JENKINSVILLE – Jenkinsville’s effort to challenge the results of a recent annexation vote (see related story on page 6) included subpoenaing a journalist with The Voice. An attorney for the Town of Jenkinsville issued the subpoena, which sought to compel testimony from reporter Michael Smith at an election protest hearing Monday in Winnsboro. The subpoena […]
Finney invited to try out for US National Training Team
June 25, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The summer of 2018 is shaping up well for both former and current members of the Blythewood Bengal family. First, former Bengal Jordyn Adams was picked up in the first round of the MLB draft, and then volleyball standout Colleen Finney received an invitation to the U.S. Girls’ Youth National Training Team Roster. […]
Retiring the Flag
June 25, 2018 By
RIDGEWAY – Eddie Baughman, a member of Lake Wateree VFW Post 8346, participates in the Post’s annual flag retirement ceremony on June 14. The Post retired over 160 flags during the ceremony.
McEachern, Garvin in runoff
June 14, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – It was a tight House District 77 race Tuesday night for incumbent Joe McEachern, who, with 2019 votes (36.51%), squeaked past newcomer Kambrell Garvin with 2012 votes (36.38%) for a 7-vote majority. But with that slim majority and neither candidate garnering the 50 percent plus 1 votes for a win, the two candidates […]
Board votes 2-1 for minimum salaries
June 14, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – It’s rare when a major school budget measure passes by a 2-1 vote, but that’s exactly what happened at a recent board meeting. On June 5, the Fairfield County Board of Trustees voted 2-1 on a motion directing Superintendent Dr. J.R. Green to develop options in which no district employee makes less than […]
Two 53-foot trailers stolen in Blythewood
June 14, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – A Blythewood office for a national trucking company is missing a couple of 53-foot trailers, a Richland County Sheriff’s Department incident report states. While the report was filed last week, the trailers are reported to have been stolen from a truck/trailer storage lot at 10432 Wilson Boulevard in Blythewood for perhaps as long […]
Switzer to hand over financials
June 14, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Town Council again addressed the growing issue of the Blythewood Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center financials at the May 26 Town Council meeting. And, again, Council asked Mike Switzer, Executive Director of both the Chamber and Visitor Center, to produce the complete financial records for both organizations. The Town and The Voice […]
Former FCHS honor grad murdered
June 14, 2018 By
CAMDEN – A Kershaw County man was charged last week with murder in the June 2 shooting death of his girlfriend, a former Fairfield Central High School honors graduate, Kershaw County Chief Deputy Jack Rushing said in a news release issued June 4. Katelin Jordyn Crocker, 19, was shot in the head by Alexander Francis […]
McDaniel wins House Dist. 41 primary
June 14, 2018 By
WIINNSBORO – The South Carolina House District 41 seat turned over in Tuesday’s election with School Board Trustee Annie McDaniel taking the win over incumbent MaryGail Douglas in Fairfield, Chester and Richland Counties. With 2,483 votes (56.66%) to Douglas’s 1,899 votes (43.34%), McDaniel handily took western Fairfield County, both precincts (Kelly Mill and Lake Carolina) […]
Chairman contests response to proposed ordinance
June 14, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County is shooing any notion that it’s trying to coax the Town of Winnsboro into adopting the tougher animal control laws that the County is considering. But that’s the perception Winnsboro Town Council expressed during its June 5 meeting. Mayor Roger Gaddy called the county’s proposed ordinance “cumbersome,” and he and other […]
