From Diagnosis to Distinction: Mesha McLean’s Journey with Lupus Nephritis
Mesha McLean remembers the morning she woke up and couldn’t move her legs.
It wasn’t the first sign that something was wrong. For nearly a year, McLean had experienced pain in her hands and feet, general fatigue, and severe headaches — symptoms she initially chalked up to the demands of working in an office. But when her legs gave out entirely, leaving her unable to walk and requiring her family to lift her from bed, she knew this was something more serious.
St. John Head Start Center reopens after decade with ribbon-cutting celebration
Darlington County Community Action Agency (DCCAA) celebrated the reopening of St. John Head Start Center, 208 W. Seven Pines Street in Lamar, on Friday, July 31, restoring Head Start services to the community for the first time in more than a decade.
Man charged with Attempted Murder, Armed Robbery and Possession of Weapon during violent crime
On July 30, 2026 deputies responded to the 1100 block of N. Fifth St. in the Hartsville area of Darlington County in reference to a subject being assaulted and robbed. Darlington County deputies and investigators, with the assistance of the Hartsville Police Department, were able to identify and arrest a suspect. He currently remains in the W Glenn Campbell Detention Center awaiting bond.
DES faces questions over $2.4 million ‘records fee’
A South Carolina man trying to learn more about possible chemical contamination near a local elementary school said he was shocked when the state agency in charge of the records quoted him a bill few could ever pay: $2.4 million, plus a $605,000 deposit just to begin the search. DES officials say that figure was a preliminary estimate generated using standard FOIA rates that accounted for the staff time it would take to produce and review 3 million documents.
Local Mayor, Police officers arrested, charged with Criminal Conspiracy and Misconduct in Office
For nearly two years, drivers rolling through the small town of McBee may have been unwitting contributors to a municipal budget scheme, according to South Carolina state investigators who this week arrested the town’s sitting mayor and three of its top law enforcement officials.