WINNSBORO – Sarah Boulware turned 102 last week with a drive-thru birthday party at her daughter Betsy Weatherby’s home in Winnsboro. Led by a Winnsboro Public Safety Department patrol car blaring the Happy Birthday song, a caravan of friends, family and members of her church, First United Methodist Church, drove past shouting and waving their […]
Griffins’ Coach Craig dies suddenly
August 5, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – “We worked together for 19 years,” former Griffin head football coach Reggie Kennedy said of his longtime assistant coach and friend Kelly Craig. “On the field it was business. I was his boss and he worked for me. Off the field, we were like brothers. And sometimes I was like his daddy.” Kennedy […]
COVID-19 numbers by zip code
August 3, 2020 By
SCDHEC’s latest update for coronavirus case numbers in the following Blythewood and Fairfield County zip codes. BLYTHEWOOD – 304 reported cases FAIRFIELD COUNTY – 533 reported cases, 23 deaths Fairfield ranks sixth highest county in the state for COVID-19 cases at 2,385.11 per 100,000 residents Because DHEC does not report specific case numbers for several […]
Sheriff seeks suspects in Blair murder
August 3, 2020 By
BLAIR – The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a murder that occurred in the Blair area of Fairfield County during the early morning hours of Sunday, Aug. 2. Andrew Trapp, 34, has been identified as the murder victim in a shooting incident. Two other unidentified persons were injured. Deputies responded to a shooting incident […]
Shootout at Cuz’s Corner
July 30, 2020 By
(An earlier report in The Voice erroneously named Alexander Rhoring as a suspect who was arrested and charged with Assault and Battery with Intent to Kill. That information is not correct and The Voice regrets that error.) WINNSBORO – Winnsboro Public Safety officers were called to Cuz’s Corner service station on S. Congress Street on […]
White Oak Conference Center for sale
July 30, 2020 By
WHITE OAK – The sprawling White Oak Conference Center is on the block after closing its doors Tuesday. “In anticipation of selling it, we will keep a skeleton crew on site to be sure the grounds and facilities stay in good shape,” Chief Administrative Officer Scott Lee said last week. “We have three interested parties […]
Council denies Chamber’s $ request
July 30, 2020 By
BLYTHEWOOD – It was announced at the July breakfast meeting of the Blythewood Chamber of Commerce that the Chamber would be moving forward in its current location and that it would be joined after Aug. 1, by both Bravo Blythewood and the Blythewood Artists Guild, and that the Chamber would be once again taking charge […]
Charges expunged for accused pig abuser
July 30, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – Another high-profile animal cruelty case in Fairfield County has resulted in either a reduced sentence or outright dismissal. The public will never know which, since it was shut out of the judicial process of the case entirely. Randy Newman, solicitor for the sixth judicial circuit case, declined to comment. “This matter is no […]
Fall sports to open practices 8/17
July 30, 2020 By
COLUMBIA – Fall sports in South Carolina are still on track to begin formal practice Aug. 17, even after the South Carolina High School League heard an appeal of its July 15 decision on the matter from the Lexington 1 School District July 22. On that day, the High School League’s appellate panel heard Lexington […]
BAR approves COA for The Park complex
July 23, 2020 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Board of Architectural Review spent much of Monday evening’s meeting negotiating with a representative of the Prestwick Company on lighting, landscaping, fencing, business connectivity and more associated with the apartment complex proposed next to the IGA. After much discussion and several adjustments to the planned facility, the board voted 4-0 to approve […]
