BLYTHEWOOD – In addition to $15,000 that Blythewood Town Council appropriated earlier this year to Bravo Blythewood for a spring concert series, it voted unanimously last week to approve an additional $2,360 from Hospitality Taxes (H-Tax). Four concerts will be held April 27, May 3, May 10 and May 17, 2019 at the Palmetto Citizens […]
Fairfield County Man arrested on child pornography charges
December 20, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – A Winnsboro man has been charged with 10 counts connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor. John Thamer Luffman, 31, was arrested on Dec. 19. He is accused of distributing and possessing files of child pornography and charged with four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, second degree (§16-15-405), a felony […]
Providence Health-Fairfield ER opens
December 20, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – As the baton passed from Fairfield Memorial Hospital (FMH) to Providence Health-Fairfield Emergency Room on Tuesday, citizens in Fairfield County were not without health care service for a minute. As FMH officially closed its doors forever, the county’s new ER opened its doors the same day to a new world of state-of-the-art emergency […]
Blythewood man killed on I-26
December 20, 2018 By
LEXINGTON – A Blythewood man died in a motor vehicle crash on I-26 Eastbound near exit 104 on Wednesday about 9:45 p.m., Dec. 12. Thaire Mkijana, 20, was traveling in the center lane when his vehicle became disabled and was struck from behind by another vehicle, according the Lexington County Cororner’s office. Mkijana was transported […]
R2 Schools locked down as precaution
December 20, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – An incident that involved shots fired impacted several Richland Two schools in Blythewood on Monday after deputies began looking for a suspect in the Highlands neighborhood in Northeast Columbia. The shooting incident, which happened in the 4800 block of Hardscrabble Road, caused increased patrols in the area around Hardscrabble and prompted the Richland […]
Richland 2 board members fail Ethics 101
December 20, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Most sitting members of the Richland 2 Board of Education have major gaps in their state-mandated ethics filings, a review of public records shows. Three board members failed to file Statements of Economic Interest forms for at least one calendar year. Two of those three board members also haven’t filed quarterly campaign disclosure […]
China-based mattress manufacturer coming to former Mack Truck plant
December 13, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – China-based Healthcare Co., Ltd., announced Monday that it plans to establish new operation, Healthcare US Co., Ltd., in Fairfield County. The company’s $45 million investment is projected to create 250 new jobs in the county. Healthcare US Co., Ltd. is expected to launch its new, 650,000-square-foot, Fairfield County facility in the first quarter […]
Neighbors nab thief in their own front yard
December 13, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – In the Plantation Parkway neighborhood of Blythewood, neighbors worked together earlier this month to catch a 17-year-old who was charged with burglary. Around 9:30 p.m. Sunday night, Dec. 2, a Plantation Parkway resident went outside to turn off his Christmas lights when he noticed a man walking down the sidewalk in the neighborhood […]
Richland 2 chair owes $41,000 in ethics fines
December 13, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Amelia McKie, chair of the Richland 2 Board of Education, owes at least $41,000 in fines to the S.C. Ethics Commission, according to agency documents obtained by The Voice. McKie has until Dec. 31 to pay the first $20,000. The remaining $21,000 is due June 30, 2019, documents state. The fines are spelled […]
Council says goodbye to Smith
December 13, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – Billy Smith is going out like Ted Williams. Since his election four years ago, the departing Fairfield County Council chairman has set a new standard for Fairfield County government from bringing parliamentary procedures to meetings to getting things done. Smith, his council and administration have challenged a major utility over a failed nuclear […]
