Bethel A.M.E. Church Celebrates 128 Years
Bethel A.M.E. Church was established in Darlington, South Carolina and began as a one room building on Chalmers St. It started off with prayer meetings by some faithful few, Mrs. Laura Rogers, Mrs. Mary Malachi, Mrs. Constance Smalls, Mrs. Lewis Martin, Mrs. Clarissy Martin, Mrs. Lena Stevenson, Mrs. Lizzie Brown and the younger set: Mrs. Ida Rogers, Mrs. Ida Parson, Mr. J.M. Sims, Mrs. Fannie Stevens, Mr. Willie Sparks, Mrs. Florence...
Senators Scott, Schatz push to strengthen protection for repeatedly flooded communities
Washington – U.S. Senators Tim Scott (R-SC) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) have introduced the Repeatedly Flooded Communities Preparation Act, which will ensure better protection for communities that have been repeatedly flooded. These repetitive loss properties contribute to nearly half of the National Flood Insurance Programs’ (NFIP) $25 billion debt and make up nearly 30 percent of the claims it pays, while representing just one percent...
Watson Column: Just a kid’s game
By Chief Danny Watson There is nothing quite like kid’s sports. Any organized athletics where young adults are competing against one another just seems to bring out the worst in people. It’s exasperating to have to go to a game where six and seven year olds are playing baseball to arrest someone who is absolutely losing their mind about a kid’s game. Good behavior does not include calling the umpire a blind %&$# so in...
Coker College partners with Florence-Darlington Technical College to offer two Bachelor’s Degrees
In an effort to continue providing superior convenience and flexibility for students in the Florence area, Coker College is partnering with Florence-Darlington Technical College (FDTC) in Florence, S.C, to offer FDTC graduates a B.S. in business management and B.S. in applied criminology. Once FDTC students earn their associate degree in business management, business marketing or criminal justice technology, they can transfer those...
Chief Watson: They came into our house and they took our stuff
In an emergency city council meeting Monday night, Darlington Police Chief Danny Watson announced that the Darlington Police Department had been broken into and equipment had been stolen. “Over the weekend persons, or a person, unknown at this particular point in time, removed multiple pieces of equipment from the Darlington Police Department,” Watson said. “Once we have all the information that we need available to us from the...