Meet Miss Darlington Committee Board Secretary Lynn Covington
In recent years Lynn Covington joined the Sweet Potato Festival Pageant as judges’ host and now is the secretary and one of the judges’ host for the newly formed Miss Darlington and Miss Darlington Teen Scholarship pageants.
Lamar holds MLK march
The Ministerial Association of the Town of Lamar hosted their annual march in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on the morning of January 16. Marchers waved signs and pictures of Dr. King, and sang hymns under the direction of Rev. Emmanuel Simon. The crowd linked arms and walked together from Bethany Baptist Church up Railroad Avenue, through downtown Lamar along Main Street, then circled back to the church for a traditional...
Darlington community celebrates life, ideas of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The event included prayers from pastors and community leaders, songs from numerous church choirs and schools, and readings conveying the enduring goals of peace and unity to which Dr. King devoted his life.
Board of Education swears in members
During the January 9 meeting of the Darlington County Board of Education, three board members were sworn in.
Lamar gets new Chief of Police
By Samantha Lyles, Staff Writer, slyles@newsandpress.net UPDATED 1/17/17 Lamar Town Council held their regular monthly meeting January 9 and introduced Jason Chaney as the town’s new police chief. A Virginia native who lives in the Syracuse community, Chaney began his law enforcement career with the Florence Police Department in 2008, graduating the South Carolina Police Academy in 2009. He has also worked part time with the...
