WINNSBORO – Sixty-six properties owned by Fairfield County will be auctioned online to the public from Sept. 11 through Sept. 24. The properties were acquired by the county through tax sales over the years, according to Terry Howe of Terry Howe Associates, Inc., who will be conducting the auction. Howe said the list includes vacant […]
Winnsboro man charged in fatal hit and run
September 9, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – The driver of the vehicle in a fatal hit and run collision that occurred Sept. 6 on 11th Street in Winnsboro has been located and is in the Fairfield County Detention Center. Timothy James Thompson, 35, of Winnsboro has been charged with ‘leaving the scene with death,’ according to Master Trooper Gary Miller […]
Coroner releases name of hit and run fatality
September 8, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County Coroner Chris Hill is releasing the name of the person who was fatally injured in a hit and run around 1 am Sunday morning. Bruce Antonio Gibbs, age 33, of Winnsboro was struck by an unknown vehicle on 11th Street in Winnsboro. Gibbs was pronounced deceased on the scene. This incident […]
Pedestrian killed in hit and run in Winnsboro
September 6, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County Coroner Chris Hill is releasing the name of the person who was fatally injured in a hit and run around 1 am Sunday morning. Bruce Antonio Gibbs, age 33, of Winnsboro was struck by an unknown vehicle on 11th Street in Winnsboro. Gibbs was pronounced deceased on the scene. This incident […]
County improves Alston Trailhead
September 3, 2020 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – The planning process is moving forward for park improvements around the Alston Trailhead of the Palmetto Trail that runs through western Fairfield County, and now there’s a visual: a recently created rendition lays out what the project will look like once it’s complete (see pages 4 and 5). The finished project holds […]
Fairfield Electric Co-op linemen head to Louisiana – and into harm’s way
September 3, 2020 By
BLYTHEWOOD – In the predawn hours of Sunday morning, one by one, 10 Fairfield Electric Cooperative linemen began pulling their pickup trucks up to the big sliding gate that leads to the bucket truck garage area of the company’s Blythewood headquarters. As the men hauled luggage, boots and other gear from their pickup trucks onto […]
Winnsboro teen dies in crash
September 1, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – A Fairfield Central High School student was the driver of a vehicle that was involved in a collision with another vehicle that took her life. Abiyah Fee, 16, of Winnsboro, died in an accident which occurred at the intersection of East Peach Road and Highway 321, according to the S. C. Highway Patrol. […]
Council reverses vote to fund chamber
August 27, 2020 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Under pressure from former mayor Mike Ross, the Blythewood Town Council voted in a contentious 3-2 decision to approve funding to help pay for the Greater Blythewood Chamber of Commerce’s rent and utilities for the current fiscal year. Voting Monday night to award the Chamber $4,000 from the Town’s accommodation tax (A-Tax) fund […]
Blair man arrested on multiple charges including stolen property
August 25, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – Jesse Ross Duke, 33, of Pine Isle Drive in the Blair area of Fairfield County has been arrested, according to Fairfield County Sheriff Will Montgomery. In the early morning hours of Friday, Aug. 21, a Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office patrol deputy observed a suspicious vehicle in the area of SC 215 near McCrorey-Liston […]
DHEC Advises Residents Stay Away from Smoke Associated with Carolina Poly Fire in Chester
August 24, 2020 By
COLUMBIA – The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) advises residents to stay away from the smoke generated by a fire currently burning at Carolina Poly, a plastics manufacturing plant located in the city of Chester in Chester County. Local officials are responding to the fire and can provide details about the […]
