WINNSBORO – Before going into executive session Monday evening to discuss a contractual matter concerning a Memorandum of Understanding and proposed deed agreement between the County and the Town of Winnsboro aimed at renovating Mt. Zion for use as County office space, County Administrator Jason Taylor laid out the sticking point. To go forward with […]
Burgular pre-sells heist items
January 11, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – When Christopher Steven Ransom, 32, returned to his Fairfield Hill Road home in Winnsboro on Dec. 1, 2017 after having been incarcerated at the Fairfield Detention Center (FCDC) since Aug. 17, he reported to Fairfield County Sheriff’s deputies that the front door of his home had been kicked in and his home and […]
Woman jailed for attempted murder
January 11, 2018 By
JENKINSVILLE – A Jenkinsville woman was arrested on Dec. 28, 2017, by Fairfield County Sheriff’s Deputies and charged with attempted murder. Tiffany Nakia Metz, 38, is accused of shooting Calvin Workman, 58, in the stomach at about 5:30 a.m. the previous day at the intersection of Highway 215 South and Profit Lane. After at least […]
U Pick ‘Em Winner
January 11, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Scottie Opolyn, owner of Scottie’s Cafe and Grill, presents $300 to Dawn Paulus of Winnsboro, the lucky winner of The Voice’s annual College Bowl U Pick ‘Em contest. While several readers picked 11 bowl winners, Paulus and Hailey Gardner of Blythewood correctly picked 12 of the 16 college bowl winners. Paulus won the […]
SCE&G to test emergency sirens at V.C. Summer
January 8, 2018 By
JENKINSVILLE – At approximately 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 9, SCE&G will sound the 109 sirens located within a 10-mile radius of V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in Fairfield County near Jenkinsville. All sirens surrounding the plant are usually sounded on the first Tuesday of each quarter for one minute as part of the plant’s regular […]
Friends of the Earth statement on Dominion takeover of SCANA
January 4, 2018 By
A Bad Deal for Clean Energy in South Carolina and for SCE&G Ratepayers, who get Stuck Paying for the V.C. Summer Nuclear Reactor Debacle for 20 Years COLUMBIA, S.C. – On January 3, 2018, Dominion Energy and SCANA announced that Dominion has instigated a takeover of SCANA, a South Carolina-based utility. SCANA has been vulnerable to […]
SCE&G says it will pull license; Dominion Energy announces takeover of SCANA
January 4, 2018 By
CAYCE, S.C. – Barely two weeks after Fairfield County Council took South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G) to court to request an injunction to prevent SCE&G from relinquishing its nuclear license for VC Summer Units 2 and 3, and before a judge could rule on the request, SCE&G filed a formal request with the […]
Cotton Yard price now $73K+
January 4, 2018 By
RIDGEWAY – Following executive session at the Dec. 14, 2017, Town Council meeting, Ridgeway Council voted 3-1 to purchase the Cotton Yard property from Norfolk Southern Railroad for the contracted price of $73,000. However, that price does not include surveying, attorneys’ fees and other fees that could bring the total cost of the property closer […]
Fairfield sees increase in fire fatalities
January 4, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – With five fire fatalities this year in Fairfield County, and two of those during the Christmas holidays, interim Fire Director Gregory Gerber said the number is above normal. A man died in a fire in Blair on Dec. 16, and the body of Sharon Sapp, 55, was found by firefighters in her residence […]
Winners of The Voice’s ‘Photo with Santa’ Facebook Contest
January 4, 2018 By
The Voice sponsored a “Photo with Santa” Facebook contest in December, sponsored by Petal Pushers Uptown, Blythewood Consignment and Sweet Pea’s Ice Cream Parlor. See all entries on Facebook by clicking the link above.
