BLYTHEWOOD – During its first budget workshop for the fiscal year 2019-20 last week, Mayor J. Michael Ross asked Town Administrator Brian Cook to confirm that the $39,000 listed under capital improvement expenditures is the year-to-date amount the Town has spent on legal and professional fees associated with the sale of the Doko Depot building […]
Eagles fall short in title game
May 15, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – Tuesday night the Richard Winn Academy Eagles varsity baseball team’s season ended with a loss to the Dorchester Academy Raiders, which earned the Raiders their third straight SCISA 1A state championship as they topped the Eagles 9-4. Richard Winn finishes the seasons with a 21-8 record for the year. The Eagles scored early, […]
Bengals look to bounce back from Game 2 loss
May 15, 2019 By
IRMO – From the first pitch, almost nothing went well for Blythewood Tuesday night at Dutch Fork. Bengals ace left-hander John Lanier hit a batter on the first pitch of the game, and then hit another batter, as the Silver Foxes uncorked a 4-run first inning in Game 2 of the 5A state championship series. […]
Switzer resigns chamber post
May 9, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – In what it called a leadership transition, the board of directors of the Greater Blythewood Chamber of Commerce announced Friday that executive director Mike Switzer has resigned his post with the Chamber. Switzer has served as the Chamber’s executive director since 2014. During his tenure he has expanded the Chamber’s membership and programming, […]
Council finalizing $45.2M budget
May 9, 2019 By
Some Council Members Want $35K Discretionary Fund WINNSBORO – Employee pay, infrastructure and vehicle replacement are some of the more costly initiatives in Fairfield County’s proposed $45.2 million budget. But it is the comparatively smaller line items that are generating debate. Both Councilmen Moses Bell and Mikel Trapp support allocating $35,000 for discretionary funds. Each […]
Altered bond doc slips past R2 board
May 9, 2019 By
COLUMBIA – When the Richland Two school board trustees’ former secretary declined to sign documents asserting that Board Chairwoman Amelia McKie is legally allowed to serve on the board, two trustees say the board was not notified the documents were modified to include phrasing dismissive of McKie’s ethics controversy. “I was not aware of the […]
Jefferson named SC Teacher of the Year
May 9, 2019 By
COLUMBIA – Chanda Jefferson of Fairfield Central High School was named the 2020 South Carolina Teacher of the Year last night in Columbia. Jefferson received a total of $25,000, use of a BMW for a year and will serve a one-year residency at the Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement. Jefferson teaches biology at […]
Geiger teacher’s summer reading initiative sparks community effort
May 9, 2019 By
RIDGEWAY – What started as a request to friends on Facebook by Geiger Elementary School Child Development teacher Nicole Collins Hunter quickly turned into a community effort. Hunter knew that most of her students would not have access to books over the summer and worried about them battling the ‘summer slide,’ so on March 26, […]
Eagles on the hunt for state title
May 8, 2019 By
WINNSBORO/EHRHARDT – Monday night’s matchup against Andrew Jackson Academy was one for the storybooks. Trailing the Confederates for almost the entire game, it looked to be a bleak ending for the Eagles in game one of the three-game SCISA 1A Semifinal series. In true hero fashion, sophomore Zack Taylor drove in the winning run with […]
Bengals punch ticket to State
May 8, 2019 By
Blythewood claims Upper State Championship with 3-0 shutout of J.L. Mann BLYTHEWOOD – Two freshman pitchers and two big hits from Michael Gregory and Landon Lucas were just what Blythewood needed Wednesday night. Davis Wright and Kevin Steelman combined for seven innings of shutout ball, Gregory tripled in a run in the third and Lucas […]
