Gilbert: Council Was Never Notified of Complaint WINNSBORO – Fairfield County Council has settled a complaint filed by a former county employee who is the wife of a sitting county councilman. The county signed an agreement on July 12 to pay $50,000 to Diana Robinson, former Director of the county’s Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act […]
Two teens injured in weekend shootings
July 28, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – During the last three months there have been eight documented drive-by shooting incidents in Winnsboro. The last one – over the weekend – has left two juveniles shot, according to reports filed with the Winnsboro Police Department. While members of the community are becoming increasingly fearful about the rash of drive-bys in the […]
Council questions Chamber’s and Rodeo’s event financials
July 28, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood Town Council rejected a pair of belated funding requests from two special event promoters. Organizers of the Doko Rodeo and Doko Rib Fest Cook-off had received 80 percent funding upfront for their respective events, but their applications to receive the final 20 percent of their town event funding failed in a pair […]
South Carolina’s All-Star teams have familiar Fairfield faces
July 28, 2022 By
A new generation of Fairfield faces are donning All-Star uniforms this summer, albeit not in Fairfield uniforms. And these All-Stars are headed to play on the biggest stages of their young lives – the Dixie Youth World Series. Winnsboro resident Walker Blackwelder, son of Coleman and Justin Blackwelder, will be representing South Carolina with the […]
Blythewood Minors take State title
July 21, 2022 By
DILLON- The Blythewood Youth Baseball/Softball League Minors All Stars (10U) took the state championship this morning with a 7-0 win over Greer. Blythewood’s team was the only undefeated team in the state. They’ll go to Lumberton, NC for the World Series beginning August 6.
28 Fairfield residents file for November election
July 21, 2022 By
County Council In the race for county council, multiple candidates are running for each of the four open seats. In District 1, former Geiger Elementary School teacher/financial counselor Kennedy (Kenny) Robinson and former councilman Dan Ruff are challenging Councilman Moses Bell who is completing his first term. District 3 Councilman Mikel Trapp, who has served […]
Vanessa English bringing vineyard and winery to Blythewood countryside
July 21, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Vanessa English’s dream of planting a vineyard in Blythewood has been 10 years in the making, for an unusual reason: She was waiting on science. A decade is about how long it has taken researchers at the University of California, Davis to develop a traditional wine grape that could be grown successfully in […]
Corrections officers petition Whitaker to reinstate Lawson
July 21, 2022 By
Lawson: Admin Ineffective, Unprofessional,and Uncaring WINNSBORO – After Fairfield County Detention Center Director Teresa Lawson resigned abruptly Thursday, July 14, 16 of the 18 corrections officers at the detention center signed a petition calling on County Administrator Malik Whitaker to reinstate Lawson, to provide adequate staffing at the detention center and to increase their pay […]
MPA, Town government appear to be headed to trial
July 21, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Litigation between the Town of Blythewood and MPA Strategies, the town’s former marketing firm, is heading to trial despite both sides seeking delays of key rulings. The case is tentatively scheduled for the week of Aug. 29, according to online court records. It’s one of three cases scheduled. Court records indicate it’s a […]
Man dies in ATV crash
July 21, 2022 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – A crash at Carolina Adventure World on Saturday resulted in the death of a Charlotte man, according to Fairfield County Coroner Chris Hill. Hill identified the man as Jorge Bienavides, 35, who died at the scene from injuries he suffered when the ATV he was riding flipped over and landed on top […]
