Dancing with the Stars returns for 2018
The Pee Dee Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Assault have announced that they will have presenting their fifth annual Dancing with the Stars of Darlington County on Thursday, January 25, 2018 at the Hartsville Center Theater. The Pee Dee Coalition is a non-profit, volunteer organization dedicated to the reduction of sexual assault, family violence, and child abuse and the needs of the victims. The event is held to raise awareness...
Family Day to be held at Florence County Museum
The Education Department of the Florence County Museum announces Family Day at the Florence County Museum, Saturday, September 9, 1 to 3 p.m. From toddlers to grandparents, Family Days at the Florence County Museum are sure to offer something for everyone. Join us the second Saturday of each month from 1 to 3 p.m. for Family Day at the FCM. No registration required. Free of charge. Recycle your plastic bottles into beautiful works of...
Darlington Presbyterian to hold free community event
Darlington Presbyterian Church is holding a Children’s Choir Rally on Saturday, Sept. 9. The event is for children in grades K-5 and their parents and will be from noon to 1:30 p.m. The day will feature a puppet dinner theater with Puppets in God’s Service. Lunch and activities are available for free for all participants. The theme is ‘Let everyone that has breathe, praise the Lord.’ For more information, call...
Francis Marion University History professor pens book on the high tensions of 19th century of tariffs
Machiavellian-style parliamentary procedures. Politically charged fistfights. Nationwide attention turned to congressional addresses. Last week in Washington? Maybe. But Dr. William Bolt will tell you it’s pre-Civil War America, too. Bolt, an associate professor of HIstory at Francis Marion University, covers all those topics, and more, in his latest book, Tariff Wars and the Politics of Jacksonian America. Tariff Wars is one of the...
Church News – September 6, 2017
Please send your church news and photos to: editor@newsandpress.net Pastor Appreciation Celebration Mt. Tabor African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1741 Tolson Rd. Timmonsville, is celebrating Pastor Appreciation on Saturday, Sept. 9 at 3 p.m. For more information, call 843-346-3886. Pastor Appreciation Pastor Appreciation for Oates Baptist Church, 3569 Oates Highway in Lamar, will be on Sunday September 10th, at 11 a.m. They will be...
NRCS announces signup for conservation programs for 2018 funding
COLUMBIA—The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is currently accepting applications from South Carolina farmers, ranchers and private landowners for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) for fiscal year 2018 funding with an application deadline of Nov. 17. EQIP and ACEP are voluntary conservation programs that provide...