March Teacher Feature winners chosen
The Darlington County School District’s Teacher Forum “Teacher Feature” winners for March have been announced. The program recognizes one teacher from each school to honor excellence in education. Teacher Feature is coordinated by the district’s Teacher Forum, which is comprised of each school’s “Teacher of the Year”. The purpose of the Teacher Forum is to foster professional growth and teacher leadership. The Teacher Feature program...
National Pancake Day at IHOP
National Pancake Day was held on March 3 at IHOP restaurants throughout the nation in support of the Children’s Miracle Network, which is the national platform of the Miss America pageant. Miss Falcon Murphy Lee and Will Isgett, Local Director of the Miss S.C. Sweet Potato Festival Pageant and Miss Falcon attended the event in Florence, while Miss S.C. Sweet Potato Festival Teen Payton Lang attended the event in her hometown of...
Where is this in Darlington County?
Last week’s photo was of a group of young golfers taking lessons at the Darlington Country Club, originally printed in the News & Press in 1953 from the collection shared on Flickr by John Wells, Sr. Unfortunately no one could identify the golfers! Perhaps we will have some identification this week. Can you guess the location of this week’s photo? Please send your guesses to: editor@newsandpress.net or call 393-3811. Good...
Church News – March 11, 2015
Please send your church news to: editor@newsandpress.net
A look back: Sherman’s March through the Upper Pee Dee
By Samantha Lyles, Staff Writer, slyles@newsandpressonline.com As the Union army of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman blazed a trail of destruction through the Confederate south in February and March of 1865, many homes were burned, many possessions stolen, and many lives lost. Some communities in the Upper Pee Dee region suffered great indignities at the hands of greedy Federal foragers, and the echoes of their terror still reverberate...
Darlington County Humane Society says, “Thank you, Chase!”
Chase Fluharty, son of Leighan and Tom Fluharty, recently celebrated his birthday in a unique way that helped many pets in the area. He asked for donations for the Darlington County Humane Society instead of birthday presents this year. He collected an impressive amount,170 pounds of dog and cat food. Chase is shown here with one of the animal shelter’s ambassador dogs, Buddy. According to the volunteers of the DCHS- and all the pets,...