WINNSBORO – The Voice has received several letters from readers in regard to the penny tax and the wastewater treatment plant that ask some of the same questions that have also been posed on Facebook pages by citizens in both Fairfield County and Blythewood (Cedar Creek area.) The Voice asked county officials s to answer […]
Annexations between Fairfield and Blythewood are old news
October 16, 2020 By
BLYTHEWOOD – A recently proposed annexation of 60 acres of Fairfield County property into the Town of Blythewood has stirred up considerable conversation in both Blythewood and Fairfield County. But annexing into and out of Fairfield County is nothing new for Blythewood. It’s been doing that since at least 1913. According to documents in the […]
Lake Wateree enhancements underway
October 16, 2020 By
LAKE WATEREE – Major improvements to recreation and picnic areas around Lake Wateree that have been in the planning stage since 2006 are now underway full steam, according to John Crutchfield, a representative from Duke Energy, who updated county council members Monday night on the construction process. Among 89 sites to be improved by Duke […]
Davenport: Fairfield poised for development
October 15, 2020 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – The announcement this month that Oldcastle APG purchased a facility in Fairfield County for $2.2 million, plans to invest $25 million and create 100 jobs paying $20+ an hour on the line, is an example of the county’s economic development program working, said Ty Davenport, the county’s economic development director who has […]
Blythewood woman killed in crash
October 12, 2020 By
COLUMBIA – A Blythewood woman died in an early morning crash in Columbia on Monday. The accident occurred at the intersection of Leesburg Road and Fontana Drive. Shirley Cornelius died after being taken to Prisma Hospital, according to Coroner Gary Watts. The 51-year-old Blythewood resident’s cause of death was blunt chest trauma, Watts said. The […]
Motorcyclist dies after from injuries in Hwy 321 crash
October 10, 2020 By
UPDATE: Fairfield County Coroner Chris Hill has released the name of the motorcyclist who was fatally injured on Saturday on Highway 321 S in Winnsboro. Hill says Paul Bryan Simmons II of West Columbia was traveling South along with another rider when they struck a vehicle that was exiting the local recycling center. Mr. Simmons […]
CT-scan COVID test available at PH-Fairfield
October 8, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – The Fairfield Covid-19 Taskforce is offering a CT scan for initial diagnosis of COVID with results provided to prescribing physicians within 24 hours. Protocols include any symptom of COVID and selected high risk individuals. CT-scans are recommended by the World Health Organization when PCR (sometimes known as the ‘nose swab’ testing) tests are […]
Fairfield citizens to benefit from paramedicine program
October 8, 2020 By
FAIRFIELD – Residents in Fairfield County will soon be able to receive health assessments and non-emergency medical care at home from specially trained paramedics, rather than traveling to a distant emergency department, thanks to a community paramedicine (CP) initiative of the South Carolina Office of Rural Health (SCORH). Lee and Calhoun counties will also be […]
Council fields penny tax questions on virtual town hall webinar
October 8, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – An important local question is on the ballot this year in Fairfield County: a proposed penny sales tax, earmarked to fund a much-needed wastewater treatment plant. If it’s not approved, county officials say, that will mean other, typically less popular, sources of revenue will have to be used to fund the plant – […]
Blythewood schools benefit from $1M grant
October 8, 2020 By
COLUMBIA – Six Blythewood elementary and middle schools will benefit from a $1 million grant Richland School District Two recently received from the U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA). The Whole Child Initiative grant will provide college and career ready resources necessary to successfully build and/or expand the district’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics […]
