School district nutrition-services employee tests positive for COVID-19
From Staff Reports The Darlington County School District has been taking extra precautions with its food-service program after a nutrition-services employee tested positive for COVID-19, officials said. Because the district has alternating teams who prepare and deliver food to sites around the county, the employee had not worked since April 8, the district said last week in a news release. The food-preparation team and bus-driver...
Reports: NASCAR to relaunch season with Darlington race
By Bobby Bryant Editor editor@newsandpress.net NASCAR had to suspend its racing season in mid-March because of the coronavirus pandemic, but now there are indications the races might resume – in Darlington – but without fans in the stands. After a flurry of website and newspaper reports quoting anonymous sources as saying that Darlington Raceway is “one of the top options” under consideration for restarting the season in mid-May, a...
LIVING ON PURPOSE: The Lord of the harvest
By Bill Holland As this year has been different than any we have known, I hope you have found a way to make it one of the most meaningful and personal spiritual experiences with God ever. As the darkness of winter fades and the light of spring emerges, we miss our time of being together, but we can still read, study and worship God, as we take this opportunity to enjoy His presence. We recently remembered Good Friday as the day our...
Living on the West End: The Old Mill
Editor’s note: This is a reprint of a Bill Shepard column that was published last year. By Bill Shepard I remember the old mill! How could I forget? For as long as I have a mind to remember, I will remember the Old Giant and the part it played in my life. I remember the sound, early in the morning, coming from the old mill. It was like a fog-horn on a ship, lost at sea! It was so loud that it rattled the window panes in our small...
Pets of the Week
Green-Eyed Lady! Nelly is ready for the runway with her long legs, snazzy brown tabby coat and cute cheeks. This friendly, chatty lady has a most musical meow as she asks you to come over to give her some loving! A good choice for a family with other cats and kids, Nelly is playful, social and she may sing a bit off key but otherwise has the makings of a perfect little feline companion. 10 months old; female; tabby Gunner is just as...
