Anchor Club holds end of year celebration
Darlington Anchor Club members marked the end of their year with a celebration on Sunday, May 20. The event included recognition of Anchor graduating seniors, installation of 2018 – 2019 club officers, and presentation of special awards. Betty Leviner, Spiritual Life Director at The King’s Academy, spoke directly to the seniors about “filling their buckets” with the right choices and characteristics for a meaningful, giving life....
Celebrating “7 Decades of NASCAR” at Darlington Raceway NASCAR vaults into the 80s with fresh faces, new perspectives
Darlington Raceway is celebrating “7 Decades of NASCAR” for its Bojangles’ Southern 500 Throwback Weekend on Sept. 1-2. As part of the celebration, the track Too Tough To Tame is highlighting specific moments in the sport’s history, continuing today with the 1980s. After enduring the ups and downs of the 1970s, NASCAR entered the 80s decade with strong momentum and fresh new faces driving the sport to new heights. The days of the...
Duke grant will support FMU engineering expansion
The Duke Energy Foundation recently made a $50,000 gift to Francis Marion University’s new Mechanical Engineering degree program. The gift is part of the Duke Energy Foundation’s ongoing support to communities in South Carolina through its “K to Career” educational and workforce development initiatives. “K to Career” grants focus on support of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) areas of study, childhood reading...
Darlington rides big second inning to win over West Florence
The game might have lasted all seven innings, but it took Darlington just one inning to defeat the West Florence junior legion baseball team this past Wednesday at home.
Student News
Williamson graduates from the University of the South SEWANEE, TENN.–Charles Shropshire Williamson of Highlands, North Carolina, was awarded a BA in geology at the University of the South’s 2018 commencement ceremonies held in All Saints’ Chapel on the Sewanee campus on May 13. Charles Shropshire Williamson is the child of Thomas B. Williamson of Darlington. The University of the South, familiarly known as Sewanee,...
