As you read in last week’s Voice, Fairfield Electric Coop has filed a lawsuit against Central Electric Power Cooperative. Since Fairfield Coop was established in 1939, we have distributed electricity generated by Santee Cooper and coordinated by Central Electric with whom all the Coops have a purchase power contract. We paid the wholesale price from […]
She (didn’t) Pick ‘Em
January 6, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – U Pick ‘Em winner Nancy Hughey said that while she plans to spend the money, it was her husband who made the picks that won it. “I like to watch the games with him, but he’s the one who follows them,” she said. Philip Reese, owner of Reese’s Plants in Blythewood and sponsor of […]
Winnsboro man identified in fatal crash
January 5, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County Coroner Chris Hill has identified the man who was killed in a motor vehicle crash on Tuesday Jan 4. Stefon Gaither, 59, of Winnsboro, was traveling west on Hwy 34 (Newberry Rd) when he lost control of the Ford pickup truck he was driving and crashed into a guardrail, possibly flipping […]
Body recovered from Lake Carolina identified as missing kayaker
January 5, 2022 By
COLUMBIA – Richland County Coroner Naida Rutherford has confirmed that the body that was recovered at Lake Carolina around 4:35 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022 is that of Theron Wallace, 20, of Columbia. Wallace had been missing since Christmas morning while he was kayaking on Lake Carolina. “This has been a difficult week for the […]
10 tremors near Elgin since Dec. 27
January 5, 2022 By
ELGIN/LUGOFF – Three more tremors were recorded near Elgin this week, with the last two occurring on Wednesday morning bringing the total number of tremors since Dec. 27 to 10, the U. S. Geological Survey reported. The last 9 tremors continue to be aftershocks of the 3.3 magnitude tremor recorded on Dec. 27, the strongest […]
Crash on Newberry Road results in death
January 4, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – A person in a Ford pickup truck died of injuries from a crash that occurred at 5:45 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 4, on Newberry Road, about 3 miles north of Winnsboro. The pickup truck was traveling west on Newberry Road when it ran off the right side of the road, hit a guardrail and […]
Body recovered from Lake Carolina
January 4, 2022 By
COLUMBIA – Richland County Coroner Naida Rutherford is releasing information concerning a body that was recovered at Lake Carolina around 4:35 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. According to Coroner Rutherford, The Richland County Coroner’s Office Forensic K-9 unit assisted the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources with the recovery of the body of an African […]
Fairfield Electric files lawsuit against Central Co-op
December 30, 2021 By
COLUMBIA – Central Electric Cooperative’s efforts to consolidate power could cause “irreparable harm” to the state’s regional co-ops that provide electricity to millions of South Carolina customers, according to a lawsuit recently filed by Fairfield Electric Cooperative, headquartered in Blythewood. The suit alleges that Central is close to enacting a 10-year master plan that would […]
Teen charged with murder of Winnsboro man
December 30, 2021 By
NEWBERRY COUNTY – The Newberry County Sheriff’s office has arrested a teen on charges of murder resulting from an early Sunday morning shooting of a Winnsboro man along Highway 66 on Dec. 19. Blaize Pedro Plaza, 19, of Whitmire was arrested on the evening of Dec. 20. He was taken to the Newberry County Detention […]
Search continues for missing student at Lake Carolina
December 29, 2021 By
COLUMBIA – The search continues for Theron Wallace. Home for Christmas break from the USC Aiken, Wallace, 20, went kayaking on Lake Carolina on Dec. 25 but never returned. The Department of Natural Resources began searching for Wallace around noon the same day. As of Wednesday morning, officers had only located a kayak submerged in […]
