Council narrowly approves CTC road repairs
Darlington County Council held their first meeting of 2017 on January 3.
Lamar Introduces New Police Chief
By Samantha Lyles, Staff Writer, slyles@newsandpress.net 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 Lamar Police...
U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Officer to Operations Integrity Project Leader
When Anthony Harrell was around nine or 10 years old, he attempted to repair a broken Atari joystick on his video game system. Using his Dad’s tools, he opened up the joystick, hoping to fix it. He was not successful that day. But that early interest in STEM later propelled him toward the U.S. Naval Academy for his college education and then a 20-year career in the Navy. Today, Harrell puts that Navy education and career to work...
Arbor Day: Planting Trees “Properly”
The greatest thanks you can receive for tree planting is a nice tree to enjoy for many years that you leave for another generation.
Darlington City Council approves purchase of new fire truck
During the Darlington City Council meeting Tuesday January 3, council voted to approve a request from Fire Department Chief Pat Cavanaugh to purchase a new fire truck.
