WINNSBORO – Since 1990, schools, churches, civic organizations, and community groups across the nation, including in Fairfield County, have used the energy and momentum surrounding the Super Bowl to help feed the hungry. As team members of the Souper Bowl of Caring, county residents have raised funds and held food drives to benefit our local […]
Holiday Shoppers of Lake City
January 25, 2024 By
LAKE CITY – A Winnsboro artist and four other artists were invited last December by the Lake City Alliance to produce Plein air paintings during the ‘Shop Lake City’ Christmas holiday celebration – an annual event for Lake City, SC. The artists were told they could paint anywhere in the city they chose so long […]
Grandma, 66, becomes author
January 18, 2024 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – For Terri Daughtry, inspiration for writing has always been a fleeting thing. But when inspiration would strike, she rushed to get the idea down on paper – or napkins, or the back of a receipt, or whatever she could find – before it was gone. As she wrote each precious note, she […]
Celebrating Legacy
January 18, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – The Fairfield County branch of the NAACP held its second annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration at Blackjack Baptist Church in Winnsboro on Monday. Fairfield County’s branch president Jennifer M.H. Jenkins opened with remarks, followed with an invocation by Rev. Dr. Robert Scotland, pastor of Shiloh First Presbyterian Church. Guest speakers were […]
Unscathed
January 18, 2024 By
RIDGEWAY – When a windstorm that swept through Blythewood and Fairfield County on Jan. 9 took out a large tree on Means Street in Ridgeway, it fell just short of the historic Ridgeway school’s brick archway that stands in the town’s park. Though the tips of the tree’s limbs were all over the archway, the […]
Ridgeway First Baptist welcomes pastor
January 18, 2024 By
RIDGEWAY – The First Baptist Church of Ridgeway has announced that Stephen Forrester has been named the church’s new pastor. Forrester, his wife Lauren and their five children (ages 3 mo. – 9 years) were previously with the Sanctuary Baptist Church in Greenville where he had served two and a half years as associate pastor. […]
Tricia’s Trunk moves to new location
January 11, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – As Tricia’s Trunk clothing charity reaches the decade mark, it’s moving from a difficult-to-access second story space in the sanctuary of Blythewood’s Sandy Level Baptist Church to a former classroom building at the front of the church complex. “Our new location is more spacious and more accessible,” says Amy Wrightsman, one of the […]
Town to restore burned out Thespian Hall, Tavern
January 2, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – The burned-out hull of what was once two of the town’s crown jewels – the Tavern and Thespian Hall – has been purchased by the Town with the purpose of restoring the property to its glory days. On Tuesday night, the Winnsboro Town Council voted unanimously to purchase the one-acre property for $100,000 […]
WDPS hosts 12th annual Senior Holiday Luncheon
December 28, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – The 12th annual Seniors Holiday Luncheon sponsored by the Winnsboro Department of Public Safety and held at the newly renovated Armory building, was tons of fun from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 22. Catered by S & J Catering, the event was anchored by three hours of Bingo, great prizes, […]
Fairfield’s Fitness Challenge set for January 4
December 28, 2023 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – The start of the new year will also be the start of the fifth annual Get Fit! Fairfield fitness challenge, a 12-week health and weight loss challenge where teams earn points by meeting weight loss and exercise goals and completing weekly fitness challenges. Put on by Fairfield County Parks & Recreation, the […]
