BLYTHEWOOD – According to recently filed court documents, Town leaders are using litigation to punish their former marketing firm for requesting public records through the FOIA. MPA Strategies has asked a circuit judge to grant summary judgment to dismiss eight causes of action, including fraud, civil conspiracy, negligence/gross negligence, and another misconduct. The causes of […]
Blythewood Garden Club celebrates 70 years with garden tour
May 11, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Garden Club is celebrating its 70th Anniversary with a garden tour. Eight gardens in Blythewood will be on tour on Saturday, May 13, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. The tour will include small, carefully designed gardens as well as larger spaces and farms. The cost is $5, and tickets are […]
Public shut out of water treatment plant report
May 11, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – On Tuesday night, May 9, the Fairfield Joint Water and Sewer System (FJWSS) commission voted during a special called meeting to go into executive session to receive “legal advice concerning a draft wastewater plant alternatives analysis.” According to The Voice’s media attorney, the executive session may not have met the requirements of the […]
Wings and Wheels set for May 13 in Fairfield
May 11, 2023 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY — The 18th annual Wings and Wheels Festival, hosted by the Fairfield County Aeronautics Commission, is scheduled for Saturday May 13 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Fairfield County Airport. “So many people don’t know anything about our jewel of an airport,” says Fairfield County Airport Director, Denise Bryan, C.M. “The […]
Blythewood Council’s ‘ethics opinion’ on Brock not issued by SC Ethics Commission
May 4, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – After The Voice questioned whether an ethics opinion received by town council from its outside attorneys during a March 27 executive session was a valid ethics opinion, Meghan Walker Dayson, Executive Director of the S.C. Ethics Commission, confirmed in an emailed response to The Voice that “only the Ethics Commission can determine if […]
Innes: We need more vet care, staff & a decent shelter
May 4, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – During public comment time at the April 10 county council meeting, Kathy Faulk, president of Hoof and Paw SC, asked council to consider doing more for the animals in Fairfield County. As an example of how a county can improve the lives of its animals, Faulk pointed to the City of Aiken’s animal […]
State releases almost $5M to county; audit lingers
May 4, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – As the county rolled from April into the fifth month of its overdue audit, the SC Comptroller’s Office was withholding $4,870,188.11 of the county’s state funding. Section 4-9-150 of the state code mandates that if a county’s audited financial statements are late, the state must withhold its state funds pending receipt of the […]
RVHS stabbing victim sues R2
May 4, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Parents of a 16-year-old Richland County student stabbed five times inside Ridge View High School say the attack was preventable, according to a recently filed lawsuit. On April 27, the unnamed parents sued the Richland Two school district and the suspect’s mother over an April 25 attack at the school. A Richland Two […]
Winnsboro Water, Joint Water Authority receive $20M in grants
April 27, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – The S.C. Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) announced Monday that it awarded grants for $10 million each to the Town of Winnsboro and the Fairfield Joint Water and Sewer System (FJWSS). The Town’s $10 million will go toward upgrading and expanding its water system. The FJWSS’s $10 million will be used to construct an […]
BW Town Council passes first vote to rezone 290 more acres for Scout
April 27, 2023 By
Ruble, Pugh plan more talks with Ashley Oaks neighbors concerning rail noise abatement BLYTHEWOOD – In a 4-1 vote Monday night, the Blythewood Council gave first-reading approval of the rezoning for a 290-acre parcel slated to become part of the Scout Motors industrial development. A rail yard is proposed for the property to support the […]
