Check fraud: avoid being a victim
By Samantha Lyles, Staff Writer, slyles@newsandpressonline.com The check looked like the real deal. The paper stock was genuine, the “City of Darlington” logo appeared authentic, and the account number was correct. Still, tellers at Darlington’s First Palmetto Bank felt uneasy, so they contacted city administration offices to verify the transaction before handing over any cash to the young stranger waiting at their counter. Smart...
After the fire, a family survives
What happens after a fire is a tale that is not often told. Former neighbors notified the News and Press about the hardships the family of six is enduring weeks after the home they were renting suffered a fire on Friday, February 13.
A look back: Sherman’s March through the Upper Pee Dee
By Samantha Lyles, Staff Writer, slyles@newsandpressonline.com As the Union army of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman blazed a trail of destruction through the Confederate south in February and March of 1865, many homes were burned, many possessions stolen, and many lives lost. Some communities in the Upper Pee Dee region suffered great indignities at the hands of greedy Federal foragers, and the echoes of their terror still reverberate...
A Picture and History Lesson
By Bill Shepard I have seen memorials to lost soldiers in other places, in memory of those that were often buried in unmarked graves far from their home, but none are as meaningful to me as the one that stands on the courthouse lawn in my hometown. The picture and story of Darlington’s Confederate Veterans Memorial in the Feb. 4th issue of this paper stirred a bunch of memories in this old writer’s mind. The picture and history lesson...
USDA hosts Rural Energy for America Grant workshop
USDA, Rural Development offers agricultural producers and rural small businesses in South Carolina the opportunity to reduce their energy consumption with the assistance of the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). REAP grants can pay for up to 25% of the cost of doing energy efficiency improvements to a facility, building, or a process within the agricultural operation. The maximum grant amount for an energy efficiency project is...
