WINNSBORO – Bertha Goins is fighting back. A week after a Jenkinsville Water Company attorney issued a cease and desist letter and threatened to sue Goins over comments she’s made critical of water quality, she’s hired her own attorney to safeguard her First Amendment rights. Working in a private capacity, Goins’ attorney Tommy Morgan said […]
Magazine: Fairfield is SC’s next big boom
February 14, 2019 By
COLUMBIA – An online magazine, Business in Focus, has dubbed Fairfield County as ‘South Carolina’s Next Big Boom’ in the cover story of its February 11 issue. The article credited the County’s purchase of a 1,200-acre industrial mega site along I-77 at Exit 34 as the catalyst for the boom – stimulating future economic growth […]
A Healthy Welcome!
January 10, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County Chamber of Commerce Director Gene Stephenson, center and Tracy Trapp, COO of Allegiance Diagnostic Laboratory, cut the ribbon for Trapp’s new business which provides preliminary laboratory testing by certified medical laboratory technicians. From left are Susan Yenner, Chamber administrative assistant, Pamela Smith, Demetria Trapp, Stephenson, Trapp, Dorothy Trapp, Johnnie Mae […]
Providence Health-Fairfield ER opens
December 20, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – As the baton passed from Fairfield Memorial Hospital (FMH) to Providence Health-Fairfield Emergency Room on Tuesday, citizens in Fairfield County were not without health care service for a minute. As FMH officially closed its doors forever, the county’s new ER opened its doors the same day to a new world of state-of-the-art emergency […]
Chamber celebrates Christmas at drop-in
December 20, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – The Fairfield County Chamber of Commerce ushered in the holidays with its annual Christmas drop-in on Dec. 13. The event, held at the newly named Carolina Center for Events and Conferences, was sponsored for the 12th consecutive year by TruVista. The new Chamber director, Gene Stephens, was on hand to meet and greet […]
China-based mattress manufacturer coming to former Mack Truck plant
December 13, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – China-based Healthcare Co., Ltd., announced Monday that it plans to establish new operation, Healthcare US Co., Ltd., in Fairfield County. The company’s $45 million investment is projected to create 250 new jobs in the county. Healthcare US Co., Ltd. is expected to launch its new, 650,000-square-foot, Fairfield County facility in the first quarter […]
Chinese company launching operations in Mack Truck Plant
December 11, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – Healthcare US Co., Ltd., a venture of China-based Healthcare Co., Ltd., today announced plans to establish new operations in Fairfield County. The company’s $45 million investment is projected to create 250 new jobs. Healthcare US Co., Ltd. is expected to launch its new, 650,000-square-foot, Fairfield County facility in the first quarter of 2019. […]
Winnsboro’s new ER hosts Open House Dec. 13
December 6, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – The public will get their first peek inside the new Providence Health-Fairfield Emergency Room next week – Thursday, Nov, 13, from 4 to 6 p.m. – when officials hold an open house with a ribbon cutting and tours of the new facility. Located at 1810 US Hwy 321 S, across the street from […]
Holiday Marketplace in downtown Winnsboro
December 6, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – It may be cold and rainy outside on Saturday, but it will be warm and fuzzy inside at Winnsboro’s annual Holiday Market Place featuring offerings of gifts, crafts, bakery confections and local farm produce – fruits, vegetables, meats, honey and more – from farmers and artisans of Winnsboro, Blythewood and Ridgeway. The holiday […]
Merchants offer ‘Three Weeks of Christmas’
December 6, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – Downtown merchants will be celebrating Three Weeks of Christmas with themed nights of shopping from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. each of the three evenings. First Friday, Dec. 7, shoppers can step back in time to the sights and sounds of a classic 1940’s White Christmas as they stroll downtown streets to big band […]
