WINNSBORO – Winnsboro Lions Paul and Bobbie Dove and Bill and Linda Haslett hosted three Lions International Youth Exchange students in July. Shown above are Lorenzo (Italy), left, and Markus (Sweden) with Lion Bobbie Dove when they visited a Salkehatchie site. Below, Anna (France), learned how to cook grits with the Lions, who served breakfasts […]
Pickleball Club Gives Back
July 20, 2023 By
Members of the Fairfield Pickleball Club don’t just meet for exercise – they also join up to give back to the community. The club has adopted a stretch of Highway 321 between Highway 34 and north to the Rec center. Pictured above are a group from the club who picked up litter along Hwy 321 […]
Shady Grove Church celebrates 200th Anniversary July 26-30
July 20, 2023 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – Shady Grove Church will celebrate its 200th church anniversary July 26 through July 30 with the theme of, “We’ve come this far by faith.” Featured speakers will be: Rev. Terry Corbin of St. Paul Baptist in Winnsboro (Wed. night); Rev. Bennie Colley, Greater Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Winnsboro (Thurs. night); Rev. […]
Annie Jr. Shows in Winnsboro
July 20, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – Based on the popular comic strip and adapted from the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, with a beloved book and score by Tony Award winners Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin, Annie Jr. features everyone’s favorite little redhead in her very first adventure. Annie Jr. will show at the Pine Tree Playhouse the […]
On Patrol
July 20, 2023 By
Fairfield County Sheriff’s Department recognized Deputy David Manaiza, pictured front center, for his graduation from the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy on July 14. According to a Facebook post from the Sheriff’s Department, Manaiza will be assigned to the Patrol Division. “We are proud of Dep. Manaiza and his accomplishments,” the post stated. Pictured with […]
Mobile vet clinic coming to Winnsboro July 22
July 19, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – There will be a new vet in town this Saturday, albeit a temporary one. Concerned with the decreasing availability of veterinarians in Fairfield County these days, Fairfield County Animal Shelter volunteers are experimenting with a new kind of health care for the county’s small animals – a mobile vet clinic. “The clinic will […]
Calvary Independent Baptist burns mortgage
July 13, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – It was January 26, 2003, when members of the Calvary Independent Baptist Church joined their Pastor James Davis and First Lady Lorraine Davis in dedicating their new church building on Sandfield Road. After the ribbon cutting at the front door, the congregation filed into the church singing a prayer chant. Last Sunday, 20 […]
Teens, adults repair homes for people in need
July 13, 2023 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – It’s organized at locations around the state as a weeklong summer camp for teens and adult church members – not a week of fun and s’mores around the campfire, but of hard work repairing the homes of neighbors in need. The event is called Salkehatchie. “Youth and adults from all over the […]
Fairfield native authors biography of Winnsboro’s Hanna Rion
July 13, 2023 By
Fairfield County native Kitt R. McMaster III authored a revealing cradle-to-grave biography that focuses on the artistic talents and unconventional lifestyle of Winnsboro’s Hanna Rion. A brief sketch of Rion’s life Hanna Rion was born in Winnsboro in 1874 to James Henry and Mary Catherine Rion, who had both made significant contributions to life in […]
‘Hey, You Guys!’ Catch The Goonies at Doko Park on Saturday
July 13, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The hunt for the lost treasure is on at Doko Park on Saturday, July 15, during a twilight showing of 80’s classic, The Goonies. The movie will start at sunset, so bring lawn chairs and blankets and plan to picnic before or during the movie. The event will include food trucks on site. […]
