Every town and county government should make detailed financial information easily available to the public. It keeps officials on their toes and makes it easier to catch their misspending and waste. Transparency builds trust with taxpayers, who have a right to know how their hard-earned dollars are being spent. A critical element of open-government is […]
Seven nominated to run for Fairfield Electric Coop Board
March 17, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – A new day is dawning at Fairfield Electric Cooperative with regard to how it conducts the nomination and election of its board of directors. What has historically been a secretive nominating process for board candidates, was open to the press on Monday, perhaps for the first time ever. While there were several weeks […]
Test ride ‘down the road’ ends tragically
March 17, 2022 By
CHESTER – After Matthew “Mac” Huey, 20, had spent the afternoon of Dec. 28, 2021, repairing a dirt bike in his grandfather’s shop off Ashford-Ferry Road in Blackstock, he hopped on the bike to take it for a test ride. When his grandfather, Jimmy Huey, saw Mac wasn’t wearing a helmet, he urged his grandson […]
Bell notified in November of critical audit timeline
March 10, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – County officials appeared to be surprised to learn on Feb. 1, 2022, that the county’s FY2021 audit had not been submitted to the state on Jan. 1, 2022, as required by law. But documents obtained by The Voice show that the S.C. Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom sent County Council Chairman Bell a letter […]
Taylor: No contamination, no ink in Winnsboro water
March 10, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – Rumors spread quickly Saturday morning across Blythewood Facebook pages that a Winnsboro water pipe had broken at Palmetto Imaging on Highway 34 and that ink from the business and other contaminants were flowing through Blythewood’s waterlines. Winnsboro Town Manager Jason Taylor informed The Voice about 11 a.m., Saturday morning that there was no […]
Douglass’ song to immortalize tragedy that broke Winnboro’s heart
March 10, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – The obituary in the Winnsboro newspaper told the sweet but tragic story – almost to the word – the way Jimmy Ray Douglas has told it many times. “It happened in 1953. Jimmy and I were about 10 ten years old. He was in my Cub Scout Troop,” Douglas began. “He had this […]
Nyah Leveretter, Kentucky upset Gamecocks to win SEC title
March 9, 2022 By
NASHVILLE – Westwood graduate and 1,000-point scorer Nyah Leveretter describes her sophomore season with Kentucky as a difficult one at first, with the bangs and bumps of a team learning how to play together. The SEC universe found out Sunday night in Nashville that the challenges that awaited Leveretter and the Wildcats this season forged […]
Redhawks tap O’Connell as new head football coach
March 9, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Westwood High School announced on Wednesday that Robert O’Connell will be the Redhawks’ new head football coach, effective July 1, 2022. O’Connell succeeds three-year coach Matt Quinn, who accepted the head football position at North Augusta High School. “I could not be more excited to join a school and community with the commitment […]
Taylor: NO water advisory has been issued for Blythewood
March 5, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – Rumors have spread across Blythewood Saturday morning that there is a Winnsboro water advisory for the Blythewood customers. However, Winnsboro Town Manager Jason Taylor informed The Voice about 11 a.m., Saturday morning that there is no health hazard associated with the sediment residents are currently seeing in their water. “We encourage people to […]
Council majority planning third rec center
March 3, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – Mitford’s community center averages one to three people a day. Monticello’s averages three to five. Nobody visited either center at all in November. With $3M already earmarked for three rec centers in the county, council wants to spend more taxpayer money on parks and recreation. On Monday, council voted 5-2 to lease 8.12 […]
