DCSD receives clean audit opinion
After a timing hiccup due to staff changes, the Darlington County Board of Education’s audit has been completed.
Officials say South Carolina seeing record-making years in exporting
By Melissa Rollins, Editor, editor@newsandpress.net During a recent Economic Development Workshop at SiMT, attendees learned just how invested South Carolina companies are in exporting the goods produced within the state. Norris Thigpen, with the International Strategy and Trade Division of the SC Department of Commerce, said that even though it is a relatively small state, South Carolina is a leader in export. “Every single day what...
Deputies arrest burglary suspect
Darlington County Sheriff’s Patrol Deputies were dispatched to a residence on Penn Circle in the Hartsville area at 6:20 a.m. after a resident heard someone inside their home and called 911. When patrol deputies arrived at the residence they discovered a broken window and could hear an individual moving inside of the residence. Patrol deputies took a male into custody as he attempted to exit the residence through the front door...
Board of Education announces locations for new schools in Hartsville, Lamar
The Darlington County Board of Education has announced the locations for new schools in Hartsville and Lamar. The third new school will be built in Darlington on the site of the existing Cain Elementary School. District officials and the construction team evaluated extensively more than 19 sites in Hartsville and eight sites in Lamar before selecting the final locations of the new schools. Lamar’s new school, which will combine Lamar...
Lamar gearing up for Egg Scramble
Lamar Town Council held their monthly meeting on March 12.