Third suspect arrested for property crimes

WINNSBORO – Terquan Eugene Johnson 25, of Hopkins, has been charged with multiple counts of burglary, including Burglary 1st Degree and Burglary 2nd Degree, as well as multiple counts of Grand Larceny and Criminal Conspiracy, according to the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office. Johnson is the third suspect arrested in connection with a lengthy, multi-jurisdictional property […]

Illegal THC products seized from Fairfield vape shops

FAIRFIELD COUNTY – After numerous complaints from parents, school resource officers, and community members about underage kids regularly purchasing illegal THC products from the Vape stores in Fairfield County, the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office and South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) executed search warrants at three local vape shops on Sept. 24. These search warrants […]

Bengals shut out Spring Valley

COLUMBIA – James Veasey passed for 218 yards, including a 93-yard touchdown strike to Chance Johnson, and ran for two scores, and Braden Marye rushed for 92 yards and a touchdown as the Bengals (3-3, 1-1 Region 5-5A) got back on the winning track with a 46-0 whipping of the Vikings at Spring Valley (2-4, […]

Brown wins Dist. 3 Winnsboro town council seat

WINNSBORO – Russell (Russ) Brown, 44, received 97 votes (54.49 percent) Tuesday night to handily win the District 3 Winnsboro town council seat in a special election. Brown, who previously served two terms on the Ridgeway town council before moving to Winnsboro 11 years ago, bested two other candidates – lifelong Fairfield County resident Trista […]

Kershaw fugative sentenced for murder of former FCHS student

KERSHAW COUNTY – A Kershaw County jury convicted Alexander Francis Harmon of murder on Sept. 17, 2025. The Honorable Heath P. Taylor sentenced Harmon to life in the SC Department of Corrections. On June 2, 2018, Harmon’s father alerted Kershaw County dispatch that Harmon confessed to shooting his girlfriend, Katelin Crocker, after an argument. Crocker […]

TOW election set for Sept. 30

WINNSBORO – A special election to fill Winnsboro Town Council’s district 3 seat will be held Tuesday, Sept. 30. The election is being held to fill the seat vacated last April when Councilman Demetrius Chatman was elected Mayor. Early voting hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday thru Friday, ending Friday, Sept. 26. At […]

Vehicle veers across private property, just missing resident

BLYTHEWOOD – Around 8:30 Saturday morning, Sept. 20, an SUV traveling south on Hwy 321 near the intersection of Friendly Circle, crossed left over Hwy 321, and traveled about 900 yards through a pasture, a large front yard and driveway, into an adjacent woods, crashing into a tree and turning over. Reports say the SUV […]

Video of Manor incident released to the public

BLYTHEWOOD – Following a lengthy, contentious executive session called Monday night, Sept. 22, in which Blythewood Town Council members received legal advice on “Manor operations and incidents,” council voted to release to the public a surveillance video of an incident that occurred in the Manor on Thursday, Sept. 11 involving Mayor Sloan Griffin and a […]

Council votes to release video of Manor ‘trespassing’ incident

BLYTHEWOOD – Following a lengthy, contentious executive session Monday night for Blythewood Town Council members to receive legal advice on “Manor operations and incidents,” council immediately voted to release a surveillance video to the public of an incident that occurred in the Manor on Thursday, Sept. 11 involving Mayor Sloan Griffin and a Manor employee. […]

Coach says she lost thousands in fees after months of paying Manor rental fees

BLYTHEWOOD – A check that was presented to and rejected by the Blythewood mayor and Manor officials on Sept. 11 has helped fuel an investigation into missing Manor reservation payments by the Richland County Sheriff’s department. A story about the Sept. 11 incident appeared in the Sept. 18 edition of The Voice. The story began […]

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