Consortium to prevent, treat and sustain recovery for opiate use disorders
Drug overdose was responsible for the deaths of more than 70,000 Americans in 2017, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To address this growing issue, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the Office of Rural Health awarded a Rural Communities Opioid Response Planning grant to be used to form a consortium of local health care, substance use treatment providers and other human service...
Church News – January 30, 2019
Please send your church news and photos to: editor@newsandpress.net First Church of God First Church of God, 620 North Main St., Darlington, is offering new classes to cope with divorce or grief. DivorceCare, a free 13-week course, began Jan. 16. GriefShare, which is also free and runs 13 weeks, also started Jan. 16. For more, call 393-7942. The church holds services on Sundays at 10:30 a.m. The church holds Wednesday Family Nights...
Meet the stars of Dancing with the Stars of Darlington County
Welcome to the runup to the 2019 edition of Darlington County’s Dancing with the Stars, an annual event that benefits the Pee Dee Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Assault. The event will be held Thursday, Jan. 31, at 7:30 p.m. at Center Theater in Hartsville. For the past several weeks, we’ve been introducing couples who will be taking part in the event. You can go to the Pee Dee Coalition’s website (www.DWTSofDC.com) to vote...
Vikings bring National Championship to Darlington
The Pee Dee Vikings semi-pro football team will need to make some room in their trophy case as the Darlington-based crew won two more pieces of shiny hardware after another outstanding season.
Coker hires coach for women’s volleyball
Coker College has hired Travis Nead as their next women’s volleyball head coach. “We are excited to have Coach Nead lead our volleyball program,” said Lynn Griffin, vice president for athletics and athletic facilities. “Coach Nead has the necessary experience to lead our women’s volleyball program and recruit student-athletes who will be and continue to be successful at Coker and within the South Atlantic...