The first race at Darlington without Harold King
By Joe VanHoose Special to the News & Press NASCAR returned to action in South Carolina May 17, kicking off a race week at the famed Darlington Raceway unlike anything the Pee Dee has seen in the track’s 70-year history. There were no race fans in the stands, no campers filling the fields around the 1.366-mile speedway. The COVID-19 pandemic has killed nearly 90,000 Americans and halted most of American life. NASCAR’s Sunday race...
Hartsville hosts county’s 2nd virus-testing day
by Samantha Lyles slyles@newsandpress.net Scores of vehicles lined up near Hartsville’s T.B. Thomas Center early in the morning on May 18 as Darlington County hosted its second mass COVID-19 testing event of the month. Conducted by MUSC with support from the National Guard and the Hartsville Police Department, the event offered free tests to anyone who drove or walked up and registered. The previous week, a free SC DHEC /...
Was the giant caught sleeping?
By Bill Shepard Some of us can remember Dec. 7, 1941. That was the day that President Franklin D. Roosevelt said would live in infamy. The small island nation, Japan, had made a daring surprise attack on America. A large part of the U.S. Navy was anchored in the calm waters of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. It was a quiet Sunday morning. From out of nowhere, it must have seemed, the enemy came raining down destruction and within hours a large...
A guide to the June 9 Democratic and Republican primaries
The Darlington County League of Women Voters produced this Voters Guide to the Democratic and Republican primaries as a public service. The primaries are June 9. Responses are in the candidates’ own words. Race: U.S. House, District 7 – Primary (D) Candidates: Melissa Ward Watson Party: Democratic Mailing address: P.O. Box 12961, Florence, SC 29504 Campaign phone: (843) 779-2198...
