WININSBORO – It was everything one could wish for in a reunion of high school basketball players and their beloved coach – like a movie, one that brought it all back in the most heartwarming way. The reunion started coming together earlier this summer when several former Winnsboro High School basketball players – Carl Kennedy, […]
Police stage chilling raid on Kansas newspaper office
August 17, 2023 By
MARION, KS — In an unprecedented raid Friday, local law enforcement seized computers, cellphones and reporting materials from the Marion County Record office, the newspaper’s reporters, and the publisher’s home. The town’s entire five-person police department, along with two sheriff’s deputies, raided the newspaper offices and the home of the paper’s co-owner and publisher. That […]
Judge rules on 5 MPA/Town of Blythewood motions
August 17, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – There was movement last week in the more than two-year-old legal battle between the Town of Blythewood and MPA Strategies, a marketing company the Town contracted with in April, 2021, and terminated less than three months later. At issue are a Freedom of Information lawsuit filed by MPA against Mayor Bryan Franklin and […]
WDPS arrests Winnsboro man for DC murder
August 10, 2023 By
Officers Say Suspect, Victims are Family Members WINNSBORO — A Winnsboro man is in the Fairfield County Detention Center awaiting extradition to Prince George’s County, MD where he has been charged with murder of one family member and the attempted murder of another family member and other related charges. Edward Gary, 37, of Winnsboro is […]
Columbia men arrested for Criminal Solicitation of a Minor
August 10, 2023 By
COLUMBIA – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Joseph Daniel Garcia, 31, of Columbia, and Micka White, 28, of Columbia on four total charges connected to the attempted sexual exploitation of minors. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Goose Creek Police Department and Mount Pleasant Police Department […]
Shooting on I-77 injures 2 juveniles
August 9, 2023 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office has requested the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) to assist in an investigation following a shooting that injured two juveniles. On Saturday, Aug. 5, at approximately 8:39 p.m., the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office responded to what is believed to be a road rage incident on Interstate […]
Human trafficking arrest made in Blythewood
August 3, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – An Ohio man has been arrested in Blythewood for Human Trafficking and Contributing to Delinquency of a Minor. A Richland County Sheriff’s Department incident report on the arrest was vague and heavily redacted, but stated that Ralpheal Monte Willis, 24, was arrested on Friday, July 28 while walking down a sidewalk in Blythewood […]
Reward for shooting info upped to $15K
August 3, 2023 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to investigate the murder of Tyon Byrd, 21, that occurred on July 1, 2023, during a birthday party at a residence on Peach Road in the Greenbrier area of Fairfield County. The reward, previously set at $10,000 by Byrd’s family, has grown thanks to several […]
BHS’s Taylor named US Track & Field Coach of the Year
July 27, 2023 By
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) has announced the state-by-state winners of its ninth annual High School Track & Field Coaches of the Year. Presented by the United States Marine Corps on July 11, Blythewood High School’s Head Coach Alisha Taylor was named South Carolina’s Girls’ Coach […]
RW man guilty of criminal sexual conduct with minor
July 27, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – A Fairfield County jury has found Carlos A. Cesmas-Gomez guilty of Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor (2nd Degree). The conviction, handed down Wednesday, July 19, 2023, followed a Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office investigation of an incident that occurred in the Ridgeway area in 2019. The offender was 20 years of age at […]
