WINNSBORO – Winnsboro water customers should soon have fewer headaches over their water bills. Their meter readers will soon be replaced with smart meters and consistent billing. The town is installing the smart meters in two phases. The first phase is being installed for Blythewood’s 1,600 customers beginning later this month. Phase two will bring […]
Pig on the Ridge set for Nov. 5 & 6
October 7, 2021 By
RIDGEWAY – Longtime members of the Pig on the Ridge Steering Committee – Rufus Jones, Donald Prioleau, Henry Dixon and Gloria Keeffe (who replaced founding member Tom Conner last year), will be turning over the reins of the 22-year old Pig on the Ridge festival to younger blood – Mack Miles, Tony Jones, Deb Truesdale […]
God is Still Working
October 7, 2021 By
The Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church Women’s Ministry mentoring program, Women in Christ Daughters for Life, celebrated its first anniversary on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. The theme for the event was “God is Still Working”. Pictured are the leaders of the mentoring program, from left to right Pastor James Wilson; First Lady Levane Wilson, Minister Lorraine […]
Candidates for Town Council
September 30, 2021 By
Sloan Griffin, 35Cobblestone Park, 4 years; South Carolina DOT, Emergency Manager Hello, my name is Sloan J. Griffin III, and I’m seeking your support for Re-Election to Blythewood Town Council. My family, consisting of my wife Tennille, my son Tristin, and my Pomeranian Rosco and I, are residents of Cobblestone and we attend church at […]
Winnsboro admin aims to clean up the downtown
September 30, 2021 By
WINNSBORO – You might have seen them popping up around town: code enforcement signs on derelict buildings, some of which are dramatic eyesores and some of which have simply fallen into a slow state of decline. The message to owners, says Town Administrator Jason Taylor: It’s time to clean up your property. “It’s not unique […]
Gabby Waden leads the way
September 30, 2021 By
STARKVILLE – It’s hard enough to head off to college a semester early as a 17-year-old. Now imagine being a 17-year-old expected to be a top-level athlete in the Southeastern Conference. And oh, by the way, you’re recovering from a torn ACL to boot. That’s the situation Mississippi State volleyball’s Gabby Waden found herself in […]
Attorney calls for Country Chronicle, Franklin to cease and desist
September 26, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – An attorney representing Town Councilman Donald Brock has demanded that Country Chronicle editor Tonya F. Page and Blythewood Mayor Bryan Franklin “immediately cease and desist from speaking, writing or otherwise publishing all false, injurious and otherwise damaging statements about Mr. Brock.” In documents obtained by The Voice, the attorney, Kevin Hall, with Womble […]
Fairfield County grants garner almost $800K
September 23, 2021 By
WINNSBORO – Last December, former County Administrator Jason Taylor hired Shelley Fentress to write grants for the county in hopes that she could bring in revenue for things the county needs. That hire is paying off. It was announced during Monday night’s county council meeting that the county’s grants department has been awarded two CARES […]
After 27 years, he’s an Eagle Scout
September 23, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – It is not often you hear about a wrong being righted after 27 years. But on Friday, Sept. 17, that’s exactly what happened. Kelly Powell was awarded his Eagle Scout badge that was denied to him in 1994. The story begins sometime in 1988 when Powell was a young Boy Scout working hard […]
Blythewood Town Council mandates masks
September 23, 2021 By
BLYTHEWOOD – During a special called meeting last week, council voted 4 – 1 to approve an emergency mask ordinance that is, according to Town Administrator Carroll Williamson, largely like the one recently passed by Richland County and similar to the one the Town enacted last year. Councilman Eddie Baughman voted against the ordinance. One […]
