DCSD announces 2018 Art in Business grand-prize winners
Twenty-two outstanding student-artists from the Darlington County School District earned recognition Sunday afternoon during the 2018 Art in Business ceremony and gallery at Hartsville Middle School. Artwork created by four of the students also earned recognition as the grand prize winners in each respective grade categories. Those winners are Lila Douglas from Carolina Elementary School (Grades K-2), Autumn Kind from Thornwell School...
Darlington County School District announces 4K and 5K registration dates
Registration for 4-year-old kindergarten (4K) and 5-year-old kindergarten (5K) for the 2018-19 school year will be held on April 24 at six locations across the county. Registration at every location will be held April 24 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. • For the Darlington area, registration will be held at J.L. Cain Elementary, Pate Elementary and St. John’s Elementary schools. • For the Hartsville area, registration will be held at...
Down South: A Southern Legend, Seersucker
“It’s so damn hot I can’t stand it. My fine seersucker suit is all soaking wet.” Texan Don Henley worked that seersucker reference into his song, “The Garden of Allah.” As I write, snowflakes tumble from a sunny sky. That surprising combination of blue and white brings to mind a Southern legend. How nice it’d be to don a seersucker suit of thin, puckered, blue-and-white cotton and sashay out into a dog day afternoon. Fewer people than...
FDTC Welding Rodeo Returns to Arts International
Sparks will fly as Florence-Darlington Technical College’s ninth annual Welding Sculpture Rodeo returns to Francis Marion University’s Arts International Festival Saturday, April 14, 2018. This will be the fifth year that the festival has hosted the welding sculpture competition. FDTC’s Educational Foundation and Lincoln Electric are sponsoring the day-long free event on FMU’s campus. The contest, which will behind the FMU’s Smith...
Increase of threatening graffiti at schools
The Darlington County Sheriff’s Office provides eight School Resource Officers for the Darlington County School District. Since March 5, SROs have reported three incidents of graffiti being found written on restroom walls that convey a threat of violence. Deputies continue to investigate these incidents. The School District was provided with additional Sheriff’s Deputies today. “The safety of children is my top...