Another tragic display of South Carolina’s Domestic Violence Problem
On February 5, around 1:15 p.m., students at the University of South Carolina received a text message warning “SHOTS FIRED” — two words that would send chills and panic through the large campus that is home to nearly 32,000 students.
2015 Darlington High School golf team
From left, Stone Godbold, Andrew Westbrook, Grainger Howle, Dylan Dickerson, Hunter Austin, Mitchell Merriman, Gavin Young, and Coach Stanley Goodwin. Photo by Samantha Lyles
School board approves calendar
At their regular March meeting, the Darlington County Board of Education voted to add a professional development day for school district employees onto the end of the school year to make up for a professional development day lost in March. Friday, June 5 will now be a professional development day for the Darlington County School District (DCSD) teachers and staff. South Carolina state law requires school districts to make up all...
City votes to postpone storm water fee, hears good news: Southern 500 Parade to return!
By Jana E. Pye, Editor, editor@newsandpress.net The storm water fees that have been discussed for over a year by Darlington council surfaced with a new twist at the March meeting after hearing what Mayor Tony Watkins shared with council about the city of Hartsville. Hartsville, who acted in a proactive fashion by collecting storm water fees six years ago to provide a plan for a pending DHEC mandate, ending up not receiving the mandate...
Gov. Haley’s $29,000 football tickets and higher ed reform
I love this state, I really do – and that’s why I get so frustrated when we can’t do the obvious right thing for stupid reasons.
