BLYTHEWOOD – S.C. Secretary of Commerce Harry Lightsey, Richland County Economic Development Director Jeff Ruble, Richland County Councilman Derrek Pugh and Blythewood Mayor Bryan Franklin will meet with the public to discuss and answer questions about Scout Motors’ investment in the county and town. WHEN: 6 p.m.-7 p.m. Monday, March 13 WHERE: Doko Manor, 100 […]
Scout EV truck/SUV manufacturer investing $2B in Blythewood industrial park; bringing 4K jobs
March 9, 2023 By
State and county incentives will fund new I-77 interchange, several traffic circles in the town, and other improvements to roads to help alleviate traffic in and around Blythewood. CORRECTION: There is a traffic light at Syrup Mill and Blythewood Roads – NOT a traffic circle. The map above has been updated to reflect the correction. […]
Is Blythewood’s $2 billion plant Fairfield’s second chance?
March 9, 2023 By
FAIRFIELD – A $2 billion electric vehicle plant that’s coming to Blythewood’s industrial park has been hailed as a ’once-in-a-lifetime’ economic development coup for Richland County. The plant is expected to bring in 4,000 high paying jobs and eventually turn out as many as 200,000 electric vehicles a year. By not having a wastewater treatment […]
Win $200 in The Voice’s Bracket Challenge
March 9, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD/FAIRFIELD COUNTY – The Madness is just around the corner, and you could capitalize on that by winning some extra cash in The Voice’s NCAA Men’s March Madness Bracket Challenge, which can be found in the March 9 issue. The winner of the contest will be presented two $100 bills after the April 3 National […]
State title just out of Redhawks’ reach
March 9, 2023 By
AIKEN – In a battle between two top-notch defenses, North Augusta’s 12-point third-quarter run proved the difference in the Yellow Jackets’ 42-29 victory in the Class 4A girls state championship game Thursday afternoon at USC-Aiken’s Convocation Center. Westwood, making its first state championship appearance and playing for the chance of winning the first state title […]
Driver, 19, killed in Jenkinsville crash
March 6, 2023 By
JENKINSVILLE – One person died in an early Monday morning crash on Highway 213 near Alston Road in Fairfield County. Brian Deshawn Willingham, 19, of Jenkinsville, died in the accident, Fairfield County Coroner Chris Hill said. The two-vehicle crash occurred at 6:14 a.m. about two miles south of Jenkinsville. A 2004 Chevrolet Avalanche, driven by […]
$ 2B truck/SUV manufacturer coming to Blythewood Industrial Park Richland County
March 3, 2023 By
COLUMBIA: The Richland County Economic Development Office has announced that Scout Motors Inc. (“Scout”), which is backed by Volkswagon and makes the next-generation of all-electric trucks and rugged SUVs, has announced it will establish its manufacturing operations in Blythewood. The company’s planned $2 billion investment has the potential to create 4,000 or more permanent jobs […]
Body found beside IGA parking lot in Blythewood
March 2, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Richland County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to the IGA parking lot in Blythewood on March 2, where a body was discovered about 10:30 that morning on the edge of the parking lot. The body, partially hidden by shrubbery, was discovered by residents of the apartment building who were walking to the IGA grocery […]
Five arrested for grand larceny
March 2, 2023 By
LAKE WATEREE – Five men have been arrested in conjunction with a grand larceny investigation regarding thefts of multiple items from a commercial storage facility in the Lake Wateree area, according to Fairfield County Sheriff Will Montgomery. During the course of this investigation, it was determined that these five individuals, Richard Adams (50), William Baker, […]
Blythewood’s Tiyanna Mack wins first girls wrestling State title
March 2, 2023 By
ANDERSON – Was Tiyanna Mack destined to make history? Whether it was fate or pure willpower, Mack, a sophomore at Blythewood High School, cemented her place in Bengal and South Carolina High School League (SCHSL) wrestling history on Feb. 26 as she claimed the 132lb state title in the first ever SCHSL sanctioned Girls’ State […]
