Church News – January 23, 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...
Darlington County celebrates MLK Day
The Hartsville community observed Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday by gathering at Marion Avenue Cemetery to dedicate a new historical marker honoring the hundreds of African-Americans buried there. Some grave markers date back to the early 1800s, and include dozens of military veterans and some of Hartsville’s most notable citizens – like Rev. Henry H. Butler. Though the cemetery fell to neglect for decades, volunteers have...
Obituaries – January 23, 2019
Donald Edward Small, Daiford Hodge, Margaret Ruth Walker Alston, Bill Bollinger
Coker included in U.S. News & World Report’s 2019 Best Online Programs rankings
For the second consecutive year, Coker College is included in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Online Programs rankings, which were released earlier today. Coker is included in the categories of Best Online Bachelor’s Programs and Best Online Graduate Education Programs. Coker offers the following entirely online undergraduate and entirely online graduate degrees: B.S. in Business Management, B.S. in Criminology, B.S. in...
Players with the most Super Bowl appearances
Fans of professional football need not be told how popular the sport is. For 17 weeks a year, many fans set aside some time on Sunday afternoons to watch their favorite teams and players battle it out on the gridiron. But interest tends to reach a fever pitch once those 17 weeks have come and gone and the National Football League’s postseason begins, ultimately culminating with the Super Bowl. According to Nielsen.com, seven of the 10...