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 […]
County taps into water authority
July 26, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – Fairfield County is looking to tap into the water and sewer business. The county, though, says it’s merely looking to work with other water providers, such as the Jenkinsville Water Company, and has no plans to force the JWC and other water companies into any agreements. At its regular meeting Monday, County Council […]
Town of Winnsboro resists tougher animal control laws
June 8, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – Winnsboro leaders think Fairfield County is barking up the wrong tree by asking the town to emulate the county’s animal control ordinance. On Monday night, Winnsboro Town Council members resisted the request, saying the county’s law is overly superfluous and restrictive. “I think the ordinance is relatively lengthy and cumbersome and may impose […]
Town breaks ground for Broad River Project
March 1, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – HPG engineer Ken Parnell, Danny Stuck with DS Utilities, Blythewood Mayor J. Michael Ross, Ridgeway Mayor Charlene Herring, Winnsboro Town Councilmen Clyde Sanders, Jackie Wilkes (former), John McMeekin, Town Manager Don Wood, Winnsboro Mayor Roger Gaddy, attorney John Fantry, Fairfield County Councilwoman Bertha Goins and Fairfield County Administrator Jason Taylor broke ground for […]
Oldies & Goodies open for business
February 22, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – A large crowd gathered last week for the grand opening of Robert and Bobbie Pemberton’s Oldies & Goodies consignment store at 158 S. Congress in downtown Winnsboro. The ribbon line, from left, Tamara Day, holding Carter, 2, Bobbie’s sisters Mamie Turner, Stephanie Levy and Nancy Grogan, Bobbie’s father Robert Moak, the Pembertons, Mayor […]
Oldies & Goodies is new venture for newlyweds
February 8, 2018 By
WINNSBORO – Consignment shops are one of the hottest markets across the country these days, and especially so in the sister towns of Winnsboro, Blythewood and Ridgeway. With five popular consignment shops already in operation in the three towns, a new one is being welcomed by merchants and shoppers alike to downtown Winnsboro. Oldies and […]
Dru Blair art center in the works
December 28, 2017 By
WINNSBORO – Okay, everybody get out a pen and paper – it’s time for class! Art class, that is… in a vibrant new community art center coming to life in Winnsboro. Fairfield County’s Dru Blair, an internationally recognized photorealist painter who also manages a popular art school in Blair, is renovating the former Winnsboro Furniture […]
