COLUMBIA – The South Carolina Association of School Administrators (SCASA) has named Dr. Tracie Swilley the 2024 South Carolina Secondary Principal of the Year. Dr. Swilley is principal of Fairfield Central High School in the Fairfield County School District. “We are excited to announce that Dr. Tracie Swilley has been named the SCASA Secondary Principal […]
Griffin fires Black, Burnett, releases MPA legal expenses
December 11, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – At a noon press conference on Monday at Doko Manor, newly elected Blythewood mayor Sloan Griffin announced that the town of Blythewood has incurred almost $700,000 in fees with two law firms since April of 2021 for its legal entanglement with MPA Strategies, the Town’s former marketing firm. Griffin also announced that the […]
Blythewood parade postponed
December 9, 2023 By
Mayor Sloan Jarvis has issued a statement that the 2023 Blythewood Christmas Parade WILL NOT BE HELD as scheduled for 2-4 pm on Sunday, Dec.10 in the interest of safety for all concerned. “We are making every effort to reschedule the parade for next Saturday morning, Dec. 16, if possible,” Griffin said. The Voice will post any further […]
Town terminates outside attorney Shannon Burnett
December 8, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – After Mayor Sloan Griffin didn’t appear to be ready to fire any of the Town’s attorneys at Tuesday night’s special called meeting, he did just that two days later. Griffin sent outside attorney Shannon Burnett of Shannon Burnett Law Firm in Blythewood a letter of termination on Thursday, Dec. 8. Burnett was working […]
City Watch: Blythewood ‘making a mountain of public debt out of a molehill of personal spite’
December 8, 2023 By
As the soap opera that is the legal battle between Blythewood and the marketing firm it hired to boost the town’s image rages on, one thing is certain: attorney fees. The fight between Blythewood Town Council and MPA Strategies and its president, Ashley Hunter, is now in year three of dueling lawsuits. The result is […]
BW mayor changes course on releasing cost of MPA lawsuits to public
December 7, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood’s newly elected mayor, Sloan Griffin, III, campaigned on transparency and has long and publicly criticized former Mayor Bryan Franklin and the Town’s outside legal team for not releasing the cost of the MPA lawsuits and other MPA information to the public. During Tuesday night’s special called town council meeting, however, Griffin appears […]
Blythewood Christkindl, parade set for this weekend
December 7, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – For the second year, the Blythewood Christmas Parade is pairing up with Christkindl, a Christmas shopping experience in Doko Meadows Park, for an over-the-top holiday weekend. The Christkindl marketplace will include a live nativity scene, live seasonal music, arts, crafts, food trucks, Christmas gifts, gluhwein and beverages and, of course, Santa Land. The […]
Low-cost mobile vet clinic returns to Winnsboro on Sat.
December 7, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – A mobile vet clinic will be bringing close-to-home pet care to Winnsboro on Saturday, Dec. 9, in the parking lot next to the town clock in downtown Winnsboro, from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. Sonja Murphy, one of the organizers of the event, said, “We are all about healthcare for the pets in […]
Local nonprofit helps build church in Africa
December 7, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – Bishop Jeffery Williams of Jesus Christ’s Church in Winnsboro presented a $5,000 check to Dr. Luella Redfern of City Lights on Monday. The donation was made on behalf of the Visions Outreach Missions, a non-profit arm of the church, toward the construction of a multipurpose building in Burgandi Totoro, Uganda. “City Lights, out […]
There’s Nothing Ho (Ho) Hum about PTP’s Christmas Special
December 7, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – You’ve seen it before. A Christmas variety show at the Pine Tree Playhouse in Winnsboro. But this performance of the variety show, named “Santa’s Telethon”, which one reviewer called a mix between a Jerry Lewis Telethon and an Andy Williams Christmas Special, is neither of those things, but something wonderful all the same. […]
