Pride of Darlington Award presented by beautification board
The City of Darlington Beautification Board presented the Pride of Darlington Award to Pee Dee Healthcare (Genesis Healthcare), 201 Cashua St., on Wednesday, February 22. The Board solicits nominations from the public for the City’s Pride of Darlington Awards each quarter. Nominations of residential property should be made by April 1 and October 1 of each year and by January 10 and June 1 of each year for businesses. The business...
Clemson scientists working to breed tastier, healthier peaches
CLEMSON — Clemson University geneticist Ksenija Gasic seeks to do the unimaginable: improve the taste, aroma and nutritional value of the beloved peach. Gasic received a $150,000, three-year grant from the United States-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund (BARD) to evaluate the biochemical and molecular regulation of carotenoid accumulation in stone fruits such as peaches, apricots and plums. Carotenoids are...
Woman found dead inside home, man arrested
On February 28, 2017 at about 1:25 AM Darlington County Sheriff’s Patrol Deputies responded to a residence on Wilson Village Drive in the Darlington area of Darlington County. When Deputies arrived they discovered a woman deceased inside. Bradley Jack Altman, age 28, of Darlington was located at the scene and taken into custody. Altman is currently being detained at the Darlington County Detention Center awaiting arraignment. The...
Dixie Cup employee photo
Reader Frank Helms brought us an old picture of employees from Dixie Cup, including his mother Doris Helms. Frank said that the picture is from some time in the 1960’s. We had several readers call us about the picture. A few of them said they had an aunt, mother or another relative in the photo. Two were even in it themselves! Thank you to everyone who called to share with us. One reader said that she believed this to be a one-time...
DCSD podcast celebrates 50 episodes
A year and a half ago two employees, Carla Jefferson and Rhett Hughes, started the DCSDTransforms podcast, which recently celebrated its 50th episode. Jefferson and Hughes say that the podcast has been a fun way to help other district employees discover new tools.