COLUMBIA – Guilty. That’s the determination of the State Ethics Commission in response to Richland 2 school board member Amelia McKie’s latest campaign law violation. In an order filed Nov. 30, the ethics commission said McKie violated state law by not disclosing her government salary of $9,600 on her 2021 Statement of Economic Interest (SEI) […]
BHS Drill Team takes first place
December 1, 2022 By
Blythewood High School’s JROTC Drill Team won first place in a meet at Lugoff-Elgin High School on Nov. 19. They participated in unarmed and armed regulation platoon, unarmed and armed exhibition, color guard, solo armed duet and armed duo.
Libby Roof leaves R2 post
November 17, 2022 By
COLUMBIA – Libby Roof, Senior Chief Officer for Communications at Richland School District Two has announced that she will be leaving her post effective Nov. 22, and taking the Chief Communications Director’s position at Lexington One. ‘Leaving Richland Two is one of the hardest decisions I have made in my career,” Roof wrote in an […]
Share & Care Donates to Bengals
November 17, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Ray Kinard and R & R Share & Care Relief Ministries recently donated $2,000 to the Blythewood High School Boys Basketball program. Pictured standing in front of the teams are, from left: Xavier Martin, James Keel, Head Coach Zeke Washington, Ray Kinard, Kristen Claiborne, Samson Myers, Denisha Goodwin, and Darryl Watkins. “Thank you […]
No changes on Fairfield School Board Trustees
November 10, 2022 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – In the school board election, all incumbents were returned to the board. Incumbent Sylvia Harrison, Dist. 1, captured 774 votes (72%) to turn back her challenger, Clair MoMo Qualls with 300 votes (28.%). There were 4 write-in votes. Dist. 7 school board incumbent Darreyl Davis had 627 votes (60%) to Kolisa Willingham […]
Election brings new balance of power to R2
November 10, 2022 By
COLUMBIA – There will be four new members on the heretofore embattled Richland 2 School Board. Angela Nash, a realtor, with 17,975 votes (14%) was the top vote getter. Tamika Washington, a former teacher, with 17,022 votes (13%) was second, followed by Niki Porter, also a former teacher, with 13,234 votes (10%). Joe Trapp, a […]
FCSD receives eight electric school buses
November 3, 2022 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – Fairfield County School District recently received eight shiny new electric school buses. The buses are part of 2,400 electric buses the EPA’s Clean School Bus Program is sending to 389 school districts across the country. Of these, 440 were sent to southeastern states. South Carolina is receiving 148 buses – the most […]
Coming Home to FCHS
October 27, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – It was another great Fairfield Central High School homecoming event last week when classes from the 1980’s through 2021 filled the baseball field, tailgating under a rainbow of tents with ribs, barbecue and fried fish. A downtown parade sparked cheers and applause as it rolled down Congress Street featuring vehicles with class-year sign, […]
Blythewood’s Leadbitter named National Merit semifinalist
October 27, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Ryan D. Leadbitter, a Spring Valley High School senior and lifelong resident of Blythewood, was recently notified that he is among 16,000 semifinalists in the 68th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. He was one of 11 semifinalists from Richland School District Two. Leadbitter attended Bethel-Hanberry Elementary and Muller Road Middle (Leadership Academy) Schools […]
JROTC volunteers at Harvest Hope
October 27, 2022 By
COLUMBIA – Over the course of three days, Blythewood High School’s JROTC Alpha, Bravo and Charlie companies worked to assist Harvest Hope in packing and loading food for families in need. Cadets were assigned different tasks at the Harvest Hope facility, two of which were packaging food into boxes and loading the boxes onto vehicles […]
