BREAKING – The Voice has confirmed with the Department of Health and Economic Control (DHEC) just after 12 Noon that a Fairfield County resident has been verified by DHEC to be the county’s first case of the coronavirus. It was also confirmed that this case does not change the number of cases in the state, […]
Fairfield officials say ER sale was flawed; call for review by DHEC
March 16, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – Following Prisma Health’s surprise announcement last week that it had signed a deal to acquire Providence Health – Fairfield Emergency Room (ER) along with three other hospitals, Fairfield County officials have requested the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), which signed off on the deal, to pump the brakes on the […]
Attorney disputes JWC lawsuit against councilwoman
March 12, 2020 By
JENKINSVILLE – Fairfield councilwoman Bertha Goins plans to fight a defamation lawsuit filed by the Jenkinsville Water Company, an organization whose water quality she’s criticized in the past, her attorney said Tuesday. “I don’t think there’s a direct statement that would rise to the level of necessitating a lawsuit by a public entity against a […]
Two dogs executed, left in RW cemetery
March 12, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – Two young adult pit bull dogs, a male and a female, were discovered dead – each shot in the back of the head – and left in the Antioch Cemetery on Antioch Cemetery Rd. in Ridgeway. The discovery was made on Friday, Feb. 28, when a man and his dog stopped by the […]
Fairfield County asks Prisma to slow ER purchase
March 12, 2020 By
Council spends $1M annually on ER, but was not aware it was being sold WINNSBORO – In a strongly worded statement issued Tuesday morning, Fairfield County Council called on Prisma Health to “provide more information to the public, and to us,” regarding the impending acquisition of Providence Health-Fairfield Emergency Room in Winnsboro. In the statement, […]
Wolfe house to be restored
March 12, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – For years it’s been an eyesore in downtown Winnsboro – a prominent antebellum mansion in disrepair after decades of neglect. But last week a historic preservation group, Preservation South Carolina, finalized the purchase of the nearly 200-year-old house and will soon begin work to restore it to its glory days, according to the […]
Abduction story turns out to be fake
March 12, 2020 By
UPDATE – After a 14-year-old Northeast Columbia girl told sheriff’s deputies last month that a masked man tried to abduct her, the Richland County Sheriff’s Department released a statement Wednesday that the girl had made up the story. A sheriff’s spokesperson said the teen had actually met another person outside her home on the evening […]
Barclay School closes
March 5, 2020 By
RIDGEWAY – The small special needs school in Ridgeway that was struggling under the weight of financial challenges closed its doors last week, after more than a decade in operation. In a hastily planned graduation, four students were recognized to receive their diplomas – and the remaining 12, who were not set to graduate this […]
Man charged with starving Fairfield dog
March 5, 2020 By
Rochester, N.H. – Police in Rochester, New Hampshire have arrested a man for allegedly starving his dog to death last fall. That dog, Mandy, a 2-year-old Pit Bull was a Fairfield dog that had been brought to the Fairfield County Animal Shelter last year and adopted to a rescue organization, according to County Animal Control […]
Gas power plant welcome in Fairfield
March 5, 2020 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – The new natural gas-fired power plant proposed for Fairfield County would be a welcome investment, said County Administrator Jason Taylor. “We would love to see them build a gas-fired power plant in Fairfield County,” he said. “We will negotiate an incentive package and those kinds of things to encourage them to go […]
