Summer Day Camp Canceled Due to COVID-19 WINNSBORO – The good news is that the Fairfield County Parks and Recreation reopened its parks, playgrounds and tennis courts on June 1 with social distancing restrictions in place. The bad news is that the summer day camp has been canceled. “We know that many campers were looking […]
Free PPE to be distributed at The Manor
June 4, 2020 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Free personal protection equipment (PPE) will be distribute at the Manor from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. every day from June 4 through June 12 or while supply lasts. Residents of Blythewood will receive a bag with 2 surgical masks, 2 pair of gloves and hand sanitizer refill for one personal bottle, 8oz […]
Bengal girls poised for banner season, may be on hold till 2021
June 4, 2020 By
The Blythewood girls track and field team had kicked the 2020 season off in fine form—for one week. “My season expectations for them are always high,” head coach Aleshia Hawkins said. “We knew we could win our region, so our goal was to be in the top five in the state. I think we were […]
Young BHS team keeping up and in shape in spite of season loss
June 4, 2020 By
Jason Warren’s first season as head track and field coach for the Blythewood boys team proved to be all of one week in the field. Even so, Warren, who coached several sports in North Carolina before moving down to Blythewood to be on the football coaching staff as well as serve as the wrestling coach […]
Griffins’ season of promise cut short
June 4, 2020 By
Fairfield Central Track and Field hit the ground running at the opening of their 2020 season – literally. In a week’s time, the Griffins competed in three meets, and the prospects looked good. They opened the season at the Diamond Hornets Invitational on March 7 and then competed at Keenan on March 11 and Westwood […]
Eagles potential for growth cut short
May 28, 2020 By
Just as the Richard Winn softball team was showing some bright signs of progress in their early season competition, COVID-19 raged its ugly head and halted all spring sports, closed schools, and changed life as everyone once knew it. With their fifth staffing change in four years, the young Eagle team looked to improve as […]
Redhawks miss out on 2020 season
May 28, 2020 By
Westwood boys disappointed with 2020, will reload in 2021 The Westwood boys track team had just two events under its belt by the time Gov. Henry McMaster ordered schools to be closed as a precaution to the COVID-19 Pandemic. That was all Rod Lorick and the Redhawks to know that this could well be the […]
Fairfield County ranks 4th highest county in SC for COVID-19 cases per 100K
May 27, 2020 By
DHEC: Ridgeway Nursing Home has become COVID-19 hotspot RIDGEWAY – More than half of Fairfield County’s 160 cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus have been tracked by the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) to the PruittHealth – Ridgeway nursing home. With 68 percent of residents infected, along with 27 staff members, the facility […]
FCHS seniors to walk June 6
May 21, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County’s Class of 2020 will have a traditional graduation ceremony, albeit with several modifications. Like most schools nationwide, the Fairfield County School District has been wrestling with whether or not to conduct a live graduation ceremony amid the COVID-19 pandemic. That question received an answer during the May 12 school board meeting. […]
Fast Food
May 21, 2020 By
WINNSBORO – The first of three mobile food pantries scheduled for distribution in Fairfield County gave out more than a hundred bags of free groceries on Saturday at the Fairfield County administration building. Two more giveaways are scheduled. The next one is set for Saturday, May 23 from 12 noon – 2 p.m. at the […]
