COLUMBIA – Amelia McKie blamed a “misinterpretation” of state ethics law as to why she failed to declare school board pay on her state ethics filings during a recent State Ethics Commission hearing. McKie, a member of the Richland Two Board of Trustees and former board chairman, also complained that Gus Philpott, a Richland County […]
Winnsboro awarded $500K SC funding
October 27, 2022 By
WINNSBORO— Representative Annie McDaniel and Mayor John McMeekin announced Wednesday morning that a South Carolina State Budget Appropriation of $500,000 was granted to the Town of Winnsboro for downtown redevelopment. “The capital will be used to jumpstart the long-term goals of bringing a vibrant downtown back to Winnsboro,” McMeekin said. “The work can only occur […]
Blythewood Town Council nixes term limit ordinance
October 27, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – With three votes for and two abstentions, council voted Monday night to repeal an ordinance passed in 2014 that established term limits of two consecutive four-year terms on town council members and the mayor. Voting to repeal the ordinance were Councilman Eddie Baugman who has one more year to serve on his second […]
104 townhouses proposed for downtown Blythewood
October 20, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Great Southern Homes’ representative Ned Purcell appeared before the Blythewood Board of Architectural Review Monday night to request approval for a Certificate of Appropriateness for 104 townhouses to be constructed at 158 Langford Road across from Town Hall. The 12.55-acre parcel is zoned for the project that will consist of 1,500 to 1,700 […]
Amelia McKie goes before Ethics Commission
October 20, 2022 By
COLUMBIA – A Richland County school board trustee with a history of unpaid ethics fines is scheduled to appear before the State Ethics Commission this week. An agenda for Thursday’s meeting lists Amelia McKie as the defendant in a 2021 complaint filed by Richland County resident Frank “Gus” Philpott, a frequent critic of the Richland […]
Bell says wastewater treatment plant will only cost $18.5M
October 20, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – During the Oct. 10, 2022, Fairfield County Council meeting, Chairman Moses Bell declared that someone was spreading exaggerated claims about the cost of the county’s proposed wastewater treatment plant. Bell pushed back on estimates that the plant, which he proposes to take to the Broad River, will cost as much as $75 million. […]
Whitaker refuses to release employee survey results
October 20, 2022 By
Gilbert: Is the Nov. Election Holding Up The Survey Release? WINNSBORO – “It has been a little over a month since we asked for an employee engagement survey. Some of the employees say they have not seen or heard of a survey,” Councilman Clarence Gilbert wrote in a July 12, 2022, email to Fairfield County […]
Attention Voters: SC general election is Nov. 8
October 20, 2022 By
Early Voting will begin on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022 through Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. (Closed on Sundays) Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Any voter can visit the early voting center in their county and vote like they would at their polling place on election day. Voters will be asked to present Photo ID […]
Residents upset over EMS services
October 13, 2022 By
MITFORD – During a Mitford/Lake Wateree community meeting held last Thursday evening at the Mitford community center, residents expressed concern to Fairfield county leaders about whether the EMS station in their area is closed and how their community’s health and safety has been negatively and dramatically impacted by the lack of adequate EMS service. “My […]
