‘Hurting me real bad’: Gas prices squeeze county drivers
By Bobby Bryant, Editor editor@newsandpress.net Taft Fore of Darlington was looking at a gas pump at Fastrack on South Main Street last Wednesday. Fore had just topped off the tank in his pickup truck and filled up two gas cans to run his lawn mower. The total cost on the pump: $57 and change. “You don’t have much choice,” said Fore. “So I’ve got to sacrifice – cut down on my medicine, cut down on our food, just to get to and from the...
Three arrested and drugs seized in bust
Three people were arrested and drugs and guns seized March 9 when the Darlington County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant off Ousleydale Road in the Hartsville area, the DCSO said in a statement.
Second suspect held in Hartsville armed robbery
A second man was being held in the armed robbery of a Hartsville-area taxi driver Jan. 8.
Bullets strike home near Hartsville on March 6
The Darlington County Sheriff’s Department was investigating shots fired into a home on Meadow Lark Lane near Hartsville March 6.
Hartsville Police getting access to SLED’s facial-recognition system
The Hartsville Police Department soon will be able to tap into SLED’s facial-recognition database of criminals’ mug shots, thanks to a decision by Hartsville City Council last week.