Darlington County students earn trip to Clemson University
Students participating in the Reading Recovery program at Thornwell School for the Arts recently attended the Tigers Read! event hosted by Dabo Swinney’s All In Foundation and Clemson University. Swinney, Clemson’s head football coach, and his wife, Kathleen, sponsor the event through the foundation. The organization worked together with Scholastic Books and Clemson to provide a day focused on the importance of reading for more than...
2019 National Day of Prayer
The 2019 National Day of Prayer was marked with messages of hope at a May 2 gathering on Darlington’s Public Square. Organizer Dr. Brian Sherwood, pastor of First Baptist Church, introduced speakers from area churches. Among them, Rev. Zach Dillard of Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church prayed for President Trump, national leaders and all servicemen and –women; Rev. Sam Fulmore of Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church prayed for state...
‘The six people … that nobody asked about’- Senate shines a light on ‘forgotten’ victims of 1970 Lamar rioting
They waited 49 years for these 12 minutes.
Touch-A-Truck at the Raceway
The Junior League of Florence’s annual Touch-A-Truck event was held at Darlington Raceway on Saturday. It lets children explore and get behind the wheel of their favorite vehicles. Money raised goes back into the community through grants and scholarship awards. Photos by Bobby Bryant
National Day of Prayer
By Samantha Lyles, Staff Writer, slyles@newsandpress.net On April 24, Darlington Mayor Gloria C. Hines (seated in photo) signed a proclamation naming May 2 as National Day of Prayer in Darlington. Several pastors from local churches joined Hines, including (left to right in photo) Juan Gonzalez and Pastor Frankie L. Tanner of Mechanicsville Baptist Church, Rev. Alan Waibel of First Church of God, Dr. Brian Sherwood and Renny Johnson...