Members of St. Stephens’ Episcopal’s Home Alone outreach ministry in Ridgeway prepared 28 Easter baskets for the elderly and other homebound community members. The ministry, in its thirteenth year, also provides baskets of goodies at Christmas and Thanksgiving. The baskets are then delivered by Sheriff’s Deputies Ron Mull and Marge Whitney. “Without them, we could […]
Martin: RW deputy schedule works well
April 4, 2019 By
RIDGEWAY – An opponent from the get-go of Council’s decision to contract with the Fairfield County Sheriff for law enforcement in Ridgeway, Councilwoman Angela Harrison asked for an update on the new arrangement during last week’s Town Council meeting. “I’d like to see a monthly schedule [of Deputy Sheriffs’ work assignments. When we met in […]
Dogs attack, maul Winnsboro man
March 28, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – A Winnsboro man was mauled Saturday by two dogs who were reportedly running loose on the former Mack Truck property off U. S. Highway 321 about 7 a.m. on Friday. A dispatcher notified Sheriff’s deputies that a man was on the ground with two dogs on top of him and another man was […]
Update: Winnsboro man kills self after SLED arrives
March 27, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – As the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Department assisted the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) with serving fraud warrants on a Fairfield County man, deputies say the man put a gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger. John Wayne McCord, 64, who lived near the intersection of Highway 321 and Broom Mill Road […]
Sheriff: Church burglaries on rise
March 14, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – A recent rash of burglaries in vehicles parked in church parking lots during worship services has prompted Fairfield County Sheriff Will Montgomery to issue an advisory encouraging citizens and church members to be vigilant for suspicious activity on church properties in the county. Someone burglarized a vehicle at a church in the Jenkinsville […]
Update: Arrest made in Mekra Lang shooting
March 6, 2019 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY –Jazzmine K. Thompson, 21, of Ranch Rd., Columbia has been arrested for a shooting incident that occurred at Mekra Lang North America on Tuesday, Mar. 5. Thompson, a former temporary employee at Mekra Lang, was arrested Tuesday evening in Richland County and is being held at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center. Thompson will […]
Sheriff: burglars active in rural area
February 28, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – Two homes were recently burglarized in the Ashford Ferry Road and Old Douglass Road areas, and according to the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office, more daytime home burglaries could be occurring in the northwest corner of the county. The entries were forced in both the front and rear of the homes and the homeowners […]
Sheriff’s Deputies freezin’ for a reason
February 28, 2019 By
LAKE WATEREE – About 65 people took the chilly plunge on Saturday at Lake Wateree during the Fairfield County Sheriff Department’s fifth annual Polar Plunge, organizer Bill Dove, an investigator with the department said. “We raised over $10,000 this year,” Dove said, “which is the largest amount we’ve raised since we’ve been sponsoring the plunge. […]
Martin: Sheriff’s contract saves Ridgeway $70K a year
August 16, 2018 By
RIDGEWAY – After voting on Aug. 9 to contract with the Fairfield County Sheriff’s office for law enforcement services for the Town of Ridgeway and on Aug. 11 to defund the Ridgeway Police Department, Town Councilman Dan Martin reported that the change would save the Town approximately $70,000 annually. “The fact is, we spent $108K […]
Counties differ on animal abusers
August 16, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – A man convicted of setting a dog on fire is serving a five-year prison sentence, the maximum allowed under state law. Another man who dragged a dog with a truck more than a mile didn’t spend one day in prison. So what makes these cases different? One was prosecuted in Richland County; the […]
