COLUMBIA – Monday night’s Powerball drawing left one South Carolina resident $50,000 richer, and the winning ticket was purchased in Fairfield County. It was sold at the Pops #550 on US Hwy 321 in Winnsboro. The ticket won in the Double Play drawing, which was held after the regular Powerball drawing. The Double Play ticket […]
Smart water meters arrive for Winnsboro customers
January 5, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – After waiting more than a year for the much anticipated smart water and sewer meters for the town’s water customers, Winnsboro Town Manager Jason Taylor announced during the Monday night council meeting that the new meters have arrived and will be installed starting sometime in the next two weeks. Previously, Taylor had informed […]
The Scrapbook – From Doko to Blythewood
January 5, 2023 By
The Story of my Model ‘T’ by William (Bill) McLean; Excerpted from the Blythewood Garden Club’s ‘Blythewood Scrapbook’ with permission. I got a job in the summer of 1936 measuring cotton by using aerial photo maps. I had no automobile, so I used a bicycle to travel to the different farms to outline various cotton […]
Renwick retires
January 5, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – After working 41 years in the Fairfield County Probate office – 32 of which she served as the elected Probate Judge – Pam Renwick (center front in red) is retiring. Friends and colleagues hosted a reception in her honor at the Courthouse last week. Renwick’s last day in office was Thursday, however she […]
Man charged with attempted murder in arson case
January 4, 2023 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – Steven M Huot, 27, of Conway, SC has been arrested for two separate arson investigations. In connection with these investigations, Huot has been charged with 2 counts of Attempted Murder, Attempted Arson, Arson 2nd Degree, and Burglary Second Degree and is currently being held at the Fairfield County Detention Center. During the […]
Winnsboro mother and son die in crash on I-77
January 3, 2023 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – A Winnsboro woman and her 2-year-old son lost their lives New Year’s Eve in a crash on I-77. Fairfield County Coroner Chris Hill identified the woman as Ashley Hawkins of Winnsboro. Hawkins was the driver of the vehicle. According to Hill, the accident occurred at about 11:45 p.m., Dec. 31. The vehicle […]
Workers suffer 2-day deep freeze mending water pipes
December 29, 2022 By
Peak: They Got About 3 Hours Rest Over 2 Days RIDGEWAY/WINNSBORO – It was in the morning hours of Christmas Eve that the first pipe – a 12-inch water main – broke across from the Fairfield Magnet School, producing a small icy lake. The temperature was in the teens, whipped by freezing wind as four […]
VillageChurch to open K-12 school in August 2023
December 29, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – VillageChurch is expanding its ministry in the community to include Christian education beginning in August, 2023. The school will be called Village Christian Academy and will offer classes for K-12. Pastor Erik Estep said he got the idea for a Christian school after he received several requests from church members during COVID to […]
Subcommittee proposes overhaul of Town’s SAT, LAT, HTAX allocations
December 29, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – During a special called meeting of Town Council on Monday, Dec. 19, Councilmen Donald Brock and Rich McKenrick, as members of the subcommittee of the newly appointed state accommodations tax advisory committee, presented what they called a landmark recommendation for the overhaul of how council administers hundreds of thousands of dollars each year […]
Todd Mattox to play for Lake Erie Crushers
December 29, 2022 By
AVON, OH – Former Francis Marion University third baseman Todd Mattox has signed a contract with the Lake Erie Crushers of the independent professional Frontier League. The 16-team Frontier League features teams in seven states and Canada, and has a schedule that runs from mid-May through early September. Mattox, a product of Blythewood High School, hails from […]
