Dept. of Commerce: $8.25M Investment Will Create 17 Jobs FAIRFIELD COUNTY – Capital Concrete Co., a construction materials supplier, has announced it will open a new operation in Fairfield County. The company’s $8.25 million investment will create 17 new jobs, according to an announcement by the S.C. Department of Commerce. This is the first economic […]
Winnsboro Fiesta cuts the ribbon
January 11, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – Winnsboro Fiesta, the town’s newest eatery, cut the ribbon to mark its official opening on Monday. While the restaurant opened for business on Oct. 31, it just acquired its beer and liquor license last week. Cutting the ribbon with Mayor John McMeekin (right), are Winnsboro Fiesta owner Catarino Lozano (left) and Bill Haslett […]
Miracle on Aisle 1
December 28, 2023 By
Cruising along in a Blythewood Food Lion shopping cart, Ariah and Ahonna Linn of Winnsboro were more than a little surprised to look up and see The Grinch and a Gingerbread Man welcoming them to the store. With waves all around, the sisters were mesmerized by the Christmas twosome until their grandparents decided it was […]
ROI Fitness Center opens in Winnsboro
November 30, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – There’s a new fitness gym in town. ROI Fitness Gym opened with a Nov. 10 ribbon cutting hosted by the Fairfield Chamber of Commerce. Zach and Kristina Houston own and operate the gym, located at 721 US Hwy 321, Suite 3 in the shopping center formerly anchored by Walmart. The new gym is […]
Caldwell Tree Farm celebrates five years
November 21, 2023 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – In the five years since the start of the Caldwell Tree Farm in Winnsboro, helping people to get the perfect Christmas tree has become an annual tradition for Jenny and Mac Caldwell, who run the farm. “It’s been a lot of fun. There have definitely been families that have come every year, […]
Wells Fargo building to be developed
November 9, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – A new restaurant and apartment rentals are planned for downtown Winnsboro as early as summer 2024. And they’ll be located in the old Wells Fargo bank building at 101 N. Congress St. Capstone Property Group, a real estate limited liability company headquartered in Gainesville, Georgia, emerged recently as the top bidder to purchase […]
Carol Allen leaves legacy in Ridgeway
November 9, 2023 By
RIDGEWAY – When Carol Allen, 73, died last Wednesday, Nov. 1, from metastatic melanoma, her death left a huge hole in Ridgeway’s heart and a legacy that few entrepreneurs ever match. She is the unassuming woman who opened a tea room that catapulted Ridgeway into the tourist mecca it is today. Before Allen opened Laura’s […]
Chamber cuts ribbon on Primerica office
November 9, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – Ridgeway native Latishia Brown Robertson has announced the opening of her new Primerica office in downtown Winnsboro, with a ribbon cutting on Monday, Nov. 6. “We are excited to welcome Primerica Financial Services to Historic Downtown Winnsboro. It’s always a great day when we welcome another small business to Winnsboro,” Fairfield County Chamber […]
Olé! Winnsboro Fiesta is open
November 1, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – “In the last couple of months, I think one of the questions that I’ve been asked the most often is, ‘When is the New Mexican restaurant, Winnsboro Fiesta, going to open?’” Winnsboro Town Manager Jason Taylor posted on Facebook earlier this week. The answer came on Tuesday when the restaurant, located at 141 […]
Winnsboro massage therapist receives award
October 19, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – Just a few months after Winnsboro massage therapist Melissa Russell marked the 10-year anniversary of her downtown Winnsboro business – Help Yourself Massage Studio – she learned that she had been selected for a statewide Meritorious Award by the South Carolina chapter of the American Massage Therapy Association. The award honors her engagement […]
