Ridgeway News

Dylan Jacob Cruz of Ridgeway has been named to the Dean's List at the Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, for achievement during the spring semester of the 2011-2012 academic year.

A Canadian company is searching for gold near the old Ridgeway mine, a large open pit operation that closed in the late 1990s after complaints about noise and pollution.

The following local and area students were recently graduated from Clemson University: Alexander Luis Barnes, Blythewood, BA Political Science; Lindsay Cameron III, Chester, BS Management ; John Evans Davis, Chester, BS Construction Science & Management; Kyle Edison Gantt, Winnsboro, BA Special Education Cum Laude; Amanda Brooke Henderson, Chester, ... (more)

The merchants of Ridgeway are having a sidewalk sale on Saturday, May 19, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Cotton Yard on Palmer Street in Columbia.

Let the Big Dog Eat! Cutest Pet Photo Contest Winner Ande with owner Blake Little and Fairfield County Deputy Administrator Davis Anderson.

After years of trying to protect their town from being overrun by growth, people in Blythewood opened a visitors center Thursday to show off what they love best about small-town life.

Art was in the air, on the streets, and lining the walls at the Century House in Ridgeway over the weekend, in celebration of the Sixth Annual Arts on the Ridge.

A Ridgeway man was killed early Wednesday morning when his 1992 Toyota pickup truck overturned near Columbia.

History was made in Ridgeway Tuesday night as registered voters elected the first black woman to Ridgeway Town council.

At 4 p.m. on Mothers Day, Sunday May 11, Winnsboro's First United Methodist Church will host a concert by the alumni of the Christian Youth Choir of Fairfield County.

A Community Dance to benefit cancer patient Clay Dixon has been planned for Saturday, May 17 from 7-11 p.m. at VFW Post 8346, 74 Veteran's Drive, off Longtown Road, in Ridgeway.

Jessica Lynne Tankersley of Ridgeway, S.C., and Russell Miller Brown of Winnsboro, S.C., were married May 5, 2012, at Sion Presbyterian Church in Winnsboro, S.C. The 4 p.m. ceremony was performed by the Rev.