]
Cedar Creek residents to preserve church
December 20, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – After 274 years, it was announced in June, 2017, that the doors of the historic Cedar Creek Methodist Church would close. A final service was held on May 6, 2018, under a canopy outside the building. The closure was the will of the S. C. United Methodist Conference, which owns the church and […]
Is District driving Teacher Village?
December 20, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – A proposed “Teacher Village” has been portrayed as primarily a function of the Fairfield County School District Education Foundation, and not the school district office. In reality, the district has been just as hands-on, if not more. Whether it’s filing startup documents, lobbying public officials or soliciting taxpayer money, district office personnel have […]
Providence Health-Fairfield ER opens
December 20, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – As the baton passed from Fairfield Memorial Hospital (FMH) to Providence Health-Fairfield Emergency Room on Tuesday, citizens in Fairfield County were not without health care service for a minute. As FMH officially closed its doors forever, the county’s new ER opened its doors the same day to a new world of state-of-the-art emergency […]
Blythewood man killed on I-26
December 20, 2018 By
LEXINGTON – A Blythewood man died in a motor vehicle crash on I-26 Eastbound near exit 104 on Wednesday about 9:45 p.m., Dec. 12. Thaire Mkijana, 20, was traveling in the center lane when his vehicle became disabled and was struck from behind by another vehicle, according the Lexington County Cororner’s office. Mkijana was transported […]
Chamber celebrates Christmas at drop-in
December 20, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – The Fairfield County Chamber of Commerce ushered in the holidays with its annual Christmas drop-in on Dec. 13. The event, held at the newly named Carolina Center for Events and Conferences, was sponsored for the 12th consecutive year by TruVista. The new Chamber director, Gene Stephens, was on hand to meet and greet […]
R2 Schools locked down as precaution
December 20, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – An incident that involved shots fired impacted several Richland Two schools in Blythewood on Monday after deputies began looking for a suspect in the Highlands neighborhood in Northeast Columbia. The shooting incident, which happened in the 4800 block of Hardscrabble Road, caused increased patrols in the area around Hardscrabble and prompted the Richland […]
Richland 2 board members fail Ethics 101
December 20, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Most sitting members of the Richland 2 Board of Education have major gaps in their state-mandated ethics filings, a review of public records shows. Three board members failed to file Statements of Economic Interest forms for at least one calendar year. Two of those three board members also haven’t filed quarterly campaign disclosure […]
