Linda Weatherford named Woman of Achievement
Linda Weatherford has been named the 2017 Woman of Achievement by the Greater Hartsville Chamber of Commerce. Weatherford became SPC Credit Union’s first female CEO in January of 2016. Prior to CEO, she served as the Director of Marketing and Business Development for SPC for 12 years. Since 1987, she has worked for credit unions in leadership roles, and has been an advocate for the credit union movement, promoting the philosophy of...
Boys and Girls Club hosts Night of Hope
The Hartsville Boys and Girls Club is hosting their second annual Night of Hope, August 26 at Lawton Park. The event will be from 6 to 10 p.m. The community is invited to celebrate and support the Hartsville Boys & Girls Club with music, hors d’oeuvres, open bar and an auction. Individual tickets are $50. All proceeds go directly to the Hartsville Boys & Girls Club, to help kids achieve academic success, healthy...
Sheriff’s Office awarded body-worn camera grant
The Darlington County Sheriff’s office has been awarded $112,011.27 for the purchase and data storage of body-worn cameras through the Body-Worn Cameras Fund, which was appropriated by the General Assembly. Sen. Gerald Malloy of Darlington, was the chief sponsor of S.47, the Body Camera Bill, which was passed in 2015. This law requires all law enforcement agencies within the state to implement the use of body-worn cameras. Also, the...
Hartsville Young Professionals donate to Humane Society
The Hartsville Young Professionals (HYP) organization hosted an Ales and Tails donation drive event for the Darlington County Humane Society on August 10 at Vintage Craft Beer and Wine Boutique. HYP members and the Hartsville community were invited to attend and donate an item or monetary donation of any size. Over $1,000 was raised at the event, plus numerous items were collected. The donation drive is one of the community service...
S.C. Humanities names Governor’s Award recipients
SC Humanities is pleased to announce that four extraordinary South Carolina individuals will be recipients of this year’s annual Governor’s Awards in the Humanities, to be presented at a luncheon on Thursday, October 19. The winners are: Karen Alexander (The Auntie Karen Foundation), arts-based community programs; Orville Vernon Burton, historian and author; Dixie Goswami, literacy education researcher; and Betty Jo Rhea, former mayor...
Darlington Library Homeschool Hub back in action
As students all around Darlington County head back to school, the Darlington Library held a refresher class for local homeschooling parents on tools available to them through the library.