Explaining opioids
For many years, law enforcement agencies have tried to educate and inform the general public about a growing opioid epidemic. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, drug overdoes killed nearly 64,000 Americans in 2016, and roughly two-thirds of those deaths involved a prescription or illicit opioid. The opioid epidemic is not exclusive to the United States. In early 2018, Canada’s Special Advisory Committee on...
Pets of the Week
Cutest little puppy around! Delta will have you at “Hello.” This solid lady with the short stubby legs is a wee bit shy but she’s happy to be picked up and toted around and also will nicely sit for a snack! A great choice for a family with other pets, she nicely picks up on their cues and quickly relaxes and happily mixes and mingles with them. More docile and meek, Delta is very sweet and gentle natured. She enjoys...
Lucretia “Chris” Richardson Quick
Lucretia “Chris” Richardson Quick DARLINGTON — Funeral services for Mrs. Lucretia “Chris” Richardson Quick of Oklahoma City, Okla., formerly of Darlington, were held Monday, March 9, 2020, at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church in Darlington, directed by Jordan Funeral Home Inc. The family was receiving friends at the residence of her sister and brother-in-law, Sam and Linda Colclough, 805 McCowns Millpond Road,...
Schools closed; DCSD students to ‘learn from home’
Virus threat growing; no cases yet in county CORONAVIRUS FACT SHEET By Bobby Bryant Editor editor@newsandpress.net Gov. Henry McMaster has ordered all South Carolina public schools closed through March 31 as the global coronavirus threat grows. That means 10,000 students in the Darlington County School District will stay home for at least a few weeks – but the district had already been preparing for that possibility....
DCSD to provide free breakfast and lunch during coronavirus closure
The Darlington County School District (DCSD) will provide nutritional breakfast and lunch meals at more than 30 locations during school closures for the coronavirus situation. Any child 18 or younger can get drive-through, “grab-and-go” meal bags at more than 30 locations, Monday through Friday from 10:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. The meals began being served Tuesday, March 17. The child or children must be present at the time of pickup....