FAIRFIELD COUNTY – In the school board election, all incumbents were returned to the board. Incumbent Sylvia Harrison, Dist. 1, captured 774 votes (72%) to turn back her challenger, Clair MoMo Qualls with 300 votes (28.%). There were 4 write-in votes. Dist. 7 school board incumbent Darreyl Davis had 627 votes (60%) to Kolisa Willingham […]
Election brings new balance of power to R2
November 10, 2022 By
COLUMBIA – There will be four new members on the heretofore embattled Richland 2 School Board. Angela Nash, a realtor, with 17,975 votes (14%) was the top vote getter. Tamika Washington, a former teacher, with 17,022 votes (13%) was second, followed by Niki Porter, also a former teacher, with 13,234 votes (10%). Joe Trapp, a […]
FCSD receives eight electric school buses
November 3, 2022 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – Fairfield County School District recently received eight shiny new electric school buses. The buses are part of 2,400 electric buses the EPA’s Clean School Bus Program is sending to 389 school districts across the country. Of these, 440 were sent to southeastern states. South Carolina is receiving 148 buses – the most […]
Coming Home to FCHS
October 27, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – It was another great Fairfield Central High School homecoming event last week when classes from the 1980’s through 2021 filled the baseball field, tailgating under a rainbow of tents with ribs, barbecue and fried fish. A downtown parade sparked cheers and applause as it rolled down Congress Street featuring vehicles with class-year sign, […]
Blythewood’s Leadbitter named National Merit semifinalist
October 27, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Ryan D. Leadbitter, a Spring Valley High School senior and lifelong resident of Blythewood, was recently notified that he is among 16,000 semifinalists in the 68th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. He was one of 11 semifinalists from Richland School District Two. Leadbitter attended Bethel-Hanberry Elementary and Muller Road Middle (Leadership Academy) Schools […]
JROTC volunteers at Harvest Hope
October 27, 2022 By
COLUMBIA – Over the course of three days, Blythewood High School’s JROTC Alpha, Bravo and Charlie companies worked to assist Harvest Hope in packing and loading food for families in need. Cadets were assigned different tasks at the Harvest Hope facility, two of which were packaging food into boxes and loading the boxes onto vehicles […]
“No Active Shooter”
October 13, 2022 By
Sherman: Now We Need to Get Back To Who We Were Before Wednesday. “It was traumatic, being yelled at by cops to run to the stadium, being put in lockdown knowing it’s not a drill. Throwing bookshelves at the door just in case. No one wants to open the door when it gets knocked on, […]
Eagle Homecoming
October 13, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – During halftime of last Friday’s football game, Richard Winn presented its 2022 Homecoming Court. 14 contestants competed for the coveted title of Homecoming Queen. In the end, the football team selected senior Lily Hawkins as the 2022 Football Sweetheart, and the Richard Winn high school student body voted senior Abby Rawl as the […]
Winnsboro officials honor FMSMS
October 13, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – During a student assembly on Tuesday in the gymnasium of the Fairfield County Magnet School for Math and Science, the Town of Winnsboro’s mayor and town council members presented the school’s principal, Dr. Shayera Gale Whitfield, with a proclamation for the school being one of five in the state to be named a […]
R2 School board candidates share views at forum
October 6, 2022 By
COLUMBIA – School safety, teacher shortages, diversity, fiscal transparency, and the importance of civility in leadership were among the issues discussed Monday night during a forum for Richland Two School Board Candidates. There was no argument or debate among the 12 candidates on stage, each of whom gave answers to four questions created by the […]
