WINNSBORO – Because of severe overcrowding and weeks of unrelenting heat, the heretofore no-kill Fairfield County Animal Shelter may have to start euthanizing animals, says Bob Innes, the shelter’s director. The overcrowding has reached an intolerable point in the last six weeks due to a sudden drop in the number of pets being adopted and […]
BW walking club focuses on health, camaraderie
June 16, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Janette Robinson was looking for a way to meet people and get more exercise, so on May 26 she posted in the What’s Happening Blythewood Facebook group asking if anyone would like to go walking. The answer, resoundingly, was yes. “The first day we met, there were three people. The second time we […]
Ag + Art tour set for June 18 & 19
June 16, 2022 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – Ten Fairfield County farms and markets will participate in South Carolina’s Ag + Art Tour this weekend, with free, self-guided tours of farms and markets that feature local artisans at every stop. During the tour, visitors will be able to see first-hand where their food comes from, watch artists in action and […]
Seven drive-by shootings put Winnsboro leaders on edge
June 16, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – Amid surging gun violence across the nation, including recent mass shootings in Buffalo, Tulsa, and Uvalde, Texas, the town of Winnsboro is grappling with a series of drive-by shootings of its own. Since April 21, there have been seven documented shooting incidents, one as recent as early Monday morning, according to reports filed […]
BW farms, artisans featured on annual Ag + Art tour
June 16, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Three Blythewood farms offering their own produce and featuring a number of artisans participated in an 11-county Ag + Art Tour last weekend, opening their front gates to hundreds of visitors Saturday and Sunday. Visitors loaded up their cars with farm produced eggs, fresh flowers and vegetables, artwork and took fun photos of […]
Blythewood PC votes against rezoning for U-Haul
June 9, 2022 By
Gordge: Rezoning Would Make Most Housing, Commercial & Leisure No Longer Available BLYTHEWOOD – After Blythewood Planning Commissioners expressed gratitude to the U-Haul company on Community Road for its graciousness and goodwill over the years to allow Buck and Kristi Coggins to use, at no charge, several acres of U-Haul’s land for the Coggins’ twice […]
County rejects R2 request for 18.4 mills
June 9, 2022 By
Pugh: County Needs to Re-evaluate How We Spend Money COLUMBIA – Richland County Council passed third and final reading of its FY 2022-23 budget Tuesday night, excluding Richland School District Two’s request for an 18.4 millage increase. It was the second year the council has passed a no-millage-increase budget. The vote to pass the budget […]
Gregg Martin faces new charges
June 9, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood photographer Gregg Martin is facing new sexual misconduct charges. Sheriff Leon Lott said that Martin was charged May 25 with sexual exploitation of a minor 2nd degree and sexual exploitation of a minor 3rd degree stemming from a 2019 incident. These new charges are from an additional victim who emerged after learning […]
Needlepoint kneelers memorialize soldier
June 2, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – Last Sunday morning, when churches across town were remembering those who gave their all for their country, Rt. Rev. Daniel P. Richards, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina, dedicated five needlepoint kneelers beneath the altar rail in the William Porcher DuBose Chapel at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Winnsboro. The […]
Angel Underwood suspended again
June 2, 2022 By
CHESTER COUNTY – Chester County magistrate Angel Underwood has been suspended for a second time in her decade-long career – this time for improperly using her judicial email account to issue instructions to employees in the Chester County Sheriff’s Office while her husband served as Sheriff. The high court announced May 25, 2022, that “In […]
