DFD opens new training facility
The Darlington Fire Department put the finishing touches on their new Broad Street training building last week, with firefighters working hard to get the place ready for spring exercises.
Never apologize for being a reader
By Jimmie Epling, Director, Darlington County Library System Ever had this pointed remark shot in your direction? “You have your nose stuck (or “buried”) in a book again.” When you heard it, the tone never sounded like a question or praise did it? When you heard it, the tone usually smacked of annoyance, impatience, frustration, or exasperation in that you were wasting time on something unimportant. Did you apologize for frittering...
Where is this in Darlington County?
Last week’s photo was of one of the cotton bolls painted on the warehouse on 308 S. Main Street, where the Palmetto Office Furniture store is now open for business! Readers that guessed correctly include: Ann Easterling, Bill Segars, Dr. Cliff Wilson, James Powers, Kay Jeffords, and Francis Parnell. Francis remembers when the building was the Tomilson-Howard Warehouse, and he used to ride with his dad and Mr. Kirby to pick up...
News and Press team wins 13 awards at state convention
The News and Press Team won 13 awards in the South Carolina Press Association 2014 News Contest, “recognizing the best in S.C. newspaper journalism” representing winners from the state’s 110 weekly and daily newspapers at the Annual Meeting and Awards March 13-15 at The Marina Inn, Myrtle Beach. Publisher Morrey L. Thomas concluded his year as SCPA President, and passed the gavel to this year’s president. Thomas was the first...
Spring is Here
Though the bite of winter remains, proving it does not surrender without a fight. March is here and springtime is near! I have said it many times, and it merits repeating; there is no place on earth where springtime makes its entrance more beautifully than in the place of my beginnings, Darlington!
