BLYTHEWOOD – The Blood Connection will be holding another mobile blood drive at town hall on Friday, Sept. 18 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Blood Connection provides blood to hospitals in Columbia. To schedule your donation, please go to the link: https://donate.thebloodconnection.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/152350 There is a critical need for blood donations, so stop by […]
Winnsboro woman arrested, charged with murder
September 15, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – Carrie Elizabeth James, 40, of Douglas 1 Rd. in the Winnsboro area of Fairfield County, has been arrested and charged with the murder of Melissa McClain, 43, of the same address. On Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020, shortly after noon, Fairfield County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the residence of Melissa McClain and Carrie […]
Suspicious death investigation
September 14, 2020 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office has released a report that it is currently conducting a suspicious death investigation after deputies were called to a residence on Douglas 1 Rd in the Winnsboro area of Fairfield County. On Sunday, September 13, 2020 shortly after noon, deputies found Melissa McClain, 43 of Douglas 1 […]
Fairfield seeks broadband expansion
September 10, 2020 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – With the announcement of $3.3 million in approved grant funding, Fairfield County is a step closer to its plan to extend broadband Internet service to rural residents. The funding approval announced Aug. 26 by the South Carolina Broadband Infrastructure Program will help local communications provider TruVista extend access to households in the […]
PC votes for council to rezone Red Gate
September 10, 2020 By
BLYTHEWOOD – As was expected, the Blythewood planning commission voted 5-0 Tuesday evening to recommend that Town Council rezone the Red Gate property and a smaller adjoining property from Planned Development (PD) zoning designation to Development (D-1) zoning. But the properties’ owners, who sat in the audience during the commission’s proceedings, say they are not […]
Big Grab weekend is here
September 10, 2020 By
BLYTHEWOOD/FAIRFIELD – The Big Grab is here. The annual curbside crawl of yard sales, known as The Big Grab, will happen this Friday, Sept. 11, from 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 12, from 7 a.m. – 3 p.m. It will encompass a 50-mile community network that includes Blythewood, Ridgeway and Winnsboro. The […]
Fairfield County to auction 66 properties
September 10, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – Sixty-six properties owned by Fairfield County will be auctioned online to the public from Sept. 11 through Sept. 24. The properties were acquired by the county through tax sales over the years, according to Terry Howe of Terry Howe Associates, Inc., who will be conducting the auction. Howe said the list includes vacant […]
Winnsboro man charged in fatal hit and run
September 9, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – The driver of the vehicle in a fatal hit and run collision that occurred Sept. 6 on 11th Street in Winnsboro has been located and is in the Fairfield County Detention Center. Timothy James Thompson, 35, of Winnsboro has been charged with ‘leaving the scene with death,’ according to Master Trooper Gary Miller […]
Coroner releases name of hit and run fatality
September 8, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County Coroner Chris Hill is releasing the name of the person who was fatally injured in a hit and run around 1 am Sunday morning. Bruce Antonio Gibbs, age 33, of Winnsboro was struck by an unknown vehicle on 11th Street in Winnsboro. Gibbs was pronounced deceased on the scene. This incident […]
County improves Alston Trailhead
September 3, 2020 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – The planning process is moving forward for park improvements around the Alston Trailhead of the Palmetto Trail that runs through western Fairfield County, and now there’s a visual: a recently created rendition lays out what the project will look like once it’s complete (see pages 4 and 5). The finished project holds […]
