BLYTHEWOOD – Rimer Pond Road and LongCreek Plantation area residents sat stunned for several seconds Tuesday evening after Richland County Council voted quickly and unanimously, 10-0, to deny a commercial zoning request the residents have fought for the last four years. The residents had anticipated this would be their most difficult fight. Their own council […]
County OKs increased pay for EMS
March 1, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – After asking his fellow councilmen to defer a vote on salary increases for the County’s Emergency Services employees last month, Councilman Neil Robinson was quick to reverse course when the item came up on Monday night’s Council agenda. As Emergency Services Director Mike Tanner began a repeat of his appeal last month for […]
Town breaks ground for Broad River Project
March 1, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – HPG engineer Ken Parnell, Danny Stuck with DS Utilities, Blythewood Mayor J. Michael Ross, Ridgeway Mayor Charlene Herring, Winnsboro Town Councilmen Clyde Sanders, Jackie Wilkes (former), John McMeekin, Town Manager Don Wood, Winnsboro Mayor Roger Gaddy, attorney John Fantry, Fairfield County Councilwoman Bertha Goins and Fairfield County Administrator Jason Taylor broke ground for […]
Enter The Voice’s March Madness Contest
March 1, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Voice will be presenting two $100 bills to the winner of The Voice’s March Madness Basketball Tournament Contest that begins next week. The empty brackets for the Men’s NCAA Championship Tournament will be featured on the back page of the March 8, 2018 issue of The Voice. Fill in the brackets on […]
FMH asking Council for almost $4 million tonight
February 26, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – Tonight, the Fairfield Memorial Hospital (FMH) CEO is expected to appear before Fairfield County Council to request almost $4 million to cover the hospital’s operating expenses through Dec. 31, 2018, sources have told The Voice. That request includes a little more than $2.7 million for operating expenses for the hospital and another $1+ million, which is the amount […]
FMS student arrested for threats to school
February 22, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office has charged a juvenile student at Fairfield Middle School for making threats to the school. The juvenile has been transported to the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ). This is an ongoing investigation and more details will be available later. Sheriff Montgomery: “We have a great working […]
Providence, County break ground for ER
February 22, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – Ground was broken Feb. 15 for the new Providence Health-Fairfield Emergency Room that will be located on the corner across from BI-Lo Shopping Center at 1810 US Highway 321 Bypass in Winnsboro. Approximately 100 county, town, health care and community officials attended the ceremony and gathered to watch the first dig marking the […]
Tanner: County at risk as more EMS employees exit
February 22, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County was facing a critical personnel shortage in its emergency services department a year and a half ago, with paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMT’s) chasing better pay in neighboring counties. But a salary increase passed by Fairfield County Council in November, 2016 stopped the bleeding – that is, until Richland County […]
Sheriff seeks ID from burglary
February 22, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office and Crime Stoppers need your help identifying an unknown black male suspect who burglarized a residence in Fairfield County. On Jan. 2, 2018, the suspect entered the residence located at 140 Sixth Street in Winnsboro. The suspect entered the residence by breaking out a back bedroom window with […]
Sheriff seeks information on arson
February 22, 2018 By
WINNSBORO -The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office and Crime Stoppers need your help identifying the suspect(s) who set fire to a residence in Fairfield County. On November 14, 2017, the residence at 4623 Reservoir Road was set on fire between 5 a.m. and 3 p.m. with minimal damage to the exterior. On December 2, 2017, the […]
