FAIRFIELD COUNTY – While shopping Fairfield stores is already in full swing, the Fairfield County Chamber of Commerce is upping the game with its annual Shop Fairfield First program that starts Friday, Dec. 6.. Participating merchants in downtown Ridgeway and Winnsboro will receive signup slips to be filled out by the customer when making a […]
Sheriff seeks suspect in City Gas theft
November 18, 2019 By
RIDGEWAY – At approximately 5:53 a.m. on Sunday, November 17, the individual pictured stole cash registers, money and cigarettes from City Gas Convenience Store in Ridgeway. The suspect threw a brick through a glass door to gain entry and left in a white mini-van driven by another individual. The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office is […]
Sheriff hosts Ghosts & Goblins
October 31, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – Fifty or so young ghosts, goblins and witches converged on the Sheriff’s Department in Winnsboro Saturday for trick-or-treating, games, prizes and a costume contest. Judging the ghoulish group were three of the County’s finest – Sheriff’s Deputies Bill Dove, Oren Gadson and Jana Childers whose husband, Chris, is a deputy. After studying the […]
Deer hunter foils theft of his Polaris
October 10, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – William Ladd of Winnsboro recently posted on his Facebook that he had one of the most interesting bow-hunts of his life about 7:30, Sunday evening. “I was sitting in the [deer] stand minding my own business when I heard my Polaris driving up behind me,” Ladd recalled. His first thought was that it […]
Sheriff seeks suspect in armed robbery
September 27, 2019 By
BLAIR – At approximately 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 25, an unknown person assaulted an employee of Dollar General at the Salem Crossroads intersection in the Blair area of Fairfield County. The suspect forcibly stole a quantity of money that was being taken to the bank and then fled on foot in the direction of […]
Armed Robbery at Grand Central Truck Stop
September 11, 2019 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY -Two individuals wearing masks and armed with a hammer and what the Fairfield County Sheriff’s office believes to be a machete robbed the Grand Central Truck Stop on SC 200 at the intersection of I-77. The robbery occurred on Aug. 31. One of the individuals returned on Sept. 9 with the large knife […]
Bouknight charged for shooting into home
September 5, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – After eluding authorities for 10 days, a Winnsboro man has been arrested on charges stemming from a shooting incident that occurred on Saturday, Aug. 17 in the Popular Street area of Winnsboro. Charles Tyler Bouknight, 30, turned himself in to the Fairfield County Detention Center on Wednesday, Aug. 28, according to Sheriff Will […]
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 […]
Woman found dead along Hwy 200
August 1, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – The body of a woman who appeared to have been stabbed was discovered along Highway 200 at about 8:40 on the morning of Wednesday, July 24, according to the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Department. Thelma Alejandra Villegas Rios, 21, of Charlotte, was reportedly found face down in a ditch next to Highway 200 in […]
Fairfield’s National Night Out, Spirit Fest set for Aug. 6
August 1, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – A First Responders’ Parade has been planned to kick off this year’s National Night Out in Fairfield County. The parade, sponsored by the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Department and the Winnsboro Public Safety Department, will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 6 at 6:15 p.m. in downtown Winnsboro. “But the fun, food and games will […]
