Winnsboro News

Vivian Ayers Allen will be Parade Mascot and keynote speaker at the Blackstock Fourth of July Festival A visitor at last year's Fourth of July event at First Baptist Church sports some patriotic finery.

Paul James Ford Sr. passed away on June 26, 2009, at the Lexington Medical Center, West Columbia, SC.

Robert Cleverdon with Tourism Development International met with community leaders to discuss tourism possiblities in Fairfield.

A 21-year-old Fairfield County man was shot to death outside a club in the vicinty of 700 Blanding St.

Members of the Pine Grove A.M.E. Church congregation recently welcomed Bishop Preston W. Williams, II during his visit.

Many Fairfield County children had a bouncing great time at the 4th Annual Sheriffa s Kids Camp held June 15 through 19.

As calls for Gov. Mark Sanford's resignation intensified Friday, local legislators took varying positions on what they believe should happen next.

One area of the Town of Winnsboro will be the subject of Keep Fairfield Beautifula s curbside recycling pilot project, beginning July 16 through August 6, 2009.

South Carolina native William Belk watched video footage of the recent street uprisings in Iran and thought, "It's about time." And better yet, this time Belk isn't caught in the turmoil.

Maestro Morihiko Nakahara leads the members of the Winnsboro Rotary Club in a session of a Conducting 101a Photo by Andi Phipps WINNSBORO- Members of the Winnsboro Rotary Club were thrilled to have a special guest at a recent meeting who gave them a lesson in Conducting 101.

Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Van pick-up available. Leave message at 581-8329 Thursday through Sunday.

For the second time in six months, Talisha Lavette Smith walked out of a Richland County courtroom after facing a possible felony sentence of up to 20 years in prison.

The Board of Trustees of Fairfield County School District will hold a Public Hearing at 6:00 P.M. on Monday, June 8, 2009, at the Fairfield County School District Office located at 1226 Hwy.

The Fairfield County Library will have its Summer Reading Kick-Off Party at the Main Library in Winnsboro at Washington and Garden Streets on Saturday, June 6th 2009, 10:00am - 1:00pm. This year, the library's summer reading theme is "Be Creative". Brochures with the summer program schedule are available at the Main Library and at the Ridgeway ...

Two marked and three unmarked police vehicles with blue lights flashing lined the roadway in front of Jeff's Garage, 513 Chester Ave., Great Falls, around 2 p.m. Wednesday.

For the love of children, the Fairfield County Foster Parent Association is working to regroup and provide needed support to Foster homes and children in the community.

Brittany Skinner and Brandon Smith along with Betty Lynn Craft Chairperson of the Phoenix Challenge Board of Trustees.

U.S. Rep. John Spratt secured $140,000 for a a oejobs not jaila program in Fairfield County.

A 35-year-old man was arrested after Sumter County sheriff's deputies found him hiding in an apartment in which he used to live early Sunday, according to the sheriff's office.

Brian Gambrell of Winnsboro was sentenced Wednesday, May 13, 2009, to 18 years in the South Carolina Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to sex offenses he committed against three minors in 1996 and during the late summer of 2008.