RIDGEWAY – A rancorous Ridgeway Town Council meeting last week was marked by repeated interruptions from Councilwoman Angela Harrison who spent the better part of the meeting chastising other council members for perceived slights, including not sending her every communication that emanated from each council member while she was on an extended summer vacation [July […]
Fairfield cruelty law not updated for 11 years
September 27, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – It’s perfectly legal to abandon hunting dogs in South Carolina. It’s also technically legal to kill a dog when it is threatening or causing personal property damage. And perhaps most troubling to animal rights advocates, state law doesn’t automatically ban convicted animal abusers from owning pets in the future. These deficiencies and others […]
In Memory
September 27, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Three palm trees planted at the entrance to Doko Meadows Park last week were donated by Glenn Cooper, left, in memory of his father, Ralph Cooper, Jr. (1930 – 2017); Harold Branham in memory of his mother, Pauline Branham (1920 – 2018) and Jim and Tom Mclean in memory of their brother, Hudnalle […]
North Interrupted
September 27, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – No serious injuries were reported after cars driven by two women, ages 18 and 26, were involved in an accident about 1:30 p.m., Saturday, on Blythewood Road at the north-bound entrance to I-77.
Mainstay Senior Living expands
September 27, 2018 By
RIDGEWAY – Tod Petty, President and CEO for Mainstay Senior Living, says his company is all about southern hospitality. As the new owner of Ridgeway’s former Fairfield Manor Assisted Living location at 117 Belfield Road, he showed that he knew what he was talking about when he feted his staff and the residence’s seniors […]
Residents want dilapidated houses removed
September 20, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – Distressed properties have Winnsboro resident Yvette Howard feeling well, distressed. For more than a year, Howard has been voicing her concerns about abandoned and dilapidated housing in the vicinity of Cemetery Street and Davis Circle. She again voiced those concerns at the Sept. 4 council meeting. “Four years ago, letters went out to […]
R2 Board extends Super’s contract
September 20, 2018 By
COLUMBIA – On Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018 the Richland School District Two Board of Trustees met to conduct the superintendent’s performance evaluation for Dr. Baron Davis. Davis, Superintendent for Richland School District Two, was given an overall distinguished evaluation for the 2017-18 school year, his first year as superintendent of the district, by the School […]
Brandon Wilds called up by Jaguars
September 20, 2018 By
JACKSONVILLE, FL – Leonard Fournette was a stellar collegiate football talent at LSU and was the fourth overall pick by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2017 draft. However, Fournette went down with a strained hamstring in the opening week of the 2018 season, and this opened the door for Blythewood native Brandon Wilds to be […]
Green, Douglas spar over millage
September 20, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – They came to tout their successes as governmental agencies. But an emerging kerfuffle over the distribution of property tax revenues quickly became the focal point at a Fairfield County intergovernmental meeting Monday. At the previous week’s council meeting, Councilman Jimmy Ray Douglas publicly called out the Fairfield County School District, saying that the […]
Blythewood artist shines at WEG
September 20, 2018 By
TRYON, NC – Blythewood sculptor Thomas Humphries, 45, is enjoying the international limelight after receiving a last-minute request from the World Equestrian Games in Tryon, North Carolina to display one of his recent works of art. The shimmering metal sculpture – a ten-foot-tall depiction of clashing stallions – was, until Saturday, Sept. 8, sitting in […]
