AIRFIELD COUNTY – The arrival of a longtime expert at working with law enforcement’s dogs has led to the launch of a new K-9 program at the Fairfield County Sheriff’s office, with two dog handlers and their K-9 partners now operational and assisting with a variety of tasks. “It’s kind of unusual because we started […]
Letter: Fear Not- The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
March 14, 2024 By
At Monday night’s county council meeting, the auditor pronounced the county’s audit as a “clean audit,” and we were told, for the third time in three years, that the next audit will be done on time. Meanwhile the patient (the county’s finances) has all the earmarks of being very fiscally sick. Truly, that clean audit […]
WDPS Chief Kevin Lawrence resigns
March 7, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – Winnsboro Town Administrator Jason Taylor announced Thursday afternoon, March 7, that Winnsboro Department of Public Safety Chief Kevin Lawrence had resigned his post effective March 6. Taylor gave no details as to why Lawrence resigned. Lawrence was hired as Interim chief in September of 2022, after the Town’s former Chief John Seibles retired. […]
Mill Village facing waterline repairs, boil notice advisory
March 6, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – The Town of Winnsboro experienced a break in a Mill Village water line on Poplar Street several weeks ago. Repairs of the waterline are set for next week. The area affected by the repairs will extend to all customers on both sides of Columbia Road from 2nd Street all the way to 11th […]
Man found dead Friday night on S. Zion in Winnsboro
March 2, 2024 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County Coroner Chris Hill has released the name of the individual killed in a hit and run in Winnsboro at about 8:30 p.m. on Friday, March 1. Coroner Hill said Brian Kennedy, Sr., age 56, of Winnsboro, was found in an alley off of South Zion St. after being struck by an […]
Winnsboro bringing gas line to Ridgeway
February 29, 2024 By
RIDGEWAY – A quarter-million-dollar gas line project being undertaken by the Town of Winnsboro will bring natural gas to Ridgeway – and Winnsboro town hall wants to hear from residents and business owners who are interested in connecting to the new gas line. “This is a request that the town council of Ridgeway has made, […]
Celebrating Black History: Looking Back – Reaching Forward
February 29, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The annual Black History Month Celebration organized each year by the Blythewood Historical Society, lived up to its theme last Saturday – ‘Looking Back – Reaching Forward’ – with two locally and nationally recognized speakers who did just that. Jim Felder, a political and civil rights activist from Sumter, S.C. served as pallbearer […]
Eagles look sharp at Back Woods Quail Classic
February 29, 2024 By
GEORGETOWN – Richard Winn’s sporting clay team took to Georgetown over the weekend for the Back Woods Quail Club tournament, their third tournament in the 2024 give-tournament series. Sophomore shooter Abby Lewis took home the medal for Highest Overall in the Senior Advanced division. Hitting 94 of 100 targets on the day, Lewis finished in […]
Erica Page wins council seat
February 27, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Erica Page was the winner in the Town’s Special Election held Tuesday to fill the Council seat vacated when former Councilman Sloan Griffin was elected as the Town’s Mayor last November. Page, a wife, mom of two daughters, and local mortgage lender, took almost half the votes in a candidate field of five. […]
