Fairfield County News

Betty Jo Beckham, the Clerk of Court and Register of Deeds for Fairfield County will seek re-election for a fourth four-year term.

Though the election for Seats 2, 4 and 6 will not be held until Nov. 6, local attorney William P. Frick and Pastor Jesse W. Sellers have announced their intentions to will seek election to the Fairfield County School Board representing District 6, the seat currently held by Marchella Pauling.

For the first time since the Three Mile Island meltdown in 1979, the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission granted a license for new reactor construction Thursday, signaling that America is ready to move forward with nuclear energy after the Fukushima meltdown in Japan last year.

My Grandfather used to call the hospital "horse pistol." To which he would do a big knee slap at his own joke.

The board of directors for the Fairfield Memorial Hospital Foundation recently elected two new board members.

The Fairfield County Republican Party, which has become very active this year, held an event at the Christ Central Community Center in Winnsboro last week to announce their candidate, William Gray of Ridgeway, for the S.C. House District 41 Seat.

The Fairfield County School Board will address a full slate of issues at tonight's meeting, beginning with the seating of its newest member, Beth Reid, and the election of a vice chairman.

Sheriff Herman Young has announced that he is seeking re-election as Sheriff of Fairfield County.

Today, local businessman Palmer Nicholson announced his candidacy for S.C. House District 41.

Public schools in Fairfield County may have some competition in the near future, and parents may soon have a legitimate - and cost-free - alternative to the Fairfield County School District.

On the heels of Rep. Boyd Brown's announcement last week that he will not seek re-election to the S.C. House District 41 seat come November, a flurry of potential candidates is making their intentions known.

Once again there is the spectre of grim news looming over the Bypass; the kind of news few want to hear, and certainly no one wants to report.

Note: Video is provided as a public service by ETV; video typically is available only when the General Assembly is in session.

Fairfield County Treasurer Norma Branham has made available the 2012 distribution of the tax revenue recently paid to the County by SCE&G. Last week, SCE&G paid their tax bill of $22,943,838.81. According to figures released by the Treasurer's Office, that amount is more than one half of the County's total tax revenue.

State Rep. Boyd Brown announced his resignation from the General Assembly Wednesday, effective at the end of the current legislative session.

As in previous years, there will be an opportunity for elderly or moderate income individuals or couples to have their Federal and State Tax Returns prepared free.

Fairfield County Administrator Phil Hinely paused during a recent Fairfield County Council meeting to play a video reviewing many of the County's accomplishments during 2011.

Elizabeth "Ann" Waiters Moore, Administrative Assistant/Bookkeeper for the School District of Fairfield County Adult Education Program, was recently elected president of the S.C. Association of Educational Office Professionals, SCAEOP.

York County Councilman Eric Winstead has pleaded guilty and paid a $1,022 fine for his December drunk driving arrest.

Columbia, SC -- The Fairfield County Sheriff's Department is looking for assistance in identifying a person suspected of being involved in a string of robberies and vandalism of warehouse type buildings in the Winnsboro area.