Fairfield County News

Winnsboro resident and Winnsboro native Oliver Johnson has his say about county tax rates and county council's policies during the public comment session of the county council meeting.

At his final town hall meeting for 2013, School Superintendent J.R. Green called upon educators and administrators to revamp the way educators embrace technology in Fairfield County.

Back row, Doug Porter, Belva Bush, and Donald Prioleau, and front row, left to right, Charlene Herring, Denise Jones, Jennie Price, and Russ Brown recognize Jones and Price with the Cottonyard Market as Ridgeway's Entrepreneurs of the Year.

Walter Thoma holds son, Parker, age 4, up to get a close look inside the cockpit of a COBRA helicopter, circa 1980.

Thom Berry, public information officer with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, said Takisha Yolanda Roseboro, 36, of 81 Neason Lane in Winnsboro, was arrested May 10.

We received a call from a tenant who lives just 40 feet from where the tires are piled up.

The National Association of Letter Carriers conducts its 21st annual food drive.

Hello everyone, local news on the way after we do the birthday wishes. Happy birthday to: Sam "Coach" Pruitt, Jamil Wallace, Shelley Wicker, Jackqueline B. Sims, David Andrews Sr., Becky Hinnrich, Paula Harrison, Lonnie Champion, Jacqueline Riser, Kourtney Collins, Julie Vancil, Alice Wicker, Chase Hood and Wallace Alexander.

Though school days have a similar routine of bells ringing and classes changing, of lunch and recess time, no two school days are alike for a school nurse.

In less than a decade, S.C. has gone from projections that the state soon would not have enough electric power to a surplus.

The Fairfield County Food Bank is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to noon and relies solely on volunteers and donations from churches, businesses, civic groups and individuals.

Two Ridgeway men, Almonzo Lamar Belton, 32, of 1979 Qualls Road., Ridgeway and Marcus Jermaine Mobley, 29, of Weldon Lane, Ridgeway, were arrested during a narcotics investigation early morning of May 9. During the narcotics operation, Fairfield County Sheriff's Office Deputies executed a drug search warrant at the residence of Almonzo Belton on ... (more)

A song written in 1907 by Will Cobb and Gus Edwards laments: "School days, school days, Dear old Golden Rule days, 'Reading and 'riting and 'rithmetic, Taught to the tune of the hick'ry stick." Ah, would that discipline of that sort were the rule today.

The Fairfield County Historical Society's annual bash is set for 6 p.m. May 16 at Honeysuckle Acres Bed and Breakfast Inn in Winnsboro.

A May 3 visit by Sen. Tim Scott to sites 2 and 3 at the V.C. Summer nuclear facility left him impressed with the state of the art technology being constructed in Fairfield County.

The Wings and Wheels Festival has moved back to its traditional time of year this year, the Saturday before Mother's Day.

One eared cow glass proved to be a company with more than a unique name, as this display of original artwork shows.

Newberry deputies say around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday they got a call from Fairfield County to assist in the search for a missing boater.

After he did a few magic tricks, Mark Daniel, read this book to the group and emphasized the text's life lessons of kindness, friendship, sharing and respect.

The National Association of Letter Carriers conducts its 21st annual food drive.