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 […]
Paul Dove named SC Lion of the Year
May 5, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – Winnsboro’s Paul Dove was named the state’s top Lion on Saturday. A Lion for 31 years, Dove, 78, is currently a past president of the Winnsboro Lions Club and has served in every Lions Club office over the years except one – that of International Director. “He says he’s not going there,” said […]
In searing public speech, BW mayor confuses conspiracy with routine journalism
May 5, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Mayor Bryan Franklin delivered his most chilling verbal attack to date on The Voice’s publisher and Councilman Donald Brock at the end of a joint town council/planning commission meeting Monday night. The subject matter was rambling, with multiple undocumented claims. Explaining that his speech was in response to The Voice’s editorial in the […]
County responds to Town’s solid waste fee lawsuit
May 5, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County denies that its $63 per ton solid waste fee double-bills Winnsboro town residents who also pay county property taxes to dump their trash, according to new court filings. A year ago, the county expanded the fee to include the Town of Winnsboro and Fairfield County School District. Winnsboro challenged that decision, […]
Council votes to rework LDC, slow map adoption
May 5, 2022 By
COLUMBIA – Wearing red and carrying signs that said: ‘Let us be RURAL’ and ‘Don’t Rezone My Property,’ residents from across Richland County packed the County Council chambers Tuesday night in an effort to influence council members to slow the mass rezoning process down or to shut it down. And for the first time, some […]
Blythewood woman dies in crash with train
May 4, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Richland Coroner’s office has identified a woman who died on Saturday following a crash involving a train outside of Blythewood. Jennifer Kennedy, 25, of Blythewood died in the crash, according to Richland County Coroner Naida Rutherford. The crash occurred on Hobart Road around 5 p.m. Master Trooper David Jones, with the South […]
Brock blasts lawsuit for not being authorized by council
April 28, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Just before Blythewood town council went into executive session April 20, for an update on the MPA lawsuit and countersuit from two of the Town’s outside attorneys, Councilman Donald Brock read a prepared statement that he did not recognize one of those attorneys, Nexsen Pruet Attorney David Black, as representing the Town in […]
Fairfield Electric board trims its benefits package
April 28, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – In preparation for the upcoming Fairfield Electric Coop’s annual meeting, the Board of Trustees met March 28 to discussing discontinuing the health/life/dental benefit package for new Trustees beginning with the May 20 election. The vote to do so was unanimous. The package, valued at about $19,000, has always been free to Trustees, except […]
Editorial: This newspaper won’t sell its soul for $29,400
April 28, 2022 By
Following an hour-long executive session on April 20, in which Nexsen Pruet attorney David Black and attorney Shannon Burnett updated council on two lawsuits the Town of Blythewood is involved in with MPA Strategies, Mr. Black told council that The Voice’s publisher has cost the Town almost $70,000 for FOIA requests submitted in regard to […]
