WINNSBORO – Amid surging gun violence across the nation, including recent mass shootings in Buffalo, Tulsa, and Uvalde, Texas, the town of Winnsboro is grappling with a series of drive-by shootings of its own. Since April 21, there have been seven documented shooting incidents, one as recent as early Monday morning, according to reports filed […]
Pauley calls out Whitaker for charging group lunch to county
June 16, 2022 By
Council awards $50K to settle former employee claim WINNSBORO – Heated exchanges made it even hotter inside Fairfield County Council chambers Monday night. As council members fanned themselves in the 85 degree room, questions over county spending reached a boiling point during Malik Whitaker’s county administrator report. It started when Councilman Doug Pauley asked Whitaker […]
Fairfield Comprehensive Plan survey results are in
June 9, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – Poor road conditions, few shopping options and pervasive litter are among the list of grievances Fairfield County residents noted in a recent Comprehensive Plan community survey, distributed by the county. Wasteful government spending also came up often, with residents frequently blaming the current county council majority for these and other deficiencies. “I’ve never […]
Blythewood PC votes against rezoning for U-Haul
June 9, 2022 By
Gordge: Rezoning Would Make Most Housing, Commercial & Leisure No Longer Available BLYTHEWOOD – After Blythewood Planning Commissioners expressed gratitude to the U-Haul company on Community Road for its graciousness and goodwill over the years to allow Buck and Kristi Coggins to use, at no charge, several acres of U-Haul’s land for the Coggins’ twice […]
County rejects R2 request for 18.4 mills
June 9, 2022 By
Pugh: County Needs to Re-evaluate How We Spend Money COLUMBIA – Richland County Council passed third and final reading of its FY 2022-23 budget Tuesday night, excluding Richland School District Two’s request for an 18.4 millage increase. It was the second year the council has passed a no-millage-increase budget. The vote to pass the budget […]
Early voting underway in Fairfield County
June 2, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – Early voting for the primaries began Tuesday and will continue until 5 p.m., June 10. For this two week period, polls will be open for in-person voting without an excuse as was required in the past. Polls will be open from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. weekdays during this two weeks, but will […]
Richland County PC holding workshop for mass rezoning
June 2, 2022 By
COLUMBIA – The remapping restart process for the mass rezoning of all the unincorporated areas of Richland County is on the agenda to be discussed at the Monday, June 6 meeting of the Richland County Planning Commission. Immediately following the meeting a workshop is scheduled to discuss the Land Development Code remapping restart, with three […]
Early voting underway in Richland County
June 2, 2022 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Early voting for the primaries began Tuesday and will continue until 5 p.m., June 10. For this two week period, polls will be open for in-person voting without an excuse as was required in the past. Polls will be open from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. weekdays during this two weeks, but will […]
Fairfield Council members spend while cutting back departments
June 2, 2022 By
WINNSBORO – Three Fairfield County Council members traveled to a seaside resort last summer to learn more about county government. They registered for a few classes and stayed extra nights. These expenses and others highlight an apparent pattern of frequent travel, double billing and other fiscal abuses found during a review of council member reimbursements. […]
Will Governor McMaster remove R2 board members?
June 2, 2022 By
COLUMBIA – With the recent passage of a state law enabling the governor of South Carolina to remove school board members for misconduct in office, some parents in Richland School District Two are asking if the law will be applied here and, if so, to what extent. According to the governor’s office, that question is […]
