Honeycutt Elected to New District 9 Seat BLYTHEWOOD – It was another big turnout, with 3,881 members registering and voting at the 2022 annual meeting of Fairfield Electric Coop last week. For the third year in a row, the meeting was held over five days with drive-through registration and voting for trustees in four different […]
Blythewood man dies in crash on Grover Wilson Rd
May 26, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – A Blythewood man died May 18 when the vehicle he was driving left the road and crashed into a tree. Jordan C. Stevenson, 22, of Blythewood was identified as the driver who died in the crash, according to the Richland County Coroner’s office. Stevenson was traveling south on Grover Wilson Road in Blythewood […]
Open Season
May 26, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – The Fairfield County Farmer’s & Artisan’s Market opened Saturday for the season. There were about 20 vendors selling fresh garden vegetables, yard art, ironworks, plaques, wraths, clothing, herbs, plants, boiled peanuts and much more, plus outside bounce houses for the kids. The market will be open most Saturdays from 9 – noon. Vendors […]
Critics call for removal of R2 board members and super
May 19, 2022 By
COLUMBIA – A cacophony of voices can be heard on the recording, the participants becoming more and more shrill as they compete for volume. Bystanders echo and boo. It sounds like it could be a hallway fight among a group of middle or high school students, but it isn’t. The participants are all grown adults […]
Gilbert: Council salaries should be cut in FY 22-23
May 19, 2022 By
Councilman Trapp: ‘I Don’t Think That’s Legal.’ WINNSBORO – Fee increases, adding new positions, and cutting council member salaries are among the last minute alterations under consideration in Fairfield County’s proposed $41.3 million budget. But it was an existing budget item that would fund Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office raises that’s giving at least one council […]
Director of Economic Development Ty Davenport leaving County
May 19, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County Director of Economic Development, Ty Davenport, has announced he will be leaving the county on May 25. Davenport is the eighth top county official to leave the county’s employ in the last year including the county administrator, assistant county administrator, attorney, clerk to council and several department heads.. Two more department […]
Council authorizes Franklin to sue The Voice and others
May 12, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood Town Council voted 4-1 Thursday, May 5, to authorize Mayor Bryan Franklin, Town Administrator Carroll Williamson, and the Town’s outside attorneys David Black and Shannon Burnett to take legal action against The Voice and its publisher. While the Town has already sued MPA Strategies owner Ashley Hunter and threatened to sue Councilman […]
R2 trustee arrested for threatening board chair
May 11, 2022 By
COLUMBIA – In the latest Richland 2 Board of Trustees debacle, board member Lashonda McFadden has been arrested and charged with Threatening Life of Public Employee. McFadden’s arrest follows the release of a four-minute recording of an executive session at the April 28 board meeting, in which a voice identified as Lashonda says, “I will […]
Seven quakes rock Blythewood, Fairfield
May 11, 2022 By
FAIRFIELD/BLYTHEWOOD – A 3.3 magnitude earthquake occurred six km east of Elgin Monday morning, about 1:30 a.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Many residents in Blythewood and Fairfield County took to The Voice’s Facebook page to report not only feeling the strong tremor, but some said it sounded like a sonic boom and shook […]
Vehicle crashes into crowd, killing Blythewood woman
May 11, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – A Blythewood woman was killed and two other people injured Saturday when a man drove a vehicle into a group of people at the intersection of Fairfield Road and Eisenhower Drive in Columbia, according to a Richland County Sheriff’s incident report. Dr. Sonya Lewis, a 56-year-old Blythewood resident, died at the scene of […]
