WHS Principal Wins on Jeopardy! BLYTHEWOOD (Jan. 19, 2017) – Westwood High School principal Cheryl Guy, who won $20,600 on Jeopardy Thursday night, was the star of a watch party at Columbia Country Club as she and more than 100 friends, family and colleagues gathered to have dinner and watch the show on a big screen […]
Effort Emerges to Save Water Tower
January 19, 2017 By
RIDGEWAY (Jan. 19, 2017) – Although Town Council has yet to nail down a definite site for a new water tank, the fate of the old water tower standing over downtown Ridgeway has been the subject of some concern among merchants and citizens. During Council’s Nov. 10 meeting, the Merchants Association asked Council to preserve the […]
JWC Meeting Turns into Bedlam
January 19, 2017 By
JENKINSVILLE (Jan. 19, 2017) – The Jan. 13 annual meeting of the Jenkinsville Water Company (JWC) was, by most any standard, a Donnybrook, complete with angry outbursts and shouting matches between the President of the Water Company Board and many of the 100 or so members in the audience. It was a repeat of last year’s […]
Lady Vikings Drop BHS
January 18, 2017 By
BLYTHEWOOD (Jan. 18, 2017) – The Blythewood girls gave Spring Valley their best shot Tuesday, but it wasn’t good enough to outlast Ashley Williamson and the Lady Vikings. Williamson scored 22 points and Destiny Coleman and Lauryn Taylor scored 10 points apiece to boost Spring Valley to a 52-36 victory over the Lady Bengals at the […]
Bengals Run the Floor on Vikings
January 18, 2017 By
BLYTHEWOOD (Jan. 18, 2017) – Spring Valley and Blythewood bring out the speed in one another. In Tuesday night’s matchup at the Blythewood gym, the Bengals brought the baskets. Both teams ran the floor on one another, but Blythewood clearly had better shooting opportunities while speeding to a 96-66 victory over their Region 5-5A rivals. It […]
Lady Redhawks Wrap Up Strong Week with MLK Win
January 17, 2017 By
COLUMBIA (Jan. 17, 2017) – Suffice to say, the Westwood girls had a very good week last week. After a dismantling of two Region 3-4A rivals, the Lady Redhawks crushed Dorman 60-30 Saturday at the MLK Bash at Eau Claire’s Glymph Arena. “It’s been a very promising, very convincing last week,” Westwood head coach Gregory Bauldrick […]
Clothing Donations Earn Discounted Sweets
January 12, 2017 By
BLYTHEWOOD (Jan. 12, 2017) – Folks in the community are being asked to donate lightly used, good winter clothing (coats, gloves, hats, scarves warm sweaters) at Sweet Pea’s Ice Cream shop in Blythewood to be given to United Way for distribution to the homeless. The shop’s owner, Susan DeMarco, will give each donor a 10 percent […]
Council Seats New Members
January 12, 2017 By
WINNSBORO (Jan. 12, 2017) – Amid pomp, refreshments and almost no business, County Council seated three new members Monday evening after a swearing in ceremony conducted by Fairfield County Clerk of Court Judy Bonds. Jimmy Ray Douglas (District 2), Bertha Goins (District 4) and Neil Robinson (District 6), whose 5-year old son called out from the […]
Thriller Tops Community Reading Event
January 12, 2017 By
BLYTHEWOOD (Jan. 12, 2017) – It’s time again for the next chapter of Blythewood Reads, the popular community reading event organized by the Blythewood Library in collaboration with the Blythewood Historical Society. Library Associate Fiona Smith said the program has been a success in bringing readers together for interesting discussions about books that not only entertain, […]
Lady Bengals’ Rally Falls Short
January 11, 2017 By
BLYTHEWOOD (Jan. 11, 2017) – Camryn Bostic just about singlehandedly erased a double-digit lead Lexington held over the Blythewood girls. While the Bengals fell 55-48 to the Wildcats Tuesday night, the crowd nearly witnessed a huge comeback. It was nearly authored in complete by Bostic, who scored 32 points and had 11 rebounds. “Our perimeter people […]
