Sen. Malloy’s speech about the Lamar Riots
These are remarks by Hartsville Sen. Gerald Malloy on the Senate floor April 30, 2019, as he introduced three of the former students who were aboard a bus overturned by a mob in March 1970 in Lamar. “I rise today for what I think is probably one of the most important and profound days in our history. And today I have the proud distinction of introducing some … people from my county. “ … I would welcome my wife, Davita, back to the...
Christine Loretta Jackson Benjamin
Christine Loretta Jackson Benjamin DARLINGTON — Funeral services for Mrs. Christine Loretta Jackson Benjamin of Darlington were 2 p.m. Sunday, March 1, 2020, at Bethel AME Church in Darlington. Interment was in Faith Memorial Gardens directed by Jordan Funeral Home Inc. The family was receiving friends at the residence, 204 Steel Mill Road, Darlington.
District focuses on fate of five ‘surplus’ schools
By Bobby Bryant Editor editor@newsandpress.net What do you do with five “surplus” schools? That’s what the Darlington County School District is trying to figure out. After students this fall move into the three new elementary schools that the district is building, five elementaries will be vacant: — In Darlington, Brunson-Dargan Elementary will be empty after its students move to the new J.L. Cain Elementary. (The old J.L. Cain...
