COLUMBIA – As the long, muggy summer slowly begins to wind down, so too does the countdown clock for the 2014 high school football season. The 7-on-7 drills and passing tournaments of June and July are now officially in the rear-view mirror, and after nearly two weeks lashed into the gear, the shoulder pads should […]
Bikes on Parade at Trinity UMC
August 14, 2014 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Trinity United Methodist Church in Blythewood is sponsoring the town’s first annual Bike Parade in the church’s parking lot Saturday morning. Organized by Kimberly Roberts, the church’s Director of Children’s Ministry, the parade will include kids ages 12 and under from Blythewood, Winnsboro, Ridgeway and surrounding communities. “It’s going to be a fun […]
A Day Trip Guide
August 14, 2014 By
With much surprise my co-author, Robert Clark, and I learned that people have long been using our photo-essay books on South Carolina as unintended travel guides. A woman told me, “My husband and I use your book, ‘Reflections of South Carolina,’ as a way to make trips to interesting places.” And then another lady said […]
Tastes Like Summer –
August 8, 2014 By
The Fairfield Arts Council’s regular monthly meeting at the Century House in Ridgeway on Tuesday evening was more than just a meeting of the members. Fifty or so guests were treated to a tomato tasting – tomato chips, tomato pie, tomato salsa, tomato sandwiches, tomato casseroles and many more things tomato – followed by a […]
‘The Dog’ Has Its Day
August 8, 2014 By
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Winnsboro native Jack Livings is the newest literary light in the New York publishing world. His debut short story collection, “The Dog,” was published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux on Tuesday as the first of a two-book deal, and it’s been selected by Barnes & Noble for their Fall 2014 Discover […]
Deputies Seize Drugs, Stolen Goods
August 8, 2014 By
RIDGEWAY – The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office last week arrested a Ridgeway man they believe responsible for a string of thefts that have plagued the Ridgeway, Longtown and Lake Wateree communities since May. In the process, investigators arrested a second man after uncovering a stash of heroin and an elaborate marijuana growing facility inside a […]
Help a Kitty Out –
August 7, 2014 By
Tessa, a cat being housed at the Fairfield Animal Rescue facility in Winnsboro, recently underwent emergency surgery for mega esophagus, which prevented food from getting to her stomach for nutrition. As a result of the condition, Tessa was always hungry and was slowly starving to death. The surgery and associated costs came to $3,650 for […]
Windows of Opportunity
August 7, 2014 By
COLUMBIA – Kimberly Richardson was 24 years old and the mother of a young son when her husband was killed in a car accident on Oct. 17, 2003. While she had a large, loving family and lots of friends to comfort her during the weeks following the accident, Richardson said she felt overwhelmingly alone. After […]
Diggin’ Ditch Pond
August 7, 2014 By
Drive south-southwest about 85 miles to Williston, S.C., and on Highway 78 near SC 781, you’ll see a small lane that leads to Ditch Pond Heritage Preserve. Ditch Pond, as it’s called, is a Carolina bay that takes its name from ditches that attempted to drain the bay. Despite the ditches, Ditch Pond is relatively […]
Crews Race to Beat Clock on Rimer Pond Road
August 7, 2014 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The deadline is looming for construction crews on Rimer Pond Road to finish straightening and widening the road’s curve and have it paved and ready to go by Aug. 31. With schools in Richland District 2 starting on Wednesday, Aug. 20, and the Rimer Pond Road detour still in place, traffic along Langford […]
