WINNSBORO – Healthcare US Co., Ltd., a venture of China-based Healthcare Co., Ltd., today announced plans to establish new operations in Fairfield County. The company’s $45 million investment is projected to create 250 new jobs. Healthcare US Co., Ltd. is expected to launch its new, 650,000-square-foot, Fairfield County facility in the first quarter of 2019. […]
Blythewood Council wants water contract re-do
December 6, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The town of Blythewood is looking to open discussions with the Town of Winnsboro in the coming new year as it prepares to renegotiate the town’s water supply contract. During the Nov. 26 town council meeting, Mayor J. Michael Ross said that the town’s contract with Winnsboro as its fresh water supplier will […]
Advanced middle schoolers score well
December 6, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD/FAIRFIELD – Advanced middle school students who are able to take high school courses in the eighth grade also are subject to the end of course (EOC) tests. As a group, the mean or average scores for these high-achieving middle schoolers were better than the state and district averages and area high schools. Students in […]
Blythewood parade rescheduled
December 6, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Town of Blythewood Christmas Parade has been rescheduled from this Sunday, Dec. 9, to 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16, due to expected cold, rainy weather this weekend. “We are sorry for the inconvenience,” Major J. Michael Ross said in an emailed statement to the media, “but we wanted to let the community […]
Winnsboro’s new ER hosts Open House Dec. 13
December 6, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – The public will get their first peek inside the new Providence Health-Fairfield Emergency Room next week – Thursday, Nov, 13, from 4 to 6 p.m. – when officials hold an open house with a ribbon cutting and tours of the new facility. Located at 1810 US Hwy 321 S, across the street from […]
R2 Chair McKie’s ‘lost’ ethics filings questioned
December 6, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Nearly a month after the November elections, two Richland 2 school board members still had not filed ethics disclosure forms required by state law, according to the South Carolina Ethics Commission. As of 1 p.m. Tuesday, the ethics commission’s online Statements of Economic Interest database listed all of the school board candidates who […]
Breaking Legs
December 6, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School’s drama class’s one-act play, Elephant’s Graveyard, has been named one of the two top state winners at SC Theater Association competition. BHS will now compete (for the fifth year) in the Southeastern Theater Conference in Knoxville, TN against the top two winners from 10 states. To pay for the trip, […]
PC could rezone dormant Red Gate property
December 6, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Planning Commission elected to hold further discussions next month on an intensely debated item that would allow the town to rezone three separate areas that have sat dormant for the past decade. Presently zoned as a Planned Development District, or PDD, the areas include two zones titled Red Gate Farms I […]
Council to finalize animal law
December 6, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – It could cost up to $500 per violation in the enhanced animal control laws under consideration by Fairfield County Council. Second reading of the draft ordinance passed unanimously last week. While animal rights advocates applaud higher fines and greater guidance for law enforcement, they say the new law, which hasn’t been updated for […]
Fairfield jobless numbers drop 39%
December 6, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – Positive economic signs are continuing to pop up in Fairfield County. The latest good news came during public comments of Monday night’s meeting, when Ridgeway resident Randy Bright called attention to encouraging unemployment numbers. Bright said Farfield’s unemployment rate dropped from 8.9 percent to 5.4 percent in the past 12 months, a 39 […]
