WINNSBORO – During the Monday, May 12, council meeting, Councilman Clarence Gilbert criticized Council Chairman Bell for not briefing all council members on an important multi-person conference call meeting that Bell and County Administrator Malik Whitaker participated in regarding the $20 million grant application for the construction of a wastewater connector line that Ridgeway town […]
An uncommon sisterhood of friends
September 15, 2022 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – They’ve been best friends since first grade. They graduated high school together, then went to nursing school together and all became nurses. The five Fairfield women, Barbara (Johnson) Wylie, Mary (McGraw) Frink, Ivy (Williams) Randolph, Lillie (Pearson) Adams, Australia (Ashford) Sloss Hollins, now all age 70, sat down with The Voice last […]
Come for the 5k, stay for the party
September 15, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The 2022 Superhero 5K Family Fun Day will be held Saturday, Sept. 17 at Doko Meadows Park. The 5K Run/Walk starts at 8 a.m., followed by a 100 meter Kids Dash at 10 a.m. A Superhero costume contest for adults, children and dogs will be held at 11 a.m. Then there’s free lunch […]
Fairfield County hits roadblock on $20M grant
September 8, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – The recent agreement reached between the Fairfield County Council and the Town of Winnsboro that was hailed by County Council Chairman Moses Bell as transformational for the county and one of his most rewarding experiences since becoming chair, may be in trouble. In the agreement, the Town and County agreed to undertake construction […]
The Big Grab is on!
September 8, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD/FAIRFIELD/RIDGEWAY– Shops, restaurants, service stations, hotels and other merchants in Blythewood, Winnsboro and Ridgeway are stocked and ready for the invasion that will happen this weekend, Sept. 9 and 10, when the annual 50- mile Big Grab yard sale descends on the three towns and everything in between. Already businesses and residents along the sale […]
PC recommends 4-2 industrial rezoning
September 8, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – A plan to open previously restricted land to potential industrial development received a favorable vote from Blythewood planning commissioners Tuesday night. Commissioners voted 4-2 to recommend rezoning about 125 acres along Community and Blythewood roads from Town Center District (TC), which only allows certain uses, to Light Industrial Two District (LI-2). Blythewood Town […]
MSI purchases land for new school
September 8, 2022 By
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 […]
