Brian Gerber
Brian Gerber, age 58, who lived most of his life in Glenshaw, Pennsylvania, passed away in Hartsville, South Carolina on January 9, 2022.
For new city manager, ‘Always something different’
John Payne is Darlington’s city manager. But on this day, he’s also a weather forecaster and a crisis-response planner.
City debates how to spend federal COVID-aid funds
A public hearing last week on how Darlington should spend millions in federal COVID aid turned into a debate on whether the city could use some of the money to roll back water bills and whether some proposals would benefit white neighborhoods at the expense of black ones.
As COVID surges, feds are offering free tests and masks
As COVID rages to levels never seen before in South Carolina – the state recently hit roughly 20,000 new cases in one day – the federal government is stepping in with free COVID tests and, soon, free face masks.
There was snow in Darlington County!
The weekend’s winter storm brought snow to Darlington County, but the county was spared major power outages.