BLYTHEWOOD – A plan to open previously restricted land to potential industrial development received a favorable vote from Blythewood planning commissioners Tuesday night. Commissioners voted 4-2 to recommend rezoning about 125 acres along Community and Blythewood roads from Town Center District (TC), which only allows certain uses, to Light Industrial Two District (LI-2). Blythewood Town […]
In Memory
September 8, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County Council held a ribbon cutting at the County’s new Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Plaza on Aug. 31 located on the grounds of the new Fairfield County Government Complex. The plaza features a fountain and bronze sculpture by artist Stann Watts of Atlas Bronze Casting. Speakers for the event were Fairfield […]
Fairfield first responders staffing dangerously low, according to state official
September 1, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – The Fairfield County Detention Center is short 13 of the 29 officers the S.C. County Association’s insurer says are needed to adequately provide for the health and safety of the Center’s 75 or so prisoners. Of the 16 current officers, only 13 are carrying a full workload, one is out sick, one is […]
County settles $450K detention center lawsuit
September 1, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County has agreed to pay $450,000 to Debra Knight Croxton, a Great Falls woman whose son died while in custody at the Fairfield County Detention Center. The payout comes as staffing shortages, outlined by Croxton in her original lawsuit, continue to plague the county jail years later. According to Councilman Douglas Pauley, […]
Pugh named to County board
September 1, 2022 By
COLUMBIA – One of Blythewood’s representatives on Richland county council, Derrek Pugh, was recently elected chair of the membership committee for the S.C. Coalition of Black County Officials (SCCOBCO), a group that works to ensure minority county officials have the resources to help lead their respective counties. Pugh, who is in his second year of […]
Council, public undaunted by civility pledge
August 25, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood Town Council adopted a resolution Monday night as suggested by the S.C. Municipal Association for all city governments across the state, pledging to “practice and promote civility.” Shortly thereafter, things turned decidedly uncivil, as has frequently been the case in Blythewood Town Council meetings since the mayor began openly targeting The Voice […]
Reginald Robinson ineligible to run for council
August 18, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – After filing to run for county council in District 5, Reginald Robinson was notified by the Voter Registration office that he did not meet the number of petition signatures required to file for office. Robinson needed 109 signatures of registered voters in his district and turned in 129 signatures. But 38 of those […]
Bell proposes industrial tax break for Teacher Village
August 11, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – A 22-acre private “Teacher Village” housing development slated to be built behind Fairfield Central High School could have much its county property taxes waived for up to 30 years, if council passes the Special Source Revenue Credit proposed by Chairman Moses Bell. On Monday night, the council members approved first reading of the […]
Gilbert debunks misleading info about Town, RW line
August 11, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – Moses Bell grew visibly upset with fellow Councilman Clarence Gilbert when Gilbert picked apart what he said was misinformation regarding the Town’s participation with the proposed Ridgeway sewer line. Bell, the county chairman, chastised Gilbert for disclosing what Bell said were private negotiations. However, most of what Gilbert talked about had already been […]
