BLYTHEWOOD/FAIRFIELD – Whether you’re buying or selling, it’s time to get ready for the annual 50-mile Big Grab community yard sale. If you have space for vendors to set up to sell their wares, contact the Fairfield Chamber of Commerce in Winnsboro (803-635-4242) or Liz Humphries at Blythewood Consignment in Blythewood (803-691-6808). The sale is […]
National Night Out
August 8, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – The fall sports teams – football, tennis, volleyball, and cheer – from Fairfield Central High School, Richard Winn Academy and baseball and softball teams from Midlands STEM Institute were introduced to the community on Tuesday in front of the clock during Spirit Fest. After the individual team introductions, they posed for a group […]
Revitalization of Zion Hill on the table
August 1, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – “If we don’t get something done here tonight,” Robert Davis told a crowd of Zion Hill and Fortune Springs Park area residents, “it’s our own fault. Officials from the town, county and the Central Midlands Council of Government (CMCOG) are here to help us.” Davis was speaking to residents who had been asked […]
Woman found dead along Hwy 200
August 1, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – The body of a woman who appeared to have been stabbed was discovered along Highway 200 at about 8:40 on the morning of Wednesday, July 24, according to the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Department. Thelma Alejandra Villegas Rios, 21, of Charlotte, was reportedly found face down in a ditch next to Highway 200 in […]
Kinsler family reunites at burial ground of enslaved ancestors
August 1, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – A line of cars with license plates from New York, Georgia and beyond slowly turned off Kinsler Road on the western edge of Blythewood 29016 and through an open farm gate into a 400-acre horse farm where rolling fields, manicured to the nines, glistened green in the bright afternoon sunshine as far as […]
Barn Express reopens Thursday, Aug. 1
July 31, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – Answering the prayers lifted up by many folks in Fairfield County the last two months, Jennifer Boone has re-opened the popular Barn Express. It opened Thursday morning at 10 a.m. It’s going to be the same, but different, the longtime co-owner of the restaurant told The Voice earlier in the week. “It will […]
DHEC finds radioactivity in Jenkinsville water
July 31, 2019 By
JENKINSVILLE – Contamination has been reported again in Jenkinsville water. In July, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, or (DHEC) issued a new notice of violation against the JWC, the fourth such violation in five years, and fifth since 2010, according to public records. The latest violations occurred at Well 15 on Clowney […]
Bravo Blythewood concerts lose $18K+
July 25, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Last December, town council awarded $17,360 in hospitality tax revenue to Bravo Blythewood to organize a four-night Spring concert series with the purpose of bringing visitors to the town. During Monday night’s town council meeting, Mayor J. Michael Ross presented Bravo Blythewood’s final report on the series. It revealed that the concerts not […]
School board OKs $2.3M bond
July 25, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County School District leaders are borrowing another $2.3 million. At its July 16 meeting, the district’s board of trustees voted to issue a one-year general obligation bond totaling $2.3 million to finance various school building projects. The vote was unanimous. At the July 16 meeting, Kevin Robinson, the district’s finance director, said […]
Man dies in apparent stabbing
July 24, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – A Fairfield County man has died of injuries from what Sheriff’s officials say appears to be a stab wound. Sheriff’s deputies were called to a home on Jewel Street off Highway 34 at 4:50 p.m., Tuesday, July 23. The caller said his brother was bleeding and did not know how it happened or […]
