WINNSBORO – Russell (Russ) Brown, 44, received 97 votes (54.49 percent) Tuesday night to handily win the District 3 Winnsboro town council seat in a special election. Brown, who previously served two terms on the Ridgeway town council before moving to Winnsboro 11 years ago, bested two other candidates – lifelong Fairfield County resident Trista […]
Kershaw fugative sentenced for murder of former FCHS student
September 25, 2025 By
KERSHAW COUNTY – A Kershaw County jury convicted Alexander Francis Harmon of murder on Sept. 17, 2025. The Honorable Heath P. Taylor sentenced Harmon to life in the SC Department of Corrections. On June 2, 2018, Harmon’s father alerted Kershaw County dispatch that Harmon confessed to shooting his girlfriend, Katelin Crocker, after an argument. Crocker […]
TOW election set for Sept. 30
September 25, 2025 By
WINNSBORO – A special election to fill Winnsboro Town Council’s district 3 seat will be held Tuesday, Sept. 30. The election is being held to fill the seat vacated last April when Councilman Demetrius Chatman was elected Mayor. Early voting hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday thru Friday, ending Friday, Sept. 26. At […]
Vehicle veers across private property, just missing resident
September 25, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Around 8:30 Saturday morning, Sept. 20, an SUV traveling south on Hwy 321 near the intersection of Friendly Circle, crossed left over Hwy 321, and traveled about 900 yards through a pasture, a large front yard and driveway, into an adjacent woods, crashing into a tree and turning over. Reports say the SUV […]
Video of Manor incident released to the public
September 23, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Following a lengthy, contentious executive session called Monday night, Sept. 22, in which Blythewood Town Council members received legal advice on “Manor operations and incidents,” council voted to release to the public a surveillance video of an incident that occurred in the Manor on Thursday, Sept. 11 involving Mayor Sloan Griffin and a […]
Council votes to release video of Manor ‘trespassing’ incident
September 23, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Following a lengthy, contentious executive session Monday night for Blythewood Town Council members to receive legal advice on “Manor operations and incidents,” council immediately voted to release a surveillance video to the public of an incident that occurred in the Manor on Thursday, Sept. 11 involving Mayor Sloan Griffin and a Manor employee. […]
Coach says she lost thousands in fees after months of paying Manor rental fees
September 23, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – A check that was presented to and rejected by the Blythewood mayor and Manor officials on Sept. 11 has helped fuel an investigation into missing Manor reservation payments by the Richland County Sheriff’s department. A story about the Sept. 11 incident appeared in the Sept. 18 edition of The Voice. The story began […]
Conflicting accounts emerge from Manor incident
September 18, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Michelle Layman, the wife of the Manor’s Director, Fred Layman III, walked into the Manor – a public building – a little after 4 p.m. with her 10-month-old baby to leave a check. She ended up with a trespassing notice before being taken away in an ambulance. Fred Layman, who is on medical […]
Suspect arrested in deadly BW shooting
September 16, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Fred Gause Jr, 43, was arrested on Tuesday, Sept. 16, following the investigation into a murder that occurred on Haygood Road in Blythewood on Sept. 15, according to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department. According to an incident report from the Sheriff’s Department, deputies responded to the 100 block of Haygood Road at approximately […]
Blythewood shooting leaves one dead, one injured
September 15, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Richland County Sheriff’s Department investigators are investigating a deadly shooting that occurred at the 100 block of Haygood Road this afternoon. On Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, just before 5 p.m., deputies responded to the 100 block of Haygood Road in reference to a shooting. When deputies arrived, they located an adult female victim […]
