WINNSBORO – In an 11th hour effort on June 29, Fairfield County Council voted 4-3 to pass the final reading of the county’s fiscal year 2023-24 budget before the state-mandated June 30 deadline. The $49.3 million budget council approved is an increase by 21 percent over the 2021-22 budget that was passed two years ago. […]
CAB needs help to offer a hand up
July 6, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – It may look like a tiny, unassuming brick house across Blythewood Road from the IGA grocery store, but inside its walls, lives can be changed in a big way. “We are a food pantry, but we are also here to help people find a vision of where they could be and help them […]
Westwood’s Ticora Gaskin named Gatorade Player of the Year
July 6, 2023 By
CHICAGO — In its 38th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, last week Gatorade announced Ticora Gaskin of Westwood High School is the 2022-23 Gatorade South Carolina Girls Track & Field Player of the Year. Gaskin is the second Gatorade South Carolina Girls Track & Field Player of the Year to be […]
Murder on West Peach Road
July 2, 2023 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – One man was killed and two others were injured Saturday night after shots were fired during a party on West Peach Road near U.S. Hwy 321 in the Greenbrier section of Fairfield County, according to the sheriff. Tyon Dremetrius Byrd, 21, of Winnsboro was taken to an area hospital where he died, […]
CBS Sunday Morning: Newspapers evolve a new paradigm to survive
July 2, 2023 By
The Voice was featured on CBS Sunday Morning for its work with the The Post and Courier’s Uncovered series. The program is moderated by former Dateline news anchor Ted Koppel who, along with a CBS producer and two camera crews, spent two days in Blythewood in March filming and interviewing. Watch the segment, which aired […]
As Richland County moves forward to pave dirt roads, property owners object
June 29, 2023 By
COLUMBIA – It was a little after 7 a.m. when 67-year-old Betty Shealy telephoned the home of The Voice’s publisher. “Nobody’s gonna pave my damn road,” she blurted out, not in the tone of a greeting. She had just finished reading a front page story in The Voice about Richland County’s proposal to pave all […]
Dr. Kim Moore named next Richland 2 super
June 29, 2023 By
COLUMBIA – Dr. Kim Moore has been selected by the Richland Two Board of Trustees as the new superintendent for Richland School District Two. Moore’s selection was made on June 23 at a special called school board meeting and announced at the school board meeting on Tuesday, June 27. Moore was approved by a 6-1 vote. […]
Chicago Bulls draft former Bengal in 2nd round
June 29, 2023 By
BROOKLYN, NY – Blythewood basketball standout Julian Phillips caught national attention as early as his sophomore season with the Bengals back in 2020-2021. The then 6-foot, 7-inch forward was the No.1 rated player in South Carolina and the No.15 small forward in the nation for the Class of 2022, according to 247Sports. From that point, […]
Fairfield County may nix maintaining private shared driveways
June 29, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – Trying to explain an issue that sparked questions from members of the Fairfield County Council and unhappy comments from citizens at Tuesday’s county council meeting, county leaders say they are working on a solution to a dilemma faced over “common drives,” or driveways that are shared by multiple residences. Traditionally the county has […]
