Ribbon cutting celebrates new elections building
Darlington County Elections and Registration officially started doing business at their new annex building earlier this summer, using the new facility for vote tabulation and announcements at the June 12 primaries.
Podcast shares stories of Cobra athletics
For fans of Coker sports, there is now a way to keep up with current student-athletes and find out more about the history of the school’s sports: the Quiver Podcast.
GSSM, Southern University-Baton Rouge partner for research
During the summer of 2018, Southern University–Baton Rouge (SUBR) hosted six rising high-school seniors from the South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics (GSSM). Currently enrolled in either GSSM’s residential program or its Accelerate engineering program, the students who participated were Austin Geer, Collen Mims, Doyle Hayden, Lamar Richards, Leighton O’Dell, and Malik Hubbard. Dr. Ershela Sims, GSSM’s Senior...
Florence-Darlington Technical College announces summer President’s and Dean’s Lists
Florence-Darlington Technical College Interim President Edward Bethea is pleased to announce the President’s and Dean’s Lists for the Summer Semester of 2018. To be named to the President’s List, a student must complete 12 or more credit hours and attain a 4.0 GPA for the semester with no remedial courses. A Dean’s List student must carry a 3.5 GPA or higher while completing 12 or more credit hours with no...
Surplus is great news, but we can’t afford a spending spree
By Richard Eckstrom S.C. Comptroller First, the good news: South Carolina closed out the 2018 fiscal year, which ended June 30, with a $177 million revenue surplus. That’s encouraging not just because of what it means for the state’s finances, but because of what it says about the strength of the state’s economy – which is experiencing broad growth with increases in employment, personal income and take-home pay. (Certainly, our recent...