FLORENCE – There came a game recently that Francis Marion senior third baseman Todd Mattox went to the plate and did not reach base, either from a hit, walk, or being hit by a pitch. In the Patriots’ 8-5, 12-inning victory over Lander April 12, Mattox went 0-for-4. It was the first time Mattox did […]
Bengals win SCDI tournament again, using as springboard to postseason
April 21, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood baseball team isn’t in danger of overlooking teams on what’s left of its regular season schedule. What the Bengals are reveling in isn’t overconfidence, but rather a sureness of taking care of business whenever they take the field. Blythewood (21-1) showed its mettle last week, winning its second straight South Carolina […]
Public concerns pause mass rezoning
April 14, 2022 By
RICHLAND COUNTY – The overhaul of Richland County’s zoning code has hit a pause after members of the public raised concerns and the Richland County Council voted to do more analysis of the proposal before moving forward. The text of a new zoning code, which replaces all existing county zoning classifications with new ones in […]
BW/Cobblestone lawsuit settled
April 14, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – When Lenore and James Zedosky moved from West Virginia to South Carolina, they didn’t envision spending nearly five years of their retirement locked in litigation with a national home builder. Now the lengthy legal battle has finally reached a conclusion. On March 14, the Zedoskys along with two other residents and DR Horton […]
County rejects, then asks for meeting with town
April 14, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – A week after the Town of Winnsboro’s lawsuit contesting Fairfield County’s solid waste fee became public knowledge, the county wants a meeting. On Monday night, County Councilman Mikel Trapp read a prepared statement that called upon Winnsboro to join Fairfield in forming a joint commission to “study services and areas of cooperation.” Trapp’s […]
Moving On Up
April 14, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – Furniture and office equipment will be moved into the new County Administration Building beginning Thursday, April 14. Developer Rory Dowling, principal with 1st and Main, and William Louder, who has overseen the project for the last several months and is assisting the county in the transition, gave The Voice a tour of the […]
Man arrested in Blythewood for setting woman on fire
April 14, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – A man who doused a woman with gasoline and set her on fire was arrested in Blythewood on March 22. According to Lott, 41-year-old Keitrick Stevenson was arrested without incident at a home in Blythewood Tuesday morning by the Midlands Gang Fugitive Task Force and Richland County Sheriff’s Department’s Special Response Team. “I’ve […]
Harris denied bond for Fairfield murder
April 14, 2022 By
CHESTER – Amber Nicole Harris, one of the two people charged with carjacking a Fairfield County woman and beating her to death last year was denied bond Friday by Judge Paul Burch. The body of Linda Robinson was spotted on the side of Carpenter Rd. last August. She’d left her Blackstock-area home a few hours […]
Carrying the Cross
April 13, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – For the last seven years, a Blythewood men’s workout group called F3 has been meeting for boot camp style workouts at 5 a.m. and finishing before the sun comes up. Normally, on Fridays, the group rucks four miles with weighted backpacks. On Good Friday, they will be holding a special workout, something they’ve […]
Richland Co. Sheriff: Gregg Martin arrested for sex crime involving a child
April 12, 2022 By
COLUMBIA – A Blythewood and Columbia-area photographer was charged with a sex crime involving a child, the Richland County Sheriff’s Department reported. Gregg Martin, 53, was arrested April 8 after deputies received a report of him taking inappropriate photographs of a young girl under his care, the sheriff’s department said in a news release. An […]
