BLYTHEWOOD – During the June 23 regular council meeting, Blythewood town council voted 3-2 to pass a $3,760,905 FY 2025-26 budget, taking measures aimed at clipping unauthorized spending. To that end, council targeted several line items they said Mayor Sloan Griffin had overspent in last fiscal year’s 2024-25 budget without authorization. They also looked at […]
A Champion on the March
July 10, 2025 By
Fairfield County Boxer Breaks in with First Professional Fight on July 19 FAIRFIELD COUNTY – Emanuel March has led a life of activity in Fairfield County, whether working on his family’s farm in Blair or playing football and basketball at Fairfield Central High School. For the past two years he’s kept busy with amateur boxing […]
Juvenile survives three gunshots in Winnsboro
July 9, 2025 By
WINNSBORO – During a uniform patrol at 3 o’clock in the afternoon on Wednesday, July 2, a Winnsboro Department of Public Safety officer was radio dispatched to a shooting at the corner of N. Vanderhorst Street and Fairfield Street in Winnsboro. Upon arrival, the officer reported a 15-year-old male juvenile lying on the ground and […]
Town is not paying for Griffin’s free community cookout
July 3, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – After Mayor Sloan Griffin posted Tuesday morning in the Town’s online newsletter an open invitation to the community to “Join the Town of Blythewood for their Summer Community Cookout Party on Sunday, July 13, from 6-8 p.m.,” Councilman Donald Brock said council members and the town administrator knew nothing about the Town hosting […]
PC recommends site plan for Ridgeway subdivision
July 3, 2025 By
RIDGEWAY – Sixty-four homes are one step closer to coming to Ridgeway. On June 26, the Fairfield County Planning Commission unanimously approved the proposed Rockton Place subdivision to be built off South Coleman Highway in Ridgeway. No rezoning was required. The favorable recommendation now heads to Fairfield County Council for consideration. Joseph Toledo, community development […]
Fairfield’s Ad Hoc committee debates new animal ordinance draft
July 3, 2025 By
WINNSBORO – During its June 25 meeting, the Fairfield County Ad Hoc committee reviewed the first portion (sections 4-1 through 4-14) of the current Fairfield County Animal Ordinance 737. The session reflected both collaboration and contention among the committee members as they worked through definitions, breeder regulations, nuisance provisions, and care standards. “This is just […]
NRC renews VC Summer operating license
July 3, 2025 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has renewed for a second time the operating license of the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 1, for an additional 20 years. V.C. Summer Unit 1 is a pressurized-water reactor in Jenkinsville, South Carolina. Its license will now expire on Aug. 6, 2062. The NRC’s review of the […]
Referendum to change form of government in Blythewood set for July 29
June 26, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – A special election for the Town of Blythewood will be held on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, so that residents of the Town can vote as to whether or not they want the Town of Blythewood to change the form of its government from a mayor-council form to the council-manager form. Informational Meetings Two […]
Fairfield County Admin clarifies senior services funding
June 26, 2025 By
WINNSBORO – County Administrator Vic Carpenter addressed, during Monday night’s county council meeting, recent social media claims suggesting that the Council on Aging was being denied additional funding from the county due to an allocation of $250,000 made for repairs to the Animal Control facility in the FY 2025-26 budget. Those claims turned up on […]
Council divided on Lake Wateree algae funding
June 26, 2025 By
Measure Fails in Tie Vote WINNSBORO – At its regular fourth-Monday night meeting on June 23, County Council failed to address the growing public concerns over algae blooms in Lake Wateree despite a warning from John H. Rodgers, Jr., an Emeritus Professor in Environmental Toxicology at Clemson University in the Department of Forestry and Environmental […]
