WINNSBORO – A trip across the pond for six Lions Club exchange students has landed them in Winnsboro for two weeks of their month-long journey, beginning with scattered arrivals over the weekend of July 7. Visiting Winnsboro are Maria Clara Annes, Brazil; Ida Marie Lorensten, Denmark; Ella Roosa Mantysalo, Finland; and Berenika Poplerova, Czech Republic; […]
Artist memorializes Shaggin’ in the Street
July 12, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – What started as a commissioned painting to commemorate the Shaggin’ in the Street festival for those attending a Winnsboro High School class reunion, may turn out to be a memento for residents and a souvenir marketing opportunity for The Fairfield County Chamber of Commerce. For Gail Stevenson Lyles, a member of the Winnsboro […]
Council sweetens Taylor’s contract
July 12, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County’s administrator and clerk to council are getting raises. Following a lengthy executive session that included six discussion items, Fairfield County Council voted unanimously to extend County Administrator Jason Taylor’s contract for another year. The council also voted to increase the period of compensation in the event of termination without cause to […]
Free dementia care training offered Aug. 7
July 12, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – A free community training event for caregivers who provide care to family members or others with dementia or related dementia disorders will be conducted at Doko Manor on Tuesday, Aug. 7, from 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. The course has the support of the Town of Blythewood and Mayor J. Michael Ross. The […]
County ups fees on dumping, loose pets
July 12, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County is one vote away from imposing higher fees for some animal control and dumping services. But as county officials note, the extra charges are user fees, meaning only people using those services will pay more money. At Monday night’s meeting, council members voted unanimously on second reading of the revised fee […]
Huge Crowd Rocks Blythewood Fireworks Event
July 12, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – “It was the best attended event we’ve ever had in the park,” Doko Manor and Event Director Steve Hasterok said of the crowd at the July 3 fireworks event at the Palmetto Citizens Amphitheater in Doko Park. “It was already a huge crowd, then about an hour before the fireworks began, about 1,000 more […]
SCE&G to test emergency sirens at V.C. Summer
July 10, 2018 By
JENKINSVILLE – At approximately 1 p.m. on Tuesday, July 10, SCE&G will sound the 109 sirens located within a 10-mile radius of V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in Fairfield County near Jenkinsville. All sirens surrounding the plant are usually sounded on the first Tuesday of each quarter for one minute as part of the plant’s regular […]
All district schools to get SROs
July 5, 2018 By
County will provide vehicles and uniforms WINNSBORO – Ridgeway Police Chief Christopher Culp has been the subject of at least 14 complaints from Ridgeway residents and businesses in the past 12 months, according to documents obtained by The Voice. Those complaints recently almost cost him his job. One of the complaints, though – that Culp […]
Council opens door to vendors
July 5, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Town Council passed a temporary vending ordinance last week that opens the door for vendors to set up shop in the Town Center District (TCD). The ordinance, which took more than a year to pass, is a City of Columbia ordinance knockoff that basically allows street vendors to begin operating in the town […]
Judge OKs amended suit vs JWC
July 5, 2018 By
JENKINSVILLE – Broad River Campground can amend the lawsuit it filed against the Jenkinsville Water Company to include new allegations and statements from witnesses, a judge has ruled. Sixth Circuit Judge Grace Gilchrest Knie also ruled in a separate order that campground lawsuits against the JWC, as well as board chairman Gregrey Ginyard and vice-chairman […]
