WINNSBORO – It may be cold and rainy outside on Saturday, but it will be warm and fuzzy inside at Winnsboro’s annual Holiday Market Place featuring offerings of gifts, crafts, bakery confections and local farm produce – fruits, vegetables, meats, honey and more – from farmers and artisans of Winnsboro, Blythewood and Ridgeway. The holiday […]
Angel Tree brings cheer
December 6, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – The Angel Tree is a holiday tradition in the Fairfield community that makes Christmas special for over 200 of the county’s senior citizens To participate, volunteers pick an angel from the Angel Tree at the Council on Aging’s Senior Center, then fill plastic totes (provided by the Center) with non-perishable items – soap, […]
Fatal Crash in Fairfield County
December 2, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – One person has died after a single-vehicle crash in Fairfield County. The accident happened Dec. 2 at 5:30 a.m. on SC-34 near Hopewell Church Rd., according to SCHP. This is about seven miles from the town of Winnsboro. The driver of a 2006 Honda Accord was traveling East on SC-34 when they ran […]
County, District cite ‘Village’ legal issues
November 29, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County Council wants several conditions met before agreeing to participate in a school district project to build a subdivision in Winnsboro catering to teachers. School leaders, however, say they fear delaying action could cause Gorelick Brothers Capital, a Charlotte, North Carolina developer willing to bankroll most of the project, to walk. At […]
Shooting in Eagles Glen investigated
November 29, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Officials are investigating an armed robbery in Blythewood that left two victims shot Saturday night, according to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department. The shooting took place 11:30 p.m. in the Eagles Glen neighborhood off Rimer Pond Road. Deputies report that two people were standing outside of a residence on Feather Run Court when […]
Blythewood residents push back against neighborhood crime
November 29, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Several Richland County deputies appeared at an open forum Tuesday night to field questions from concerned residents on the recent rise of car burglaries in the Blythewood area. Deputies with the county’s Community Action Team (C.A.T.), along with investigators, assured residents that the department was taking the rise in occurrences seriously, and that […]
Depot sale delayed by undisclosed deed limits
November 29, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The sale of the Doko Depot has been delayed since December, 2017, for myriad reasons. In September, 2018, Mayor J. Michael Ross announced a new delay – this one caused by the discovery that property title restrictions had not been disclosed to the Town in prior financing efforts with Santee-Cooper. “We are in […]
Fairfield EOC, Ready to Work scores decline, lag behind
November 29, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County schools experienced a setback in a key assessment that counts as 20 percent of a student’s final grade in core subjects, mirroring a similar slide in statewide results. The Fairfield County School District scores declined from spring, 2017 to spring, 2018 in three of four core subjects on the End-of-Course Examination […]
EOC scores: BHS up, WHS lags
November 29, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School students outscored both the Richland Two district average and the state average in a key assessment that counts as 20 percent of a student’s final grade in core subjects in statewide results. Westwood High School, however, experienced a setback in the same assessment, mirroring a similar slide in statewide results. […]
Town releases promotional video
November 29, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – The town of Winnsboro will be unveiling a new video on its website this week in the hopes of putting the small town “on the map” of local tourism and shopping destinations. According to town clerk Lorraine Abell, the two and a half-minute video was filmed by the town’s website team this summer. […]
