The Westwood baseball team had a lot to prove this season. Like any other program looking down the road at a long building period, the Redhawks were intent on practicing hard, playing hard, and no matter what the score was on the scoreboard, enjoying the time on the field. Five games into the season, the […]
Free COVID-19 testing in Fairfield
April 22, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – After four days with no increase in the number of coronavirus cases reported in both Fairfield County and Blythewood 29016 ZIP code, on Tuesday, April 21, DHEC reported those numbers rose again from 25 to 26 in Fairfield and from 35 to 38 in Blythewood 29016 ZIP code by Wednesday. The rate of […]
DHEC opens drive-thru testing site in Fairfield
April 16, 2020 By
African Americans disproportionally suffering from COVID-19 COLUMBIA – Officials in the White House, including President Donald Trump, made it clear last week that numbers indicate that African Americans are disproportionally suffering from the coronavirus across the country. In South Carolina, data released Monday by the S. C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) show […]
Free diapers available
April 16, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – Free baby diapers size 1 – 6, wipes and cleaning supplies are available every Tuesday in the parking lot of Martin Primary Health Care located at 56 Highway 321 Bypass N in Winnsboro. Families can pick them up between 1 and 2 p.m. while supply lasts. The ‘Baby Drive’ is sponsored by United […]
Easter in Fairfield
April 16, 2020 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – The streets were empty in the early hours of Easter morning as the robes on crosses changed to white in front of churches across Fairfield County. While Fairfield’s places of worship (see The Voice’s Facebook post), remained quiet and empty at the usual worship hour, the internet, fields and parking lots were […]
It’s All Good
April 16, 2020 By
RIDGEWAY – Kudos to Sarah-n-Geo’s Pizza in Ridgeway for providing lunch for the hardworking, dedicated people on the front line at Providence Health/Fairfield ER on Friday. Owners Sarah and George thanked pizzarista Michelle Taylor for stepping in to lend a helping hand at Sarah-n-Geo’s last week when they were suddenly short staffed and overwhelmed.
Corona cases by ZIP: Fairfield, 17; Blythewood, 26
April 9, 2020 By
BLYTHEWOOD/FAIRFIELD COUNTY – On Friday, April 3, Governor Henry McMaster ordered the South Carolina Department of Environmental Control (DHEC) to resume the practice of releasing confirmed COVID-19 case numbers by ZIP code after DHEC had announced earlier last week that it would stop providing the ZIP code information. The latest DHEC ZIP code update available […]
Fairfield Parks and Recreation cancels Spring sports season
April 9, 2020 By
WINNSBORO –Effective immediately, Fairfield County Parks and Recreation along with Fairfield County Administration has cancelled all spring sports, including baseball and softball. Cancellations also include gymnastics and dance. This information supplements and updates Fairfield County’s March 31 Press Release. FCPR will offer either a full refund or a credit for all spring fees paid. […]
It’s different, but it’s still church
April 9, 2020 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – The corona pandemic has changed the world – how we shop, get our groceries, go to school and work. It has also changed how we participate in worship. One by one, however, the churches in Fairfield are proving that, with God and technology, all things church are possible during the pandemic, including […]
