BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood mayoral candidates Bryan Franklin and Sloan J. Griffin III will participate in a forum at Doko Manor tonight from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. The event was planned by the candidates ahead of the election next week on Nov. 7. Doko Manor is located at 100 Alvina Hagood Circle in Blythewood.
Two die in crash near Jenkinsville
November 1, 2023 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – A late night crash on SC Hwy 215 near Jenkinsville has resulted in the deaths of two Winnsboro residents. According to a report by SC Highway Patrol Master Trooper Brandon Bolt, a 2003 Chevrolet sedan with two occupants was traveling north on southbound SC Hwy 215 about 11:20 p.m. on Oct. 31 […]
Fairfield County Council reverses direction on filling vacant administrator position
October 27, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – At the Oct. 9 county council meeting, Chairman Doug Pauley announced council would hire a recruiting firm within two weeks to begin a search for a county administrator. At Monday night’s county council meeting he announced a change in plans. “Instead of hiring an expensive firm to recruit a county administrator, a decision […]
BHS golfer reclaims Individual State Title
October 26, 2023 By
PROSPERITY – Caroline Hawkins made the Mid Carolina Club golf course in Prosperity her own Monday and Tuesday. The Blythewood sophomore shot a 5-under par 68 on the Par-73 course Monday, then followed up Tuesday with a 6-under 67 to finish the 5A state girls’ golf tournament with a 135 and her second straight individual […]
Brock files for protective motion
October 26, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – A town councilman has asked a judge for a protective order regarding testimony in a deposition he says was “unilaterally” set by opposing counsel. Councilman Donald Brock filed the motion Monday as part of an ongoing Freedom of Information lawsuit between Mayor Bryan Franklin/Town of Blythewood and MPA Strategies, the Town’s former marketing […]
Franklin continues to hide Town’s expenses for MPA lawsuits
October 26, 2023 By
Town’s Legal Expenses Could Be Approaching $800,000 BLYTHEWOOD – After almost three years and hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees paid to attorneys and consultants by the Town government for lawsuits involving Mayor Bryan Franklin and marketing firm MPA Strategies, Franklin continues to prohibit the Town’s attorneys from revealing to the public, the […]
Arrest made in MLILY bomb threat investigation
October 25, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office has cleared from the MLILY Plant on US Hwy 321, south of Winnsboro, after responding to a bomb threat. This morning, an employee at MLILY received a call indicating a bomb threat. Sheriff’s deputies were on the scene within two minutes of the call and assisted with the […]
Commemorating Winnsboro’s American Revolutionary War patriots
October 19, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – On Saturday, Oct. 28, a 300-year-old cemetery deep in the countryside west of town and the Fairfield County Museum will be the scenes of a daylong celebration of Winnsboro’s Patriots of the American Revolution. There will be a morning event in the formerly named Winnsborough community just west of Hwy. 34, lunch at […]
Report: Blythewood schools perform well
October 19, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood area schools continue to perform well on the 2023 South Carolina Report Cards, with six of 10 schools rated “Good” or better. Three others were rated “Average” while one school received a “Below Average” rating. No schools were rated “Unsatisfactory,” the lowest rating a school can receive. Kelly Mill Middle (Elementary), Muller […]
Dominion’s ‘temporary’ gas tanks coming back
October 19, 2023 By
Next Door Neighbor Byron Dinkins: ‘I Can’t Believe We’re Here Again.’ BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Board of Zoning Appeals approved a temporary permit for a compressed natural gas storage truck to be kept at the corner of Syrup Mill Road and Blythewood Road again this winter. According to one of two representatives from Dominion Energy, […]
