First Quarter Scoring Frenzy Dooms Eagles

BATESBURG – Friday the 13th proved to be truly unlucky for the Richard Winn Academy Eagles, as they suffered a hard 58-38 loss on the road to the W.W. King Academy Knights. The Knights won the toss and elected to receive the ball and Blake Sauls took the next 11 seconds of the game to […]

Bengals Rally Over Westwood

BLYTHEWOOD – It wasn’t pretty at times, but the Blythewood Bengals were able to outlast the Westwood Redhawks to notch their first win of the season, 24-17 Friday night at Westwood. The Bengals improve to 1-2 on the season, despite a scuffling Redhawks’ defense that held their offense to only seven total yards in the […]

Griffins Humble Cyclones

WINNSBORO – The Chester Cyclones entered the 2013 season riding a wave of hype and high expectations, returning nearly their entire force from last year’s Class 3A Region III championship team. The hype and expectations appeared to trouble Fairfield Central not in the least Friday night, as the Griffins smoked their archrivals 50-26 at E.K. […]

There’s Nothing Like a Good Book –

Richard Winn Academy K-5 Students Addison Collins, Leila Bostrom and Ellie Davis check out and chill with a good book recently during class time.

D’s Butcher Block Hosts BBQ Cookoff

WINNSBORO — Open for business for just over a month, D’s Butcher Block meat market in Winnsboro hosted a barbecue cookoff on Saturday in front of the market at 324 S. Congress St., or, as owner and Winnsboro native D. Melton likes to call it, Main Street Winnsboro. Five Winnsboro cooking teams fired up their […]

Murder, It’s What’s for Dinner

The Pine Tree Playhouse has a reputation for delivering interesting dinner theater entertainment, and this time is no different. With their current production, they deliver fantastic entertainment and a killer dinner. Literally. “Murder, Medium Rare” is an interactive mystery dinner theater. “When noted cookbook author and food critic Marjorie Richmond is murdered at a dinner […]

Can You Smell What the Big O is Cookin’ – ?

Reginald Robinson and Otis Johnson tend their grill prior to the judging during Saturday’s barbecue cookoff sponsored by Winnsboro’s new meat market, D’s Butcher Block.

Paddle With the Dolphins

Everybody knows Shem Creek is a popular venue for seafood down Charleston way. The parking lots are always full. It’s known too for its picturesque shrimp trawlers. But check out Shem Creek proper and you’ll see it’s got more than trawlers and catamarans moored there. You’ll see paddlers in brightly colored kayaks gliding by. You’ll […]

Town Finalizes Restaurant Payment Plan

BLYTHEWOOD – Town Council passed final reading last week on an ordinance that authorizes an installment purchase plan for a restaurant the Town government plans to build adjacent to the Town Hall on a quarter acre of land that has been separated (by ordinance) from the park property. Financing of the $1.4 million project will […]

Lady Eagles Sweep Chester, Fall to Spartanburg Day

CHESTER – The Richard Winn Academy Lady Eagles took their four-game win streak on the road Monday and into Chester County to face the Chester High School Lady Cyclones on Monday, making the return trip home with victory number five under their belts. The Lady Eagles, led by the strong hitting and blocking skills of […]

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