BLYTHEWOOD – Cobblestone Park Golf Course will be the setting for this weekend’s 2022 South Carolina Womens Open (WSCGA) which begins Thursday, Aug 11 and continues through Aug. 14. The weekend event will feature not only four days of golf, but a free concert featuring Keith Burns and the Trick Pony Band on Thursday night […]
Bengals head to Legion World Series with Camden Post 17
August 10, 2022 By
ASHEBORO, NC – Six Bengals from Blythewood High School’s baseball program and the rest of Camden Post 17 just claimed the 2022 Southeast Region Championship in Asheboro, NC on Saturday, Aug. 6, advancing the team to the American Legion World Series. Blythewood assistant coach and Post 17 pitching coach Justin Dorton, players Kevin Steelman, Jacob […]
Blythewood All-Stars to play for World Series title on Thursday
August 10, 2022 By
LUMBERTON, NC – After a scary first inning in their opening game of the Dixie Youth World Series, South Carolina’s AAA All-Star team, formerly Blythewood All-Stars, showed up in a big way. The SC All-Stars took the field on Saturday against Louisiana to open the World Series and worked a quick three-up, three-down in the […]
The highly unusual handling of the Robinson complaint and settlement
August 4, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – After the county settled a $50,000 complaint from former county employee Diana Robinson, the wife of County Councilman Neil Robison, questions remain. Why did the county pay for the entire settlement from the general fund? No lawsuit was filed and there is no evidence in almost 200 documents that The Voice received in […]
Fairfield desperately needs more volunteer and paid firefighters
August 4, 2022 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – A new sign erected at the Bypass on Monday says it all: “Volunteer Firefighters Needed.” “We’re desperate,” says Jason Pope, the county fire chief. “We’re really desperate for more firefighters right now. “We have some of the best volunteers in the state: committed, dedicated, willing to serve,” Pope says. “We just don’t […]
BW man’s film featured in Charlotte festival
August 4, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Anil Dhokai says filmmaking has been part of his life since his senior year of high school. “I made a short film in my senior class, and from there I decided that’s pretty much what I wanted to do,” says Dhokai, 38, a Rock Hill native and University of South Carolina grad who […]
Update: Richland County Planning Commission missing minutes
August 4, 2022 By
COLUMBIA – With much of the public unaware, Richland County Council, on Nov. 16 2021, adopted an ordinance for a new Land Development Code (LDC) that would require every parcel in the unincorporated (primarily rural areas of) Richland County to be rezoned in one fell swoop. That’s over 110,000 parcels. To make the Code fully […]
Sharpe, Wood make Fairfield Palmetto Proud
August 4, 2022 By
DOTHAN, ALABAMA – Mason Wood and John Ryan Sharpe, Lexington, SC residents with Fairfield County ties, wrapped up the Dixie Youth Baseball World Series earlier this week. Wood, Sharpe and the SC team went 6-2 in the double-elimination tournament, defeating Dothan American (13-0), Alabama (1-0), Arkansas (10-0), Mississippi (4-1), Alabama again (4-0), and Florida (1-0) […]
Town hosts send-off for BW All-Stars
August 1, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The final leg of their road to a Dixie Youth World Series title starts on Saturday, Aug. 6 in Lumberton, North Carolina. The community is invited to officially send off the Blythewood turned South Carolina All Stars on Thursday, Aug. 4 at 5:45 p.m. at Blythewood Town Hall. In an interview with The […]
Blythewood Minors headed to World Series
July 28, 2022 By
DILLON – “Play loose” is their motto, and “play loose” they have done. Just last week, the Blythewood Minors All-Star team played in the state tournament with confidence and poise under pressure, and it showed as they clinched the state title with an undefeated 10-0 record. For only the third time in Blythewood Youth Baseball […]
