Sheriff’s Department investigating shooting in Lamar
Darlington County Sheriff’s Investigators are currently investigating a shooting that occurred the morning of Sept. 27 at the Cambridge apartments located at 620 E. Jackson St. in Lamar. The shooting occurred at approximately 10:30 a.m. and one person was shot, receiving non-life-threatening injuries. If you have any information you are asked to contact Darlington County Sheriff’s Investigators at (843) 398-4501 or Crime...
Sonoco recognized as Centennial Business
Sonoco has grown and prospered in Hartsville for over a century. The products coming off their lines has changed over the years but the desire to build a company on principals that mattered never did.
Governor’s School for Science & Mathematics students earn state’s highest ACT scores
The South Carolina Governor’s School for Science & Mathematics (GSSM) is pleased to announce that the GSSM Class of 2017 received the highest ACT scores in the state. With an average composite score of 30.1, GSSM students scored well above the national average of 21.0 “Our students continue to make us proud. They work very hard and are deserving of this distinction,” said Dr. Hector Flores, GSSM President. “We also congratulate...
GSSM Alumna’s research published in Forensic Science International Journal
The South Carolina Governor’s School for Science & Mathematics (GSSM) is pleased to announce that research conducted by Katherine Kilgore, GSSM Class of 2016, has been published in Forensic Science International. Kilgore, daughter of Robert and Ruth Kilgore of Hartsville, worked on her research during the Summer Program for Research Interns (SPRI). SPRI and the international Research Experience Scholars Program (RESP) are exciting...
Backyard Stargazer for Oct. 2017
By Francis Parnell Along with cooler nights, October brings a number of pairings of planets and stars with the Moon. There’s also an exceptionally close conjunction of Venus and Mars. At dawn on the 5th, Venus and Mars are only 1/4-degree apart in twilight – that’s one-half the Moon’s diameter! Binoculars will help separate sparkling white Venus from dimmer, red Mars and an even dimmer background star in LEO,...