WINNSBORO – The Midlands STEM Institute (MSI), Fairfield County’s charter school, has announced it has purchased land for a new school in Winnsboro near the bypass. Last week, the school’s board of trustees closed on a 37-acre property bordered by the Highway 321 S bypass, Columbia Road and Eleventh Street, according to Kevin Thomas, a […]
His & Her’s Discount Store opens in Winnsboro
September 8, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – Rachael Boyd-Bell has returned to Fairfield County after 30 years, and she and her husband, Tyrone, have opened His & Her’s Discount Store in downtown Winnsboro. Although this is her first adventure in retail, Rachael comes from a long line of local entrepreneurs. “My grandmother started out selling boiled peanuts for 50 cents […]
Fairfield educator’s legacy will ‘Keep Going’ with scholarship CofC endowment
September 1, 2022 By
CHARLESTON – A love of teaching brought Lt. Colonel Hubert “Herb” Rentz Jr. and College of Charleston alumna Elizabeth “Beth” Reid together, and that shared love is their legacy. “Beth played such an important role in education,” Rentz says of his wife who passed away in 2017 the age of 58. “She is still missed by […]
Fairfield first responders staffing dangerously low, according to state official
September 1, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – The Fairfield County Detention Center is short 13 of the 29 officers the S.C. County Association’s insurer says are needed to adequately provide for the health and safety of the Center’s 75 or so prisoners. Of the 16 current officers, only 13 are carrying a full workload, one is out sick, one is […]
County settles $450K detention center lawsuit
September 1, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County has agreed to pay $450,000 to Debra Knight Croxton, a Great Falls woman whose son died while in custody at the Fairfield County Detention Center. The payout comes as staffing shortages, outlined by Croxton in her original lawsuit, continue to plague the county jail years later. According to Councilman Douglas Pauley, […]
Is this house Blythewood’s oldest?
September 1, 2022 By
The nails say ‘yes,’ part of it BLYTHEWOOD – The Hoffman House, Blythewood’s town hall, was built circa 1855 and has long been considered the oldest building in Blythewood. But new research indicates that the small center section of a home on McNulty Road in downtown Blythewood may well be the oldest surviving building in […]
Get ready to grab or sell on Sept. 9-10
August 25, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD/FAIRFIELD – Whether you’re buying or selling, it’s time for the annual 50-mile Big Grab community yard sale. The sale is set for Friday, Sept. 9, from 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 10, from 7 a.m. – 3 p.m. The shopping crawl is a figure 8 loop that extends up Hwy 21 […]
R2 Superintendent: District is under attack
August 25, 2022 By
Davis: Protect The Brand, Focus on Culture, Environment COLUMBIA – In a convocation address to Richland Two School District, embattled Superintendent Baron Davis, without mentioning the state investigation of the District, blasted what he called an attack on public education and promised a positive culture in lieu of raises for teachers and staff. “Public education […]
Blythewood man dreams big with new sports-food app
August 25, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – A Blythewood entrepreneur has global hopes for his latest venture, a smartphone app for food delivery – right to your stadium seats! It will also help app users navigate large entertainment facilities. “It is an on-demand seat delivery service,” says Denaro Ponds, who says his new app, Nikao, is going live this fall […]
Man dead as shootings, arrests continue
August 25, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – With five suspected drive-by shooters arrested during the last week, and a tenuous respite in the drive-by shootings, violence in the city continues, with a Winnsboro man shot to death Friday, Aug. 19, in a convenience store. The Winnsboro Department of Public Safety was called to Citgo at the intersection of US Hwy […]
