Local dancers share “Nutcracker” stage with Columbia City Ballet
For many ballet fans, or fans of Christmas in general, the holiday season isn’t complete without seeing a performance of The Nutcracker. On December 15, the Columbia City Ballet staged the classic ballet at the Hartsville Center Theater, and dozens of local kids got the chance to join in this special 50th Anniversary production.
DFD Volunteer of the Year named
By Samantha Lyles, Staff Writer, slyles@newsandpress.net The City of Darlington Fire Department recently honored two of its members for their outstanding service during 2017, naming Lt. Perry Kelly as Firefighter of the Year and Johnny Deas as Volunteer Firefighter of the Year. The Volunteer of the Year award is sponsored by retired fireman Bill Garland, and nominees are based on training, number of call responses, and aid to the...
Take time to donate blood in the new year
Look at your clock. Think about what you’ll be doing in 3.9 hours. Would you drop everything to help someone whose home caught fire? American Red Cross volunteers do just that six times a day. It took you about 10 seconds to read that. Already, five people in America need blood. Our Red Cross makes sure that blood is there, supplying nearly 40-percent of the nation’s blood supply. The 2015 floods devastated parts of South Carolina. In...
Church News – January 3, 2018
Please send your church news and photos to: editor@newsandpress.net LIVE@CENTRAL! Mal Hyman, Professor of Sociology at Coker College, will present an introspective review of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, in light of new information released this past fall. Hyman is known nationally as an expert on this persistent conundrum. The free public program will be held January 3 in Spears Fellowship Hall at Central United...
Darlington County Year in Review
Several Darlington businesses got an unwelcome surprise from customers over the Christmas holidays.