Headliners will be Country Music’s Eric Church and Lainey Wilson FAIRFIELD COUNTY – Tickets go on sale this week for the Field & Stream Music Fest, a big country music festival that’s coming to Winnsboro Oct. 4-6. The event, being put on by a Charlotte-based entertainment company in conjunction with Field & Stream, is intended […]
Still remembering the tornado that plundered Fairfield 40 years later
March 28, 2024 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – On March 28, 1984, tornadoes struck multiple towns across the northern half of South Carolina before entering North Carolina to continue their paths of destruction. An article in Time Magazine dated April 9, 1984 said, “Last week’s Carolina twisters skipped along erratically, touching here and there, missing big cities by pure chance […]
Candidates file for June 11 primaries
March 28, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – Nine candidates have filed for local, state and national primary elections to be held June 11, 2024 and represent Fairfield County. U. S. Congress, Dist. 5 Two candidates are running for the U.S. House of Representatives for District 5: Incumbent U. S. Congressman Republican Ralph W. Norman and Democrat Evangeline Hundley. District 5 […]
Prioleau steps down after 24 years on Ridgeway Council
March 21, 2024 By
RIDGEWAY – It was 24 years ago that Rufus Jones encouraged his lifelong friend Donald Prioleau to run for a seat on the Ridgeway Town Council. Prioleau ran and won, becoming the first African-American elected to the Ridgeway Town Council. “No one ever ran against him in all those years,” said Jones, who later served […]
BHS’s Will Epps finalist for SC Teacher of the Year
March 21, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School’s Will Epps was surprised during a gathering in the Blythewood High School stadium on Thursday, March 15, to learn that he had been selected as one of five finalists for the South Carolina Teacher of the Year award. Under the guise of a fire alarm drill, the students, including the […]
Martin arrested again for crimes against child
March 20, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – New charges have been brought against former Blythewood photographer Gregg Martin, who was previously arrested for crimes against a child. On March 19, 2024, at approximately 6:30 a.m., Richland County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a location of a wanted suspect on Wilson Blvd. in Blythewood. Deputies had been notified of and made […]
Congaree Riverkeeper to speak at Blythewood Garden Club event
March 20, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Bill Stangler, the Congaree Riverkeeper, will speak at the 15th annual free Community Garden Event sponsored by the Blythewood Garden Club. Stangler has been “The Riverkeeper” for the last 15 years under the auspices of The Congaree River Alliance. He is charged with monitoring and keeping 90 miles of river healthy and the […]
Auditor issues county clean opinion and material weakness
March 14, 2024 By
Audit Presented Late for Third Consecutive Year WINNSBORO – Fairfield County failed to follow “certain accounting, reporting, and reconciling procedures,” resulting in incomplete and inaccurate financial reporting, according to the 2023 audit. Mauldin & Jenkins, the Columbia financial firm that conducted the audit, issued a “material weakness” in the audit. The material weakness stems from […]
County hires auditor to appeal $1.4M IRS debt
March 14, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – Following an update given by the county’s Interim Administrator Clay Killian concerning the county’s $1.4 million in IRS fines and penalties, council members voted unanimously to appropriate $40,000 to enlist the county’s auditing firm, Mauldin & Jenkins, to assist the county in erasing some of those tax penalties and interest owed to the […]
Town purchases more property
March 14, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Town Council members have purchased another parcel of land. During an executive session at a special called meeting Thursday evening, March 7, council members received legal advice regarding contractual terms associated with the potential acquisition of real property. When they returned to the open meeting, they voted unanimously to authorize Town Administrator Carroll […]
