COLUMBIA – During a Richland County Council public hearing on a request for commercial zoning on Rimer Pond Road Tuesday night, a parliamentary faux pas and a bizarre motion from the Rimer Pond Road area’s own council representative resulted in a confusing deferral to Council’s Feb. 27 meeting. After an hour into the meeting that […]
Citizens sue to stop SCE&G dividend payouts
December 21, 2017 By
WINNSBORO – Eleven Fairfield County residents in a lawsuit filed against SCANA/SCE&G in August, have filed a motion in the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court to have a state judge order a freeze of SCANA/SCE&G’s next dividend payment which is scheduled for Jan. 1. “If a judge doesn’t freeze SCANA’s assets, it will pay out $87.3 […]
Arrest made in hit and run
December 21, 2017 By
WINNSBORO – A Columbia man charged in a fatal Fairfield County hit-and-run appeared in bond court on Friday morning. Brian Jenkins, 41, was released on a $50,000 bond after he was charged with a hit-and-run resulting in death. Troopers with the South Carolina Highway Patrol said Jenkins was the driver of a white, four-door Nissan […]
County to see SCE&G in court Friday
December 14, 2017 By
WINNSBORO – A lawsuit filed on Nov. 29 by the attorneys for Fairfield County for a temporary injunction against SCE&G/SCANA is scheduled to be heard in Common Pleas Court in Winnsboro on Friday. The suit calls for the immediate issuance of a temporary injunction based on SCE&G/SCANA’s failure to comply with the terms of the […]
Rimer Pond vs. Palmer Tuesday night
December 14, 2017 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The zoning fate of the Rimer Pond Road area will once again be in the hands of Richland County Council as members cast their votes Tuesday night on whether the road will become commercial or remain rural. The hearing was scheduled for October, but land owner Hugh Palmer who is requesting the rezoning, […]
Winnsboro man jailed for attempted murder
December 14, 2017 By
WINNSBORO – The Fairfield County Sheriff’s office charged James Ruben Woodard, 29, with attempted murder after witnesses say he shot at a man who Woodard and another unidentified man had been arguing with. The incident occurred about 2 a.m., Nov. 25. The victim reported that he had accused the unidentified man of stealing vehicles and […]
Updated: Pedestrian Hit and Run Fatality
December 12, 2017 By
WINNSBORO – The Fairfield County Coroner’s Office, along with the South Carolina Highway Patrol, are investigating a pedestrian fatality, which occurred on Hwy. 34, in Fairfield County at approximately 7 a.m., Dec. 12. Coroner Chris Hill states that Lamont Andre Jackson, age 40, of 410 Palmer Street in Winnsboro died from injuries received when he […]
FMH funds dwindling
December 7, 2017 By
WINNSBORO – Even as Fairfield Memorial Hospital sheds departments and services in the hope of remaining afloat, the Board of Trustees continued to grapple with the reality of its cash shortages during the Nov. 27 Finance and Audit Committee meeting. “The overriding theme here is that while we made some hard decisions the last meeting, […]
Winnsboro man charged with child pornography
December 7, 2017 By
COLUMBIA – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Raymonte Terrial Pearson (age 19) of Winnsboro, S.C., on ten charges connected to the exploitation of a minor. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Attorney General’s Office made the arrest. Investigators with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Fairfield County […]
