South Carolina DOT honors PDRTA
At the annual Transportation Association of South Carolina Conference March 7, SCDOT awarded the Pee Dee Regional Transportation Authority with the 2020 Transit Provider of the Year Award for outstanding transit services to the public. PDRTA was recognized in part for their continued efforts to build a sustainable funding model on the local level for their rural services. PDRTA Executive Director Don Strickland accepted the award and...
How school district’s eLearning plan works
Editor’s note: This news release was sent out March 16. Some changes in the plan might have been made since the newspaper went to press March 23. The Darlington County School District (DCSD) has released its eLearning and remote learning plan to continue instruction while district schools are closed. Through the DCSD program, students will be able to keep learning, even when face-to-face options are unavailable. The district also...
Mayor Boyd declares March 16-22 Brain Awareness Week
Mayor Curtis Boyd signed a proclamation declaring March 16-22 Brain Awareness Week and urged all citizens to express their support of this effort by the Pilot Club of Darlington and Pilot International. During Brain Awareness Week, Pilot Clubs join others to provide information about brain injuries and diseases affecting more than 150 million adults and children. This international effort includes hospitals, schools, government...
Local churches use Internet, radio to reach out during virus confinement
By Samantha Lyles slyles@newsandpress.net As our national and state governments scramble to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus, group meetings of more than 10 people have been strongly discouraged, meaning that for the foreseeable future, regular church worship services have been suspended. While we all wait it out and hope for the best, local churches are employing technology to keep our spirits up and keep us connected....
Darlington students take part in book challenge
Fifth-graders at Darlington’s Temple Christian Academy (TCA) participated in an “enLightenSC” children’s book challenge that concluded in February and two teams took first and second prizes for writing and illustrating books that focused on new technologies in the energy industry. TCA Students Ansley Clark, Jacob Gilbert and Justus Lighty won first place for their story, “Moving in a New Direction,” which chronicled a family as it...