Renofest announces blockbuster lineup for 20th anniversary
Tickets are on sale now for the RenoFest Bluegrass Festival coming back to downtown Hartsville, SC, March 24-26. The festival honors South Carolina’s premier bluegrass legend Don Reno. As in the past, all RenoFest events, with the exception of the Downtown Hoedown, take place inside the historic Center Theater in downtown Hartsville. The event kicks off at 1:30 p.m. on Friday March 24th with the renowned band contest. Seven bands will...
Hartsville High School Freshman donates stuffed toys for house fire victims
Hartsville High School Freshman, Dani Melton, purchased bags of stuffed toys for a donation to the Hartsville Fire Department as her service project for the 2017 Miss Hartsville High competition. These stuffed toys will go to child victims of household fires to comfort them after such a traumatic experience. At the age of 11, Miss Melton received a stuffed toy from the Hartsville Fire Department when she herself was a victim of a...
New Bible study starting in March
Just for Women Ministries is starting their spring Bible study: Prayer. The Darlington study will start Monday, March 27 at First Baptist Church on South Main Street. The Florence study will start Tuesday, March 28 at First Presbyterian Church. Topics will include prayer and the Holy Spirit, Abraham’s Prayer and prayer’s delay. In Darlington, two sessions are available on Mondays, one at noon and one at 7 p.m. In Florence, two...
Scholarship pageants currently taking applications
The Miss Darlington and Miss Darlington Teen Scholarship Pageants, preliminaries to Miss South Carolina and Miss South Carolina Teen, are currently accepting applications for the event to be held on May 21, 2017. Miss contestants must be between the ages of 17 (rising senior for the 2017-2018 school year) to 24 (must not be 25 by December 31, 2018) and have established residency in South Carolina for six months, never been married or...
Cultural Realism Complex holds extravaganza
“The Total Package: Surviving in a Global World” is the theme for the first Intergenerational Empowerment Environmental Extravaganza Heart Love Celebration. This theme joins the 11th annual Heart Celebration with the title “A Caring World for Children: The Time is Now.” Saturday, April 1 will be the beginning with the emphasis on the mission: “The Heart in Action- Sharing the love with human and natural resources.’ April 1 at noon...