LAKE WATEREE – The long-dead trees that sat dangerously just below the surface of Lake Wateree have been cut down to a safer level, says Rod Wilkes, the Lake Wateree homeowner who persisted though months of bureaucracy to get the project done. Wilkes, who’s since joined the board of the Lake Wateree Association, says roughly […]
BHS alums hoping AI study will predict short-term stock market fluctuations
May 16, 2024 By
COLUMBIA – Two Blythewood USC students began research in January at the University of South Carolina that found that artificial intelligence can be used to predict short-term stock market fluctuations. First-year USC business student Livingston Weisinger and first-year USC computer science student Tarun Ramkumar’s goal is to use AI and news sentiment to outperform the […]
Farmers’ Market opens May 18
May 16, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – The Fairfield Farmers and Artisans Market will officially open its 2024 season on Saturday, May 18. The event will last from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. The Farmers Market host about 25 vendors inside the County Farmer’s Market at 117 E. Washington Street behind the town clock. New this year will be a […]
Say a prayer and tie a ribbon
May 16, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – ‘Prayer Changes Us’ is the theme of an outdoor Pentecost installation sponsored by the Episcopal Church Women at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Winnsboro. The women are inviting all members of the community to take action by stopping by the wrought iron fence surrounding the church, say a prayer and tie a colorful […]
TikTok features Vernell Thompson’s flower power
May 9, 2024 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – Did you ever wonder what would happen if your grandma was turned loose on TikTok? When Vernell McDaniel Thompson’s grandkids set her up with an account on the popular online video-sharing platform, they probably didn’t realize what they had wrought. It didn’t take long for Thompson to make her flowering yard a […]
Humane Society seeks justice for four horses
May 9, 2024 By
COLUMBIA – The Humane Society South Carolina seeks the community’s help to ensure that justice is served in an animal cruelty case. On Aug. 17, 2023, the Richland County Sheriff’s Department seized four severely emaciated horses. The seizure was put in motion after a lengthy investigation and intervention that started on May 3, 2023, when […]
A.M.E. Church to invest $10M in former White Oak Conference Center
May 2, 2024 By
WHITE OAK – Two years after the Seventh District of the A.M.E. church purchased the former White Oak Conference Center from the South Carolina Baptist Convention, the church is working to restore the facility to its glory days, according to A.M.E.’s Presiding Elder Charles Young, who is overseeing the project. The church purchased the property […]
Restoration of Fortune Springs Park is underway
May 2, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – A first look at what a renovated Fortune Springs Park could look like in a couple of years was unveiled last week during a public meeting at the Old Armory. The purpose of the meeting was to present the preliminary design for the park and receive community input on the project. Representatives from […]
Blair Coalition of Churches hosts community day
May 2, 2024 By
Blair Coalition of Churches hosted their annual Blair Day on Saturday. The event kicked off with a parade from Gethsemane Baptist Church to Willie Lee Robinson Field at 11 a.m. Dr. Nikita Pete and Mr. Willie Lee Robinson served as parade grand marshals. Following the parade, the coalition hosted an afternoon of food, fellowship, and […]
Suzy Dye to be presented in recital at Bethel ARP Church
May 2, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – The Winnsboro Music Study Club will present its 2023-2024 scholarship recipient, Suzy Dye, in a recital Thursday, May 9 at 4 p.m., at Bethel ARP Church in Winnsboro. Dye is a junior studying Musical Theatre at the South Carolina School of the Arts at Anderson University. She will present a combination of musical […]
