Mill Village facing waterline repairs, boil notice advisory

WINNSBORO – The Town of Winnsboro experienced a break in a Mill Village water line on Poplar Street several weeks ago. Repairs of the waterline are set for next week. The area affected by the repairs will extend to all customers on both sides of Columbia Road from 2nd Street all the way to 11th […]

Man found dead Friday night on S. Zion in Winnsboro

WINNSBORO – Fairfield County Coroner Chris Hill has released the name of the individual killed in a hit and run in Winnsboro at about 8:30 p.m. on Friday, March 1. Coroner Hill said Brian Kennedy, Sr., age 56, of Winnsboro, was found in an alley off of South Zion St. after being struck by an […]

Admin reports on appeals for $1.4M

WINNSBORO – Fairfield County is looking into ways to appeal approximately $1.4 million in IRS debt and penalties that came to light in December. On Monday night, interim administrator Clay Killian outlined a series of steps he’s pursuing to try to cancel as much of the IRS debt as possible. In a report to council, […]

Winnsboro bringing gas line to Ridgeway

RIDGEWAY – A quarter-million-dollar gas line project being undertaken by the Town of Winnsboro will bring natural gas to Ridgeway – and Winnsboro town hall wants to hear from residents and business owners who are interested in connecting to the new gas line. “This is a request that the town council of Ridgeway has made, […]

Celebrating Black History: Looking Back – Reaching Forward

BLYTHEWOOD – The annual Black History Month Celebration organized each year by the Blythewood Historical Society, lived up to its theme last Saturday – ‘Looking Back – Reaching Forward’ – with two locally and nationally recognized speakers who did just that. Jim Felder, a political and civil rights activist from Sumter, S.C. served as pallbearer […]

Blythewood council meeting was deja vu all over again

BLYTHEWOOD – It was very much like old times at the Monday night council meeting. New Councilwoman Andrea Fripp took to the podium to question why council will not convene in executive session to re-discuss the now settled (with prejudice) 2021 MPA/Town lawsuits. By meeting’s end, it was a donnybrook with Fripp repeatedly interrupting and […]

Scout Motors breaks ground

BLYTHEWOOD – Scout Motors broke ground on its production center in Blythewood on Thursday, hosting two ceremonies – a morning session primarily for media and local, county and state officials who were eminently involved in bringing Scout to South Carolina, and an afternoon session for only Blythewood residents that provided an update on the project […]

5 vie for Blythewood Council seat

BLYTHEWOOD – A special election will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 27, for one open seat on the town council. Blythewood voters will go to the polls to select one of five candidates to fill the unexpired term of former Councilman Sloan Griffin who was elected mayor last November. If a runoff is necessary, a […]

McDaniel secures another $500K for downtown Winnsboro restoration

WINNSBORO – Winnsboro Town Manager Jason Taylor announced during Tuesday night’s town council meeting that the Town received a second $500,000 state budget allotment earlier that day that was awarded last summer through a Parks, Recreation, and Tourism grant. It is the second $500,000 state budget allotment Rep. Annie McDaniel has obtained for the Town […]

Richland County transportation planning meeting coming to Blythewood

RICHLAND COUNTY– Richland County is holding a series of planning meetings as part of a transportation needs assessment. The drop-in style meetings are scheduled in each of the 11 Council districts during January and February. The meeting for District 2, Councilman Derrek Pugh’s district, will be from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, […]

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