Behind the scenes at the Speed & Feed BBQ Cook-Off
By Samantha Lyles, Staff Writer, slyles@newsandpress.net The Darlington Raceway hosted the third annual Speed & Feed BBQ Cook-Off on Nov. 13 and 14, luring more than thirty expert barbecue teams from South Carolina and beyond to compete for top honors. The News and Press was lucky enough to score a behind the scenes pass to accompany one cook team as they strove for Q-glory. Quentin and Barbara Tedder of Beaufort cook together...
Church of the Week: St. John’s Episcopal Church, Part 1
Bill Segars has a strong love and appreciation for history, having grown up on a farm in Kelleytown on land that has been in the family since 1821. He uses his 40-year building career to combine with his love of history to develop a passion for historical restoration. Segars was able to find, photograph and research more than 750 religious edifices throughout the state.
Cohen surprised by PDRTA award at Nov. council meeting
During the public portion of the Darlington City Council’s November meeting, Pee Dee Regional Transportation Authority: Chuck McNeil, Executive Director of PDRTA thanked council and mayor for their support of the bus service: “It is an asset to the community, and it speaks well to market Darlington to the outside world and respective businesses, or people thinking of moving here, that you have a public bus service and it’s growing.
Darlington Veterans Day Service 2015
The sun shone brightly on Tuesday, November 11 as members of the Darlington Veterans Memorial Committee and Darlington American Legion Post 13 and Post 210 joined civic leaders and community members to honor veterans past and present at 11:00 a.m. at the Carolina Bank park area across from Memorial Park on the corner of Main and Orange Streets in Downtown Darlington.
Miss Torch/Miss Torchette Pageant
The Alpha Eta Chaptre of the Alpha Pi Chi Sorority, Inc. will sponsor its 2015 Miss Torch/Miss Torchette Pageant on Saturday, November 21 at 4:00 p.m. at the Mayo High School for Math, Science and Technology gymnasium. The public is invited to attend, and the event is free.