WINNSBORO – On July 21, 2023, the Fairfield County Disabilities and Special Needs Board held a commemoration ceremony in honor of the late Emily Team Whitfield, dedicating an office space in her honor. Whitfield was both an employee and a board member of the Fairfield County Disabilities and Special Needs Board. She was with the […]
Cancer screenings available to Fairfield County men
August 24, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – In South Carolina, the American Cancer Society estimates 33,440 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in 2022 with over 92 new cancer cases diagnosed each day, while an estimated 10,850 South Carolinians will die from cancer in 2022. Fairfield County has some of the highest cancer mortality rates in the state. Fairfield […]
Fairfield Forward’s Dockter retires
August 24, 2023 By
WINNSBORO -Sherry Dockter recently retired from her role as FoodShare Director for Fairfield Forward. Throughout her time at Fairfield Forward, Dockter played a key role in the organization’s FoodShare initiative, which aimed to provide fresh and affordable fruits and vegetables to the local community. As part of this program, and because Dockter was employed by […]
Pinned
August 24, 2023 By
A recent Piedmont Technical College (PTC) graduate from Fairfield County was recognized in the Summer 2023 Nurse Pinning Ceremony at the Lex Walters Campus-Greenwood, SC, on August 2, 2023. Angela McCants earned an Associate Degree in Nursing.
Out for a Ride
August 24, 2023 By
Claude Bundrick Road residents Rogelio Soto and Gabrielle Gomez rode their horses into downtown Blythewood on Monday. The Voice snapped the two cowboys mozeying around Town Hall before they headed back to the ranch.
$500 Reward for Benji
August 24, 2023 By
At a house in Tennessee, we met him, young, energetic and full of life. He moved to Michigan with us and made our family complete. He helped me with the trash and yard work, helped our older daughter through some emotional challenges, and even helped with the daily house chores. And what a great travel […]
Blythewood man’s first film premiers Friday in Columbia
August 23, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – “Differences,” a romantic drama produced by a Blythewood-based filmmaker, will have its world premiere in Columbia this Friday, Aug. 25, and become available for viewing on the free streaming service Tubi on Sept. 1. The film tells the story of Lamad, a store clerk who recently got out of prison with ambitions to […]
Low-cost vet clinic returns Aug. 26
August 17, 2023 By
WINNSBORO – Concerned with the decreasing availability of veterinarians in Fairfield County these days, Fairfield County Animal Shelter volunteers are experimenting with a new kind of health care for the county’s small animals – a mobile vet clinic. With the success of the first mobile vet clinic on July 22, they decided to do it […]
Anonymous donors boost reward to $20K to catch killer of family’s second slain son
August 10, 2023 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – The reward has now risen to $20,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person who killed a young man at a birthday party in the Greenbrier area of Fairfield County last month. “He needs to be off the street. He don’t need to be out there,” said […]
Blythewood honors Purple Heart recipients
August 10, 2023 By
BLYTHEWOOD – On Sunday, Town of Blythewood hosted its third annual Purple Heart event. As a designated Purple Heart Town, the Blythewood sets aside this day to honor residents both past and present who have dedicated their lives to their country and who have been wounded in combat. During Blythewood’s Purple Heart event on Sunday, […]
