Josephine Bowman celebrates 100th Birthday
Josephine Bowman celebrated her 100th birthday on June 27, 2016. Josephine has one daughter, Ernestine Frazier; three children preceded her in death. She was blessed with 15 grandchildren, 39 great grandchildren, and 13 great-great grandchildren.
First Steps “Counts Down” to Kindergarten
Children are out of school for the summer but learning is still a priority for Darlington County First Steps (DCFS). Parents as Teachers, Parents Are First, and Countdown to Kindergarten are programs that continue service throughout high temperatures, encouraging school transitioning, family strengthening, and parent education. Countdown to Kindergarten (CTK) is a First Steps program based on other successful school transition models...
First Baptist Church of Darlington celebrates VBS
Popsicles, watermelon, and VBS….there is nothing that says summer like seeing little ones enjoying their Vacation Bible School! Thank you to the First Baptist Church of Darlington for letting us capture these sweet smiling faces as they line the steps wearing the neat shirts they helped create at this year’s VBS. We will share the print version of this photo in the July 6th issue…because putting a newspaper clipping...
Darlington Track President Kerry Tharp: view video!
It’s an exciting day in Darlington as we meet the new track president of Darlington Raceway, Kerry Tharp. View the video shot earlier today by Samantha Lyles from the News & Press:
The dreams of Will Isgett: Darlington pageant director steps down after 18 years
With a smile and a twinkle in his eye, Will Isgett never meets a stranger. Once you meet him, you immediately see that he has something special…yet he invariably notices something special about you. His intuition for finding your hidden dreams, and his effervescent optimism have served him well as a volunteer with the Miss South Carolina pageant system; and now after 18 years he is going to take some much deserved time to fulfill a few more of his own dreams.
Darlington queens shine at the Miss South Carolina and Miss South Carolina Teen pageant
It was a very successful week for the three Darlington representatives at the Miss South Carolina and Miss South Carolina Teen pageants last week in Columbia. Miss S.C. Sweet Potato Festival Chelsea Bullock was named a top ten semi-finalist and competed live on TV last Saturday night. During the week of competition several awards were presented and Bullock walked away with the Miss South Carolina STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering...