Drs. Bruce and Lee Foundation completes gift to FMU
FLORENCE – Members of the board of the Drs. Bruce and Lee Foundation recently presented FMU President Dr. Fred Carter with a check completing the foundation’s gift of $497,500 for medical and instructional equipment for the new Carter Center for Health Sciences. The Foundation has been instrumental in the creation of the new academic building in downtown Florence, previously providing a grant of $7.5 million for the building’s...
Mark Zuckerberg visits the S.C. Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities on his Year of Travel tour
GREENVILLE, S.C.- Each year, founder and CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg sets a personal challenge for himself. This year, Zuckerberg has chosen to travel to every state he has not visited in a tour he has named a Year of Travel. Zuckerberg began his tour in February with a road trip through Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. On Sunday, Zuckerberg made a stop in Charleston at the Mother Emanuel AME Church and in Greenville to visit...
Darlington County Habitat for Humanity hosts home dedication ceremony
On March 26, Darlington County Habitat for Humanity will host a dedication ceremony for two completed houses. The public is invited to attend the ceremony from 3 to 3:30 p.m. at the Butler Heritage Foundation, 1103 S. 6th St. Hartsville. The ceremony is for Carolyn and Joe as well as Monisha Timmons. Started in 1996, Darlington County Habitat for Humanity is part of a global, nonprofit housing organization operated on Christian...
Joint operation yields guns and drugs
The Darlington County Sheriff’s Office along with the Hartsville Police Department, the Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Office and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division conducted a joint operation in the Hartsville area of Darlington County on the nights of March 9 and March 11 in response to recent shootings. The joint operation included agents saturating high crime areas, surveillance and serving a search warrant on Marlboro...
Trinity-Byrnes students place in essay contest
Three Trinity-Byrnes Collegiate School students, Maddie Lowe, Cooper Poston, and Olivia Dyson, had top entries in “The Daughters of the American Revolution” History Essay Contest. The American History Essay Contest was established to encourage young people to think creatively about our nation’s great history and learn about history in a new light. The contest is open to students in public, private, parochial schools, and...