WINNSBORO – Fairfield County residents with a vested interest in an $11.5 million project that would repurpose the old Mt. Zion Institute into new county offices will have a chance to have their questions answered at an upcoming public forum. The forum is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 20 at the Fairfield County campus of Midland […]
Councilmen go to Washington
September 12, 2018 By
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Fairfield County Council Chairman Billy Smith, fellow Councilman Neal Robinson and Fairfield County Sheriff Will Montgomery were invited with a group of other South Carolina officials to tour the White House and meet with administration officials to discuss how national issues and the administration’s policies toward them affect our local communities. They […]
Community forum set for admin building
September 6, 2018 By
Forum Set For Sept. 20 At Fairfield Midlands WINNSBORO – A community forum and county council work session concerning the proposed new county administration building project will be held from 5 – 8 pm at the Midlands Technical College’s Fairfield Campus on Wednesday, Sept. 20. The forum will include a 5 p.m. reception where citizens […]
Notice of Public Hearing: Fairfield County Council
September 6, 2018 By
Admin building faces opposition
August 30, 2018 By
Smith Pushes Back In 15-Minute Soliloquy WINNSBORO – Council members voted 4-0 to approve second reading of an ordinance authorizing development of a new administration building and a lease agreement and other contracts associated with the Mt. Zion site. But repurposing the old Mt. Zion institute into a new Fairfield County administration building is far […]
Fairfield asks feds to exempt Element
August 16, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County leaders want the federal government to waive tariffs impacting Element Electronics, tariffs the TV assembler says will wipe out 126 jobs, essentially shuttering the Winnsboro plant. However, a nonprofit geared toward the manufacturing sector disputes whether tariffs and trade wars are even to blame. By unanimous vote, Fairfield County Council swiftly […]
Council OKs first Mt. Zion vote
August 16, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – With Fairfield County stung by massive job losses and another 120 positions expected to vanish, development of a new $11.4 million county administration building aims to ease some of that pain. Supporters also note tax credits would finance the majority of costs of renovating the Mt. Zion Institute site in Winnsboro, lowering the […]
Governor to attend airport unveiling
August 2, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – It was so dark, a state plane carrying S.C. Department of Commerce Director Bobby Hitt couldn’t land at the Fairfield County Airport. Not exactly the impression Fairfield County, a county hungry to land new industry, wanted to leave. Now when Hitt and his boss, Gov. Henry McMaster, potentially return in a few weeks […]
Providence has FMH rehab in strategic plan
August 2, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – As Providence Health prepares to open a new emergency room in Winnsboro, its parent company is being sold. Tennessee-based LifePoint Health is being acquired by Apollo Global Management, a large venture capital firm, said Stephen Selzer, interim market chief executive officer of LifePoint. Selzer made the announcement during the Fairfield Memorial Hospital’s monthly […]
Notice of Adoption of Resolution
August 2, 2018 By
NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION Notice is hereby given that by the adoption of a resolution dated July 23, 2018, adopted by the County Council of Fairfield County, the governing body of Fairfield County, South Carolina (the “County”), the County has authorized the formation of the Fairfield Joint Water and Sewer System, a joint authority […]
