BLYTHEWOOD – Rezoning requests for three large-acre Blythewood 29016 properties will come before the Richland County Council for a public hearing on Tuesday, March 25. The first of three required votes on the rezoning will be taken at that meeting. Of the three required meetings, this March 25 meeting is the only one where the […]
Cooks indicted for public corruption
March 20, 2025 By
Judge Issues Permanent Injunction Against Griffin in BW Council Lawsuit BLYTHEWOOD – A woman who was hired by Blythewood Mayor Sloan Griffin last Nov. 7 as the Town’s Deputy Administrator, has been indicted for allegations of public corruption. After being hired by Griffin, Tiffany Cooks resigned before ever reporting for work after The Voice published […]
Ad hoc committee applicants not required to submit qualifications
March 20, 2025 By
Goldbach: I Don’t Know If Any Represent Animal Welfare Organizations WINNSBORO – The seven members of the newly formed animal control advisory ad hoc committee were not required to submit applications or their qualifications for the positions before being appointed by county council. No information was made available that would testify as to how or […]
FCTC barbering teacher opens door for state-wide student licensing program
March 20, 2025 By
Fairfield County and South Carolina students can now earn barbering licenses while still in high school. This opportunity opens many doors for students, giving them a head start on their careers and allowing them to begin their professional journey early. WINNSBORO – Fairfield Career and Technology Center’s longtime barbering instructor, Marwin McKnight, not only started […]
Winnsboro vet clinic to cut the ribbon March 28
March 20, 2025 By
WINNSBORO – Affordable vet services for pets in Fairfield County will be available soon – as soon, in fact, as the ribbon is cut on the town’s newly refurbished vet clinic on Friday, March 28. It’s long been the dream of former Director of the Fairfield Animal Shelter, Bob Innes – now associated with PETSInc. […]
Blythewood claims program’s first state title
March 13, 2025 By
FLORENCE – Around this time three years ago, the Blythewood girls basketball team finished the season 0-19. On Friday night at the Florence Center, the Bengals won the 5A Division I state championship with a 62-56 victory over lower-state champion Summerville. “Their hard work has definitely paid off,” second-year head coach Emily McElveen-Schaeffer said. “That […]
Review of budget allocation reveals $18K Christmas party, new line item
March 13, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – During a special called budget workshop meeting on March 5, council first reviewed the fiscal year 2024-25 budget, then heard from department heads regarding what their budget needs are looking like for the coming year. As that wrapped up, Councilman Donald Brock asked about items on a separate, loose spreadsheet that included budgeted […]
Ruff, Pauley block Goldbach’s amendment to bylaws
March 13, 2025 By
WINNSBORO – After Fairfield County Council Chairman Clarence Gilbert refused after three weeks to appoint council’s only female member, Peggy Swearingen (Dist. 3), to any one of five council standing committees, Councilman Don Goldbach offered an amendment to the bylaws at Monday night’s county council meeting that would guarantee that all members of the council […]
Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office seeks information, suspect in armed robbery of Monticello EZ Mart
March 13, 2025 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – At approximately 8:50 p.m. on Sunday, March 9, Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a robbery at 3888 State Highway 215 South in Jenkinsville, a rural gas station known as Monticello EZ Mart, nicknamed “the tackle-box.” According to a news release from the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office, the suspect wearing all […]
Three arrested in abandonment of puppies
March 13, 2025 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – Three people have been arrested for the death of two puppies who were left with another surviving puppy in a locked crate with no food and water. Jeremy Allen Cook, 35, and Anne Marie Whitaker, 32, both of Winnsboro, and Jessica Ann Broom, 19. of Ridgeway have been charged with Ill Treatment […]
