Presenting Miss Darlington USA, Miss Darlington Teen USA
In front of a packed Trinity-Byrnes Collegiate School Sonoco Gymnasium, the first Miss Darlington USA and Miss Darlington Teen USA were crowned Aug. 17. The new Miss Darlington USA is 20-year-old Karoline Kitchings, a native of Lexington and a student at USC-Aiken. Kitchings also won the swimsuit and evening gown awards. First runner-up was Belton native Karen Hawkins and second runner-up was Kingstree native Madalyn Ard. The new Miss...
Lamar merging onto information superhighway
Last December, Spectrum Cable and Charter Communications announced plans to install a state of the art fiber network in Lamar, bringing cutting-edge online service to a town that had lobbied 10 years for better connectivity. On Tuesday, Aug. 13, Spectrum execs came back to town to celebrate the completion of the network and offer gifts to help local residents merge onto their new online expressway.
Hartsville recognized for water park success
he City of Hartsville celebrated an attendance milestone for the Neptune Island Waterpark last week, and received an award from the Municipal Association of South Carolina (MASC) for the park project at the Aug. 13 meeting of City Council.
A visit to Macedonia Life-Skills Center
Macedonia Life-Skills Center, 115 Exchange St. in Darlington, aims to “keep children off the streets and out of trouble.” The center, formed in 1998 and incorporated in 2002, is a nonprofit volunteer organization dedicated to helping youths and their families “become self-sufficient and productive citizens.” These photos from the group’s summer programs are courtesy of Patsy Sawyer, founder and executive director. For more information...
Jennings looks to change the culture for Darlington football in first year
The last three years have been a nightmare for the Darlington Falcons football program. In those three years Darlington has won just three football games, going 1-10 in 2016, 2-9 in 2017 and 0-9 in 2018.
