Byerly Foundation awards $500,000 grant to Humane Society
The Darlington County Humane Society has been awarded a $500,000 grant from Hartsville’s Byerly Foundation for their Raise the Woof Capital Campaign to raise $5 million to support a new indoor animal care facility and vision for a better tomorrow encompassing community education.
Pee Dee Co-Op, county deal fails
On Monday, Feb. 7, the Darlington County Council denied the third reading to approve a fee-in-lieu request from Pee Dee Electric Cooperative for a minimum of $10 million in new investment by the cooperative to enhance economic development for the county.
Courthouse getting new treescape soon
The Bradford pear trees that have flanked the Darlington County Courthouse for decades are on the way out, and new foliage is on the way in.
Second arrest made in Lamar slaying
The Darlington County Sheriff’s Office has made a second arrest in a Sept. 12 slaying near Lamar.
Boyd defends how city’s handling its problems, projects
By Bobby Bryant, Editor editor@newsandpress.net For half an hour last week, Darlington Mayor Curtis Boyd stood before an audience at a City Council meeting and made a spirited defense of Darlington and how the city is handling its problems and its projects. “A lot of times, when you’re sitting in town, you don’t really see all the big picture of Darlington,” Boyd said during City Council’s Feb. 8 meeting. “You see what’s on Facebook,...