Applications accepted now for Miss S.C. Sweet Potato Festival and Teen Pageants
The Miss S.C. Sweet Potato Festival and Miss S.C. Sweet Potato Festival teen pageants, which now are official Miss South Carolina and Miss South Carolina Teen preliminaries are now accepting applications for its pageant. Miss contestants must have lived in South Carolina for six months or attend college full time and be between the ages of 17 (rising high school senior) to 24. Miss contestants must not turn 25 years old by December...
Miss S.C. Sweet Potato Festival Teen finishes in Top 10
Miss S.C. Sweet Potato Festival Teen Payton Lang finished in the “Top 10” out of 62 contestants recently in the Miss South Carolina Teen pageant in Columbia. Lang also captured the Miss South Carolina Teen media award, for having the most media points and coverage for the contestants. This is the second year in a row that Miss S.C. Sweet Potato Festival Teen has finished among the top 10 contestants. The local pageant in its second...
Where is this in Darlington County? July 7, 2015
Last week’s photo was of the neat little wooden bench at Williamson Park, one of our favorite places in Darlington County! Readers that guessed correctly were: Bill Abbott, Roseanne Brasington, and Bobby Kilgo. “ There use to be a full playground at that spot.” Said Kilgo. “We use to play all over it as children.” Can you guess where in Darlington County this week’s photo was taken? Please send your guesses to: editor@newsandpress.net...
“Paddington” pops in for the Screen on the Green summer movie series on July 11
Paddington Bear, the classic character featured in more than 20 children’s books, will come to the City of Hartsville’s Screen on the Green free movie series Saturday, July 11. The movie showing, sponsored by North Industrial Machine, is taking place downtown in Burry Park, 131 Cargill Way, at dusk, 8:40 p.m. or later.
“Man Cave” opens in Hartsville
A ribbon cutting ceremony was held July 1 to officially introduce the new “Man Cave” facility at St. Joseph Head Start Center in Hartsville.
Church of the Week: Bethel United Methodist Church
One of the aspects of historical research that continues to intrigue me is how much history we all see on a daily basis and most don’t have a clue as to what they are seeing.