BLYTHEWOOD – Former Blythewood mayor Pete Amoth, 80, died Monday following a short illness. Elected mayor in January 2004, Amoth served only one term. While he won a landslide victory with a 67 percent turnout after a politically tumultuous campaign, his tenure as mayor was largely unexceptional. He is not remembered so much for his […]
‘Hawks, Bengals Make Mark at Meet
May 21, 2014 By
Friday Flings First-Place Shot COLUMBIA – Last Friday afternoon and Saturday, Spring Valley High School hosted the state track and field championships at Parone Stadium. The top eight athletes in every event came to take their chance at victory and have a gold medal placed around heir necks. Both Blythewood schools were represented and acquitted […]
Proposal to Open Quarry Sets Community on Edge
May 16, 2014 By
WINNSBORO – A proposal to mine granite from a portion of a more than 900-acre tract near the Rockton Thruway and process the stone into gravel has local residents up in arms. While the permit, submitted by Winnsboro Crushed Stone, LLC, is still pending before the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), residents […]
‘Epics’ Still Making Waves, Enter Beach Music HOF
May 15, 2014 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Jim Chappell of Blythewood, and one of the original members of the Sensational Epics beach band, was recently named, along with his fellow band members, to the Beach Music Hall of Fame in Myrtle Beach. One of the hottest beach bands in the ‘60s , The Epics frequently shared the stage with such […]
The Classic City
May 15, 2014 By
Three hours west in Georgia lies the Classic City, better known as Athens, a city heralded as the quintessential college town. Although Athens is known for its University of Georgia Bulldogs football team, the city’s interesting venues attract many. There’s the world’s only double-barreled cannon, a Civil War relic. There’s the Georgia State Botanical Garden […]
Lower Bracket Rally Comes Up Short
May 14, 2014 By
LEXINGTON – Richard Winn Academy’s Lady Eagles competed in the SCISA 2A postseason tournament last weekend in Lexington and closed out their 2014 season with a fifth place finish. The Lady Eagles had little trouble defeating their first round opponent, Trinity-Byrnes, 18-7, in their first postseason action on Friday. Round 2 results were not as […]
Fort Mill Ends Bengals’ Run
May 13, 2014 By
FORT MILL – The Blythewood Bengals bid to repeat as upper state champions in the Class 4A state tournament ended last week as they fell 7-3 to the Yellow Jackets of Fort Mill on May 7. Fort Mill cobbled together nine hits against the Bengals, while Clay Helvey did his duty on the mound. The […]
Arrest Made in Ridgeway Bank Job
May 12, 2014 By
RIDGEWAY – A Winnsboro man was arrested late Friday afternoon at his home on Sandifer Road and charged with the May 8 robbery of the First Citizen’s Bank in Ridgeway. The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office said Boyd William Rowe, 52, was arrested without incident after investigators executed a search warrant on Rowe’s home where […]
FCSO Makes Dent in ‘U-Haul Cabal’
May 9, 2014 By
WINNSBORO – It may not have been a Hollywood-style high-speed chase along the lines of Steve McQueen in “Bullitt” or Gene Hackman in “The French Connection,” but high-speed pursuits involving a U-Haul rarely are. Especially a U-Haul towing a tractor on the back of a flatbed trailer. Style points aside, investigators from the Fairfield County […]
Charges Filed for Threats Against Councilman
May 9, 2014 By
WINNSBORO – A Winnsboro man who threatened County Council Chairman David Ferguson during Council’s April 28 meeting was arrested and charged last week with threatening the life of a public official. Michael Ward, 66, of Park Lane Drive was taken into custody by Sheriff’s deputies on May 1 and transported to the Fairfield County Detention […]
