WINNSBORO – A proposed capital projects sales tax to help finance a new wastewater treatment plant is expected to generate roughly $11.5 million over the next eight years, according to Fairfield County estimates. Particulars of how those funds should be allocated and administered rests with a newly created capital projects sales tax commission, which held […]
The season that never happened
April 23, 2020 By
Blythewood Council Honors Teams and Senior Athletes Life has changed. It’s different. The impact of the novel coronavirus has been felt across the world, the nation, the state and right here in Blythewood. And while our normal routines have dwindled into the distance, we are confident that our lives will return to what they were. […]
Blythewood drive-in movie set for Saturday
April 23, 2020 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The community is invited to get out of the house for a while and take the kids to a drive-in movie Saturday night at the town’s rodeo grounds located at 311 Blythewood Road across from the Food Lion shopping center. The movie, “Despicable Me,” will begin about 8:30 p.m. or as soon as […]
Painting over it ain’t no use
April 23, 2020 By
BLYTHEWOOD – After fans of the late country singer Joe Diffie paid tribute to him two weekends ago by painting ‘Billy Bob Loves Charlene” – lyrics from his song John Deere Greene – on the Blythewood water tower, the question has hung in the air, right up there alongside the tower: Who will paint over […]
Free COVID-19 testing in Fairfield
April 22, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – After four days with no increase in the number of coronavirus cases reported in both Fairfield County and Blythewood 29016 ZIP code, on Tuesday, April 21, DHEC reported those numbers rose again from 25 to 26 in Fairfield and from 35 to 38 in Blythewood 29016 ZIP code by Wednesday. The rate of […]
Murder suspects arrested
April 22, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – Two men have been arrested in connection with a murder and an attempted murder that occurred last weekend in Winnsboro. Rondell Trapp, 35, was arrested early Tuesday morning in Richland County by the Richland County Sheriff’s Department. Neil Smith, Jr, 26, was arrested early Wednesday morning in Lexington County by Fairfield County Sheriff’s […]
DHEC opens drive-thru testing site in Fairfield
April 16, 2020 By
African Americans disproportionally suffering from COVID-19 COLUMBIA – Officials in the White House, including President Donald Trump, made it clear last week that numbers indicate that African Americans are disproportionally suffering from the coronavirus across the country. In South Carolina, data released Monday by the S. C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) show […]
QuikTrip, Starbucks coming to BW
April 16, 2020 By
Mayor: BW is continuing to attract businesses our residents ask for BLYTHEWOOD – While COVID-19 grinds the economy to a halt in Blythewood as it has across the country in recent weeks, the town is also experiencing a commercial building boom that belies the devastating circumstances of the current pandemic. With a Zaxby’s already approved […]
Country singer honored on town’s water tower
April 16, 2020 By
Mayor: This may be a good time to repaint the tower with the town’s new logo BLYTHEWOOD – In an apparent tribute to country singer/songwriter Joe Diffie, who died March 29 at age 61 from complications of COVID-19, some of his devoted Blythewood fans emblazoned the town’s water tower over the weekend with the words, […]
Gaps evident in meeting recording
April 16, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County School District leadership says it has ample reserves to help offset an expected $2.7 million shortfall in next year’s budget. However, it’s difficult, if not impossible, for members of the public to fully understand where things stand financially because of gaps in the recording of budget discussions. There were two distinct […]
