Do you know Darlington County?
The photo from last week was a monument at Coker’s Pedigreed Seed in Hartsville. Readers with correct guesses were Bill Segars, Hoyt Campbell and Wanda Hall. Today, you will find another location shot from Darlington County. Do you know where it is? Please let us know by sending your guesses to: editor@newsandpress.net or call 843-393-3811. Deadline is 5 p.m. Friday. Good luck!
Darlington Raceway partners with Darlington County School for summer reading program
Darlington Raceway will once again partner with the Darlington County School District in a multi-agency summer reading program designed to emphasize the importance of reading and combat summer learning loss for students in Darlington County. Almost 7,000 DCSD students in kindergarten through eighth grade will participate in the summer reading program, which involves Darlington Raceway, the Darlington County Library system, the TEACH...
Volunteers needed for city pool swim lessons
Splashing around in a pool is a fantastic way for kids to beat the summer heat.
Johnson Memorial Scholarship winners announced
The Susan Johnson Memorial Fund Committee has announced that Laurel Ann Dennis and Kinsley Glenn Chestnut have been awarded the 2017 Susan Johnson Memorial Scholarship Grants in the amount of $4,000 each. This non-repayable grant is awarded to a graduate or former graduate of Darlington High School (formerly St. John’s High), the Darlington area attendance zone of Mayo High School for Math, Science and Technology or Trinity-Byrnes...
Darlington County Autism Support Group holds summer camp
Calling all Parents/caregivers of children on the autism spectrum! If you are looking for a camp for your child to go to for a week, please contact the Hartsville YMCA to sign up. Darlington County Autism Support Group along with Hartsville YMCA is doing a camp called “Puzzle Pieces.” The camp runs Monday July 10 through Friday July 14 from 9:00 a.m. to noon for ages four and up. The cost is $30.00 and it includes a...
FDTC holds Discovery Camp
Florence-Darlington Technical College will hold an Investigation Station Discovery Camp, June 12 -16. The camp will run Mon-Thurs., 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at SiMT on the back of the FDTC campus. Discovery Camp is an intermediate science camp that provides a challenging opportunity for 7th and 8th grade students to experience hands-on science and engineering in a ‘Make-It, Take-It’ setting. Campers participate in hydraulics/pneumatics,...