This daytrip’s a breeze. Drive just 30 minutes and you can see beautiful examples of South Carolina’s oldest active art form – Catawba pottery. Catawba women still make pottery using traditional methods, thereby maintaining a link with their past. Catawba pottery is highly prized. Down Charleston way, some cooks feel that okra soup and other […]
Lady Eagles Shock 2A’s Finest
December 23, 2013 By
WINNSBORO – The South Carolina girls’ basketball landscape took a proverbial jolt as two of Winnsboro’s storied programs in the Richard Winn Lady Eagles and the Fairfield Central lady Griffins squared off Saturday afternoon in the championship game of the Richard Winn Academy Christmas Tournament, resulting in a 43-36 victory for the Eagles of Richard […]
Show Me the Money –
December 19, 2013 By
These First Citizens Bank Santas show off the three $100 bills they will be presenting to the winner of The Independent Voice’s College Bowl U Pick ‘Em Contest that can be found on page 16 in this issue. The three bank managers, Dan Preagler (Winnsboro First Citizens), Eddie Wingard (Blythewood First Citizens) and E. C. […]
Developer Seeks Winnsboro Water
December 19, 2013 By
95 homes planned near Blythewood Middle School WINNSBORO – Developers of a 95-unit neighborhood planned across from Blythewood Middle School on Longtown Road West at Rimer Pond Road are seeking water capacity of 38,000 gallons of water per day from Winnsboro Town Council. Representing LongCove Venture, John Thomas said at Tuesday night’s Town Council meeting […]
Lights Before Christmas
December 19, 2013 By
Head south 36 miles to Columbia and look for dazzling lights, snow clouds and illuminated animals, trees and more. Visit Riverbanks Zoo and Garden up until Dec. 30 and witness Columbia’s longest-running holiday tradition, “The Lights Before Christmas.” It’s a holiday spectacle you don’t want to miss. Plan a late start for this daytrip for […]
Apartments, Retail Eye Downtown
December 19, 2013 By
WINNSBORO – Developers of a proposed multi-use development called Doko Village planned for downtown Blythewood came before the Winnsboro Town Council Tuesday evening asking for water capacity of 80,000 to 100,000 gallons per day for the development. Representing LongCreek Associates, LLC of Greenville, engineer John Thomas of Sustainable Design Consultants, Inc., said the development would […]
Back to Their Old Winning Ways
December 13, 2013 By
RWA basketball squads are on the attack WINNSBORO – Both Richard Winn Academy’s Eagle varsity basketball teams are off to a good start thus far in the early season. The defending state SCISA 2A State Champion Lady Eagles are back with eight of the returning members of that squad and are showing no signs of […]
Coach Sits Out Big Game in Jail
December 13, 2013 By
WINNSBORO – When the Fairfield Central High School Griffins took the field Friday night for what was undoubtedly their most important game of the season, the Class 2A/Division 1 State Championship, they were one coach shy of a full load. Just hours before the opening kickoff, Griffins’ defensive coordinator David Nathaniel Toney was jailed on […]
Weitzel to Head Camp Discovery
December 12, 2013 By
BLYTHEWOOD – On Dec. 3, the Camp Discovery Board of Trustees unanimously appointed Joanna Weitzel to the position of Executive Director. Weitzel was previously the Assistant Executive Director of Camp Discovery. She comes to this position with significant experience in management of non-profit organizations, a BS in Marketing and an MBA in Business Administration. “We […]
Board Censures Anderson
December 12, 2013 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Tuesday night, Richland 2 Board Chairman Bill Fleming addressed the recent embarrassment brought on the District by Board member Melinda Anderson. Reading from a prepared statement, Fleming said, “The Board considers themselves compromised” by the words and actions during and following the incident involving Melinda Anderson. In early October Anderson, in a District […]
