DDRA awards prizes for holiday shopping in Darlington
Marcie Blackwell, Patricia Boatwright and Joyce Adams (not pictured in order) were the lucky winners of $100 cash prizes for shopping in Darlington during the holidays, courtesy of the Darlington Downtown Revitalization Association (DDRA). The contest encourages people to shop in Darlington this holiday season. Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, people were asked to shop at five different Darlington businesses, mail the DDRA copies...
Things to come: A glance ahead at 2020
The new year, 2020, is a week old, and things are still slow.
Votes being taken to name DCSO’s bloodhound puppies
A dog breeder recently donated two bloodhound puppies to the Darlington County Sheriff’s Office, and now officials are trying to decide on names for the dogs. Votes are being taken on the Facebook page for the Sheriff’s Office. As of Friday, nearly 900 people had offered their picks for the pups’ names. The options were down to 10: Cash, Sully, Scout, Major, Colt, Ruger, Thor, Xander, Smokey and Bandit. (Smokey and Bandit appeared to...
Page and Cavanaugh honored as DFD Firefighters of the Year
Members of the Darlington Fire Department cast their votes each year to recognize outstanding service by both full-time and volunteer firefighters, and 2019’s honorees are both examples of the dedication and professionalism DFD is known for.
1969 Class of Mayo High School holds 50th reunion
The 1969 Class of Mayo High School held their 50th reunion Aug. 22-25. Sixty-four former classmates participated: Elbert Backus, Edith Bacote, Chris Black, Catherine Boatwright Billups, Wallace Brockington, Robert Campbell, William Coe, Frank Coefield, Blondell Cooper Austin, Ervin (Joel Warsaw) Dargan, Gloria Davis, Roosevelt Davis, Samuel Davis, Lorestine Dubose Hunter, Lonnie Eldridge, Seeroy Evans, Mitchell Goodson, Charles Ham,...
Darlington County Year in Review
JANUARY 2019 Washington’s duties expand By Bobby Bryant, Editor, editor@newsandpress.net Darlington Police Chief Kelvin Washington will become the city’s public-safety director, also assuming authority over the Fire Department, under a “reorganization” plan launched by City Council. After a brief executive session during its Jan. 8 session, City Council voted unanimously, with almost no public discussion, to begin a reorganization...