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 […]
BHS teacher finalist for SC’s top teacher
March 14, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School English teacher Sue Weems got a big surprise Tuesday morning when State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman made an unexpected stop at the high school to announce that Weems has being named one of five finalists for the South Carolina Teacher of the Year award. Richland Two School Superintendent Barron […]
FCHS teacher finalist for SC’S Top Teacher
March 14, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield Central High School teacher Chanda Jefferson was surprised at her school today when State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman arrived unexpectedly in Jefferson’s room to announce that she has been selected as one of five finalists for the South Carolina Teacher of the Year award. Jefferson was then presented with a bouquet […]
Sheriff: Church burglaries on rise
March 14, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – A recent rash of burglaries in vehicles parked in church parking lots during worship services has prompted Fairfield County Sheriff Will Montgomery to issue an advisory encouraging citizens and church members to be vigilant for suspicious activity on church properties in the county. Someone burglarized a vehicle at a church in the Jenkinsville […]
SC board suspends BHS teacher
March 7, 2019 By
COLUMBIA – The South Carolina State Board of Education has suspended the teaching license of a Blythewood High School teacher after he was accused of being in a closed closet alone with a female student on several occasions. Kevin Smalls had been employed by Richland County School District Two since 2014 as an engineering and […]
Joint water authority board sets sail
March 7, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County is gathering all the trappings to lure big industry and with it, more jobs. It has interstate access, a megasite roughly equidistant between Columbia and Charlotte and a $2 million state grant targeting infrastructure for that site. Now the county and town have created a joint water authority – the Fairfield […]
Cooking fire destroys home
March 7, 2019 By
RIDGEWAY – A cooking fire that broke out in the kitchen of a mobile home a little after 3 p.m. on March 2 destroyed the home, located on Reese Lane in Ridgeway. The home was being rented by a couple and their four-month-old daughter. The mother told the fire service that she was cooking […]
Former BHS standout popular, promising at Syracruse
March 7, 2019 By
SYRACUSE, NY – If you’ve watched the Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team in pregame warmups this season, you might have caught yourself captivated by a slender 6-foot-9 player donning No. 20. While playing time has come few and far between in his freshman season, Robert Braswell draws intrigue from observers with the prospect of what […]
Blythewood Presbyterian Church breaks ground
March 7, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – After meeting at Blythewood High School for the last nine years, Blythewood Presbyterian Church Pastor Rhett Sanders and the church’s 240 members broke ground on property on Rimer Pond Road Sunday, where they hope to soon begin construction of a 7,600 square foot church. “We hope to be in the building by the […]
Update: Arrest made in Mekra Lang shooting
March 6, 2019 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY –Jazzmine K. Thompson, 21, of Ranch Rd., Columbia has been arrested for a shooting incident that occurred at Mekra Lang North America on Tuesday, Mar. 5. Thompson, a former temporary employee at Mekra Lang, was arrested Tuesday evening in Richland County and is being held at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center. Thompson will […]
