Jim Rogers, Editor of The Winnsboro News Rumor mills, secret meetings, and gossip generate an environment of unrest and distrust, especially in small towns. Add to those age-old culprits of discontent the use of social media and text messages and you find a perfect environment for discord. Often, the motivation for such nonsense are accusations...
March 29, 2023
Month: December 2021
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Not Home for the Holidays
By Chuck Roy, Publisher, The Winnsboro News If there are any people around Winnsboro who do not believe that The Great Sickness hasn’t adjusted our lives, then it is now time to climb out from under that rock of isolationism. The pandemic has been a game changer this year and those changes are likely to...
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Technology Classes and Local Industry
For any community to sustain economic viability, education and jobs are a priority for those elected and those employed to lead the community. The trust given to those who sit on the city council, the school board, the Economic Development board, and those who lead both city and schools must weigh their personal goals against...
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How to Support Small Businesses This Holiday Season
Black Friday and Cyber Monday blowout sales can be difficult for small, locally owned retailers to match. But supporting small businesses doesn’t have to be an all-or-nothing approach. Even shifting a small percentage of your holiday shopping from big-box stores to mom-and-pop shops can have a big impact on the merchants as well as the...
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Solar Field Adds to WCEC Power Base
AS WCEC provides members with reliable and affordable electric power, they are also addressing demand for renewable power production sources where practical and possible. Utilizing solar to generate electric power, 156 Wood County Electric Cooperative (WCEC) members have grid-tied solar units ranging from about 36 kilowatt (kW) units down to 1.5 kW. Now, a new...