DHS Homecoming 2017
Six young ladies vied for the title of Darlington High School Homecoming Queen Sept. 29 during the school’s annual homecoming festivities. The six young ladies were Triniti Phillips, Ashia Hodges, Serra Grace Bonnoit, Ty’sha Harmon Dubose, Ny’Asia Williamson and Kylee Pearson. Photo by Drake Horton
Church News – October 4, 2017
Please send your church news and photos to: editor@newsandpress.net BBQ Fundraiser Dovesville Church of God, 3717 N. Governor Williams Hwy, will be holding a BBQ Sale Oct. 6. Meals are $8 each and will be served starting at 10:30 a.m. Walk-ins welcome. For more information, call 843-307-7613 or 843-393-1786. Holiday Bazaar The Lamar United Methodist Women’s Holiday Bazaar will be Oct. 7 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 103 North Darlington...
GSSM Alumna’s research published in Forensic Science International Journal
The South Carolina Governor’s School for Science & Mathematics (GSSM) is pleased to announce that research conducted by Katherine Kilgore, GSSM Class of 2016, has been published in Forensic Science International. Kilgore, daughter of Robert and Ruth Kilgore of Hartsville, worked on her research during the Summer Program for Research Interns (SPRI). SPRI and the international Research Experience Scholars Program (RESP) are exciting...
Backyard Stargazer for Oct. 2017
By Francis Parnell Along with cooler nights, October brings a number of pairings of planets and stars with the Moon. There’s also an exceptionally close conjunction of Venus and Mars. At dawn on the 5th, Venus and Mars are only 1/4-degree apart in twilight – that’s one-half the Moon’s diameter! Binoculars will help separate sparkling white Venus from dimmer, red Mars and an even dimmer background star in LEO,...
Chamber hosts community tailgating event
The Greater Darlington Chamber of Commerce is hosting Darlington’s Biggest Tailgate on Thursday, September 28. This free community event will take place on the Square in Darlington from 6-8:30 p.m., the day before Darlington High School’s Homecoming game against the Crestwood Knights. There will be food and drinks for purchase, live music from Johnny Glenn and the Chasers, and a canned food drive to benefit The Lord Cares. The entire...
Carolina Kids receives two donations from SPC
Sandy Brown of SPC presents TWO checks to Andrea Pulling of Carolina Kids. Carolina Kids were chosen to receive a $500 SPC 75 Acts of Kindness Grant. They also won our Charity Selfie Contest at the Chamber’s Women Symposium! Carolina Kids is an organization with a mission to enhance the lives of the needy children in the area by providing them with their basic necessities as well as opportunities they would not normally...