Field & Stream to bring music festival to Fairfield

Headliners will be Country Music’s Eric Church and Lainey Wilson FAIRFIELD COUNTY – Tickets go on sale this week for the Field & Stream Music Fest, a big country music festival that’s coming to Winnsboro Oct. 4-6. The event, being put on by a Charlotte-based entertainment company in conjunction with Field & Stream, is intended […]

Ridgeway election set for April 2

RIDGEWAY – The regular April 2, 2024, election set for the town of Ridgeway will include three candidates for two seats and an unopposed candidate to fill the unexpired term of mayor. Council seats currently held by Belva Bush Belton and Donald Prioleau will be open. Belton will be looking to retain her seat on […]

Council votes 3-1 against reimbursement

Vote to reimburse Brock’s legal costs has surprise ending BLYTHEWOOD – An item on Monday night’s town council agenda that quickly became contentious during the meeting, ended in a surprising vote. The agenda item called for Councilman Donald Brock to be reimbursed for $2,639.25 for legal expenses he incurred in connection with a deposition for […]

Still remembering the tornado that plundered Fairfield 40 years later

FAIRFIELD COUNTY – On March 28, 1984, tornadoes struck multiple towns across the northern half of South Carolina before entering North Carolina to continue their paths of destruction. An article in Time Magazine dated April 9, 1984 said, “Last week’s Carolina twisters skipped along erratically, touching here and there, missing big cities by pure chance […]

Brock addresses council after failed reimbursement vote

Following the vote, Brock returned to the council room and, during public comment time at the end of the meeting, addressed the reimbursement issue at the lectern. Read about the vote here. I want to thank the council for hearing my request. It’s ok if you voted no. It’s alright. I just want to clarify […]

Could Blair become a municipality?

WINNSBORO – There is a movement to see Blair, in western Fairfield County, become an official town, not just an unincorporated community. Blair resident Brandon Henderson outlined his desire to Fairfield County Council Monday night to see the western Fairfield County community incorporate into a full-fledged municipality. Henderson said he’s been studying incorporation for about […]

Candidates file for June 11 primaries

WINNSBORO – Nine candidates have filed for local, state and national primary elections to be held June 11, 2024 and represent Fairfield County. U. S. Congress, Dist. 5 Two candidates are running for the U.S. House of Representatives for District 5: Incumbent U. S. Congressman Republican Ralph W. Norman and Democrat Evangeline Hundley. District 5 […]

Blythewood council OKs stormwater IGA with county

BLYTHEWOOD – Town Council approved an intergovernmental agreement with Richland County on Monday night for engineering services and infrastructure maintenance related to stormwater management services for the town. While Richland County has historically provided these services within Blythewood’s town limits, the Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) determined in March of 2023, that the […]

Town’s Newest Leader

BLYTHEWOOD – Erica Page, the town’s newest town council member, was administered the oath of office by Judge Deirdre Hightower Monday night as her family looked on. Following the council meeting, a reception was held for Page in the lobby of Doko Manor. Page, the vice president of a local mortgage lender, took almost half […]

Some Courthouse offices will be temporarily moved starting April 8

WINNSBORO – Beginning April 8, 2024, the Probate Court office will be located at 260 Bratton Street in Winnsboro, directly behind the county administration building. On or before April 30, the following services will be relocated to the addresses listed below: The Fairfield County Auditor, Treasurer and Delinquent Tax Collector will be temporarily relocated to […]

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