WINNSBORO – Fairfield County School District named its Teachers of the Year for the district’s eight schools as well as a District Teacher of the Year during the annual convocation. Crystal Whitaker, the Social Studies Department Chair at Fairfield Central High, was named the Fairfeld School District Teacher of the Year. Whitaker, who is in […]
Rosa (Rosanna) Williams Byrd
September 26, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – Rosa (Rosanna) Williams Byrd, a longtime resident of Winnsboro, South Carolina passed away on Sunday, August 4, 2019. Rosa was born on January 14, 1922, in Inez, North Carolina as the daughter of the late Baldie and Georgianna Williams. She attended John R. Hawkins High School and later graduated from the McCrorery-Liston High […]
Shelter seeks person(s) responsible for dog’s torment
September 19, 2019 By
$250 Reward Offered for Conviction of Anyone Responsible WINNSBORO – Around noon on Sept. 11, a Fairfield County Animal Control officer picked up a young male Pit Bull stray with wounds so gruesome that after he was brought into the shelter and photographed, the staff felt the need to attach warnings ‘before opening’ on some […]
Bengals swing into season with W
September 19, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood kicked off the season with a 6-0 sweep of Dutch Fork High School on Sept. 3. After a long break in their schedule, the Bengals hosted formidable opponent Camden High School on Sept. 13 for their first home match of the season. After moving the start time back an hour, the match […]
County industrial property to go to RCPC
September 5, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Of the 1,300 acres that Richland County hopes to purchase and have rezoned for a Blythewood Industrial Park, almost 500 acres (two parcels) are in the county, not the Town of Blythewood, and the county will have jurisdiction over their re-zoning. The two parcels, located along Blythewood Road, west of Fairfield Electric Cooperative’s […]
Voice designer brings home top awards…again
September 5, 2019 By
COLUMBIA – The Voice newspaper’s graphics designer, Ashley Ghere, brought home top awards from the S. C. Press Association’s Palmy Awards contest…again. Ghere earned first place awards in the weekly division for her work designing ads for two of The Voice’s clients – Reese’s Plants in the Home and Garden category and the Town of […]
Sept. 3 is deadline to file for mayor, 2 at-large council seats
August 29, 2019 By
BLYTHEWOOD – With less than a week left to file for two at-large council seats and mayor, only one candidate has set sail. Councilman Malcolm Gordge has filed for the mayor’s seat. Councilman Eddie Baughman has confirmed with The Voice that he plans to seek re-election, but had not filed at press time. No one […]
Griffins place 2nd at Battle of Camden
August 29, 2019 By
CAMDEN – Fairfield Central Cross Country had a strong showing in last Saturday’s Battle of Camden Invitational. Malik Coleman led Griffin runners and finished in fourth with a time of 18:25:91, just under a minute shy of first place. Senior Sammie Robinson, sophomore Joshua Mosley and senior Malik Beaver finished in ninth, tenth and eleventh […]
Westwood Cross Country has big start
August 29, 2019 By
CAMDEN – Westwood Cross Country had a strong showing in last Saturday’s Battle of Camden Invitational. The boys snagged a fourth-place finish out of 14 teams while the girls team finished eighth of the ten teams. Seventh grader Emma Ashley topped the 71 female runners in her first meet of the season with a time […]
Sheriff seeks shooting suspect
August 23, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office is seeking a suspect involved in a recent shooting incident in the Poplar Street area of Winnsboro. Charles Bouknight, 30, is wanted for 4 counts of Attempted Murder, Possession of a Weapon during a Violent Crime and Discharging a Firearm into a Dwelling during an incident that occurred […]
