RIDGEWAY – A man armed with nothing more than the overwhelming power of persuasion walked out of the First Citizens Bank in Ridgeway with $934 this afternoon, fleeing town in a white pickup truck. The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a white male who walked into the bank just after 3 p.m. today, […]
Mayor Honored by USC
May 8, 2014 By
COLUMBIA – Blythewood Mayor J. Michael Ross has been named the 2013-14 Outstanding Alumnus of the University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy. He was awarded the honor on Wednesday during ceremonies at the Coliseum where he delivered the Keynote Address for the Convocation for the College of Pharmacy.
Teller Arrested After Money Drained from Accounts
May 7, 2014 By
WINNSBORO – A Columbia man who worked as a teller for the Wells Fargo bank on N. Congress Street in Winnsboro was arrested last week following an investigation by the Winnsboro Department of Public Safety (WDPS) into a rash of fraudulent transactions. Brandon Michael Mathis, 23, of Angus Drive in Columbia, was arrested April 5 […]
Eagles Bounced from Postseason
May 5, 2014 By
WINNSBORO – After bouncing back from a 7-0 shutout in game 1 to earn a split on the road at St. Matthews, the Richard Winn Academy Eagles baseball squad saw their 2014 playoff run come to an end Saturday as they fell to Calhoun Academy 11-1 at home. Robert Lewis hurled 6 strong innings […]
Bengals Eliminate Gaffney, Travel to Ft. Mill Wednesday
May 5, 2014 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Bengals’ starting pitcher Drew Ellis got into a little trouble in the fourth inning. Gaffney had just tied the game at 1, and the Indians’ bats looked to come alive Monday at the Blythewood baseball stadium. Then Tripper Ergle took the mound and shut Gaffney down, and Ellis’ fifth-inning solo home run […]
Griffins Bump Off Eagles, Face Rematch with Central
May 5, 2014 By
WINNSBORO – The milestones keep flying by on Fairfield Central’s baseball interstate. After winning only their second postseason game in school history last week – their second in as many years – the Griffins notched their third Monday night, eliminating Chesterfield 12-2 in five innings to set up a do-or-die rematch with Central High […]
College Bound –
May 3, 2014 By
Two Westwood High School athletes signed letters of intent last week. Journeey English, left, signed to play volleyball at Converse College next fall. Da’sha Jobes signed to run track at Coker College. Behind English is her family, from left, sister Jayden Johnson and parents James and Myya Johnson. With Jobes are her parents Carrie and […]
Eagles Earn Split, Force Deciding Game 3 Saturday
May 2, 2014 By
ST. MATTHEWS – After winding up on the wrong end of a masterful shutout performance by Calhoun Academy’s Tucker McGee in game 1 Friday evening, the Richard Winn Academy Eagles sent Patrick Pope to the mound in the nightcap to salvage a split and send the series back to Winnsboro. Apart from a rocky […]
Arrest Nets Drugs, Cash
May 2, 2014 By
WINNSBORO – Department of Public Safety investigators arrested Byron Sampson, 37, earlier this month after a search warrant turned up a significant amount of illegal narcotics at his Palmer Street home. Chief Freddie Lorick said a controlled buy by undercover agents was made several weeks in advance, giving his department enough to seek a warrant. […]
Goin’ for Baroque
May 1, 2014 By
BLYTHEWOOD — Three hundred years after the masterpieces of baroque music were composed for the great courts of France, Germany, Italy and England, those same melodies are still played daily on a Baroque-period harpsichord in a charming log cabin in rural Blythewood by Jerry Curry, a founding member of the Columbia Baroque Soloists. The Soloists […]
