WINNSBORO – Fairfield County Council once again had to pull an agenda item at the last minute after failing to follow proper meeting procedures. At Monday night’s meeting, the council tabled third reading of an ordinance relating to the sale of property within the Fairfield County industrial park. The reason? Council had never held a […]
Ridgeway’s City Gas & Fuel adds U-Haul to services
February 17, 2022 By
RIDGEWAY – In 1945, U-Haul figured out a way to fill a need and made it a business. In 2022, Vic (Vishesh) and Anita Sharma, who own City Gas & Fuel located at 275 S. Palmer Street in Ridgeway, figured out a way to fill another need in their community and made it part of […]
Whitaker: We’re in a mini crisis
February 17, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County is facing a financial “mini crisis” after failing to timely file required financial statements. That failure has resulted in the county’s FY2021 audit being held up, according to emails obtained by The Voice. In an email to council members, County Administrator Malik Whitaker said the county is six months tardy in […]
Rezoning requested for storage units in BW
February 10, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood planning commissioners recommended approving one commercial zoning request and postponed another during Monday’s monthly meeting. The commission unanimously voted to recommend rezoning 4.1 acres at Wilson Boulevard and Farrow Road from Rural District to Community Commercial District/Architectural Overall District. Blythewood Town Council will have the final say. Shannon Burnett, an outside attorney […]
Fairfield County advertising multiple jobs
February 10, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – With multiple job openings in the county government offices, Fairfield County’s Human Resources Director Brad Caulder says he’s putting out the welcome mat to attract good employees to the county. He says he wants to get the word out about the exceptional benefits the county offers. “We offer good competitive salaries, as well […]
Winnsboro Road crash takes life of Columbia woman
February 8, 2022 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – Richland County Coroner Naida Rutherford has released the name of the Columbia driver, Jessica Rea, 35, who died after being involved in a motor vehicle collision, on Winnsboro Road (Hwy 321) near Wilson Circle, on Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. The head-on crash occurred at 11:57 a.m., when a 2021 Chevrolet SUV, driven […]
Blythewood council to increase legal budget to $140K
February 3, 2022 By
Baughman: I could care less if it (the lawsuit) adds up to $100K per month. We brought it on ourselves. BLYTHEWOOD – Town Administrator Carroll Williamson informed council during a budget meeting Friday morning that the Town’s outside legal team has advised increasing the Town’s budget for outside legal expenses from $60,000 to $140,000 through […]
Kennedy named interim Super for Charleston
February 3, 2022 By
CHARLESTON – Winnsboro native Donald R. Kennedy, Sr. has been named interim Superintendent of Charleston Schools. Kennedy has served as the district’s Chief Financial and Administrative Officer on two separate occasions, first from July, 2004 to September, 2007, and second from January, 2018 to December, 2021. Throughout his career in public service, Kennedy has supported […]
Trapp pushes back against Richland 2 statement
February 3, 2022 By
COLUMBIA – Following last week’s disruption at a Richland Two school board meeting that involved the superintendent and his wife, who some witnesses say cursed at a student, the district released a statement categorically disputing that the superintendent and his wife were in any way unruly toward a student, a parent, a candidate for the […]
Fairfield County to build spec building, tweak commerce center
February 3, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County plans to spend $500,000 toward the construction of a $5M spec building across from Bomag in the Fairfield Commerce Center off Peach Road. The county also plans to sell two undeveloped properties (circled in red on map) and ease design restrictions on those properties in the hope of making them more […]
