Bender: “Public officials have to expect feedback from constituents.” COLUMBIA – Another spat involving a Richland Two board member and law enforcement is further fueling criticisms of elected officials already marred by mounting ethical and legal issues. Columbia area resident Gus Philpott is identified as the subject in a harassment complaint he says Richland Two […]
Crickentree residents to plead case before PC
March 28, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – A request to rezone the former Golf Course of South Carolina property from Traditional Residential Open Space (TROS/RURAL) to Medium Density (RS-MD) is set to be heard by the Richland County Planning Commission on Monday, April 1, at 3 p.m. The property is owned by Texas investment firm E-Capital which purchased the mortgage […]
Update: Winnsboro man kills self after SLED arrives
March 27, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – As the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Department assisted the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) with serving fraud warrants on a Fairfield County man, deputies say the man put a gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger. John Wayne McCord, 64, who lived near the intersection of Highway 321 and Broom Mill Road […]
Coleman pleads; gets 20 years in prison for fire deaths of her children, husband
March 21, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – Sharon Coleman, 35, was sentenced to 20 years in prison Monday after pleading guilty in the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court in Winnsboro, to three counts of involuntary manslaughter and two counts of unlawful neglect of a child in the deaths of her two children and her husband last year. Circuit Judge R. Keith […]
Chamber finances still in question
March 21, 2019 By
Parler: There Was No Audit, Just a Review of Financial Statements BLYTHEWOOD – Former Blythewood Town Councilman Tom Utroska picked a scab at the Council retreat on Saturday when he suggested Council has never resolved its questionable financial relationship with the Greater Blythewood Chamber of Commerce. “I continue to harp on the Town’s fiduciary responsibility […]
McNulty’s Taproom hosts Wade Hayes, animal shelter fundraiser on Friday
March 21, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – When American country music artist Wade Hayes comes to McNulty’s Taproom in Blythewood Friday night, he’ll be making two appearances. One, his big show, will open at 10 p.m. inside the restaurant. The other will be from 7 – 8 p.m. out front in the WCOS tent, where Hayes will be partnering with […]
Authority maps megasite infrastructure
March 21, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – Now that the initial paperwork is mostly finished, Fairfield County’s water and sewer plan is flowing closer to completion. At the second meeting of the Fairfield Joint Water and Sewer Authority on Monday, the group received detailed reports covering everything from environmental impacts, roads to laying water and sewer pipes. “They’re not in […]
Kelly Mill student arrested after bringing gun to school
March 19, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – A 14-year-old student with a gun was arrested at Kelly Mill Middle School today, a sheriff’s spokesman said. Another student reported the gun to an administrator who notified the school’s resource officer, according to sheriff’s reports. After the officer approached the unnamed student and asked him to lift is jacket, an unloaded 9mm […]
Council retreat open to public
March 14, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The community is invited to the Town Council’s planning retreat on Saturday, March 16, from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., at Doko Manor. “We always invite the community to all of our meetings, but I especially like them to come to our annual spring retreat. That’s when we plan for the next year, […]
Ridgeway Girl Scout donates cookies to homeless
March 14, 2019 By
RIDGEWAY – If a Ridgeway Girl Scout named Haley Autry, 9, knocks on your front door selling Girl Scout cookies, you might want to order a couple of extra boxes. She has plans for them – great plans. A fourth grader at Richard Winn Academy, Haley was busy selling cookies door to door recently when […]
