Peter Smith celebrates 100th birthday
Family and friends came together July 15 at the New Hopewell Outreach Center to celebrate the 100th birthday of Deacon Peter Smith. Unfortunately, Deacon Smith was unable to attend the party due to ill health, but guests enjoyed food and music and shared remembrances of a man dedicated to his family and church.
Children explore their wild side at Kalmia Gardens
‘Does anyone know what this is?’ Dan Hill asked that question more than a few times during the Week in the Wild camp last week at Kalmia Gardens. Hill, assistant director at Kalmia was leading nearly two-dozen campers around the grounds of the gardens and through explorations of the species they encountered.
Do you know Darlington County? July 19, 2017
Last week’s photo was at the Black Creek Cemetery in Dovesville. The stone is located at the original site of the church and the site of their current cemetery. Readers with correct guesses were Bill Segars, Brittany Collins, Hoyt Campbell, Vera Yow and Sylvia Byrd. Today, you will find another location shot from Darlington County. Do you know where it is? Please let us know by sending your guesses to: editor@newsandpress.net or call...
Free Medical Clinic receives sizable donation from Nucor
A timely $70,000 donation from Nucor Darlington last week will ensure that many patients at the Free Medical Clinic of Darlington County receive the care they need.
Sugarcane aphids have returned to South Carolina
FLORENCE — Tiny, hungry and rapidly reproducing sugarcane aphids have made their annual migration to South Carolina to feast on grain sorghum, an agricultural commodity that had been gaining popularity. The bugs can’t survive South Carolina winters so they migrate from warmer states each year. Once here, they can quickly colonize plants by the thousands. In addition to injuring or even killing grain sorghum plants, sugarcane aphids...