County plans to consider property-tax installment payments
Darlington County Council will consider allowing citizens to pay their property taxes in installments.
Darlington Police Department acquires patrol vehicles
The Darlington Police Department took delivery of five 2019 Ford Police Interceptors last week and – once they’re striped and fully kitted out with lights, sirens, and cameras – three of these new vehicles will take to the streets as patrol cars. The other two will be unmarked vehicles for use by investigators. The five cars are the first vehicles received by DPD under the city’s new lease agreement with Enterprise, which...
Earnhardt Jr. returning to NASCAR, Darlington
Dale Earnhardt Jr. has announced that he will compete in Darlington Raceway’s NASCAR XFINITY Series Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200 race, scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 31 (live on NBC and MRN), at the track Too Tough To Tame. “There are many things I love about Darlington that contributed to my decision to run there this year, but the main reason is the track surface,” Earnhardt Jr. said. “I love races where you have to be smart and...
A whirlwind of honors for heroic school-bus driver
This, more or less, was last week’s agenda for Bernadine Reed, the Darlington school-bus driver who got 40 students off a burning bus Jan. 22
Lamar citizens voice support for mayor after vandalism incident
Lamar Town Council’s Feb. 11 regular meeting offered standing room only at Town Hall as many citizens came to show support for Mayor Darnell Byrd McPherson after her vehicles were vandalized last week.
The power of persistence: Teen celebrates road-paving victory
Anyone who says you can’t fight City Hall clearly hasn’t met Cameron Graham.