WINNSBORO – During the Feb. 17 Fairfield County Council meeting, Fairfield County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Brad Douglas said the Sheriff’s Office is already working on its budget for fiscal year 2025-26, and that he has serious concerns as to whether the department can safely sustain its services in the county until the new budget year […]
USPS investigating checks stolen from drop boxes in Blythewood
February 20, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – At least three individuals have reported to the Blythewood post office that checks they dropped in the two outside blue postal collection boxes last week for mailing had mysteriously fallen into the wrong hands – hands that had subsequently tried to cash them. Blythewood resident Kim Graber told The Voice that she dropped […]
Debbie Winner won!
February 13, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – This year’s winner of The Voice’s Bracket Challenge is a triple winner – her name is Debbie Winner, she won $200 by picking the most winners in the Challenge, and her favorite football team, Ohio State, won the college football championship. A native of Ohio, Winner said she and her husband, Herb, moved […]
Man found dead near campground in Fairfield Co.
February 13, 2025 By
WINNSBORO — A man who was found dead near the Broad River Campground on State Hwy 215 S., has been identified as 54-year-old Luis Olmeda, according to Fairfield County Corner Chris Hill. Hill said Olmeda was found at around 5 p.m., on Feb. 6 by a resident of the campground where Olmeda lived. The campground […]
Winnsboro man arrested for trafficking drugs
February 13, 2025 By
WINNSBORO – Willie James Edmonds Sr. was arrested in Winnsboro last week and charged with trafficking illegal drugs. While executing a search warrant at a residence on E. Liberty Street in Winnsboro on Thursday, Feb. 6, Investigators with the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office’s Narcotics Division trafficking quantities of cocaine base (crack), marijuana, and an illegally […]
Man arrested in Ridgeway for drug trafficking
February 13, 2025 By
WINNSBORO – Van Buren Fore IV, 35, was arrested last week in connection with the trafficking of illegal drugs from a Ridgeway motel, according to Fairfield County Sheriff Will Montgomery. Investigators with the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division executed a search warrant at a motel near SC-34 in Ridgeway on Wednesday, Feb. 5. The […]
SCDOT breaks ground on new I-77 interchange in Blythewood
February 6, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – On Monday, Feb. 3, at 3 p.m., the South Carolina Department of Transportation and Scout Motors representatives along with local and state officials, held a groundbreaking ceremony Monday for the new Scout Motors Drive Interchange in Blythewood. The new interchange will be Exit 26 and will be located between Exit 24 (Highway 21) […]
Great Falls teen dies in Mitford crash
February 6, 2025 By
MITFORD – Fairfield County Coroner Chris Hill is releasing the name of an individual involved in a motor vehicle collision on Sunday Feb. 2, 2025. According to Coroner Hill, Deymius Mack, age 17, of Great Falls, was traveling north on US Hwy 21 in the Mitford area when the vehicle he was operating left the […]
Parent gives public apology to R2 admin
February 6, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Zachary Johnson, who was sued by a Richland Two administrator in 2021, has issued an open apology to that administrator and to the Richland Two community. A lawsuit was filed against Johnson after he accused the administrator of inappropriately touching his young daughter, who was a student at the school at the time. […]
Blythewood man to appear on Wheel of Fortune
January 30, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Matt Benton says he’s always dreamed of being a contestant on a TV game show – preferably The Price is Right or Wheel of Fortune. That dream came true recently when he was selected to be a contestant on Wheel of Fortune. “I feel so incredibly fortunate to have been a contestant on […]
