TBCS Quiz Bowl Team wins 2019 State Championship Tournament
The Trinity-Byrnes Collegiate School Middle School Quiz Bowl Team won the 2019 State Championship Tournament. They were competing against Porter Gaud, Saint Anne Catholic School, Saint Jude Catholic School, Wilson Hall, Christian Academy,Cardinal Newman, Pinewood Prep and Holy Trinity Classical Christian School. The members of the Quiz Bowl Team are: Jay Riddle (captain), Alden Okoh-Aduako, Caden Crawley, Shahid Nawaz, Chris Hillman...
DCSD officials join school board members for elementary school groundbreaking
Darlington County School District officials join school board members Feb. 5 to break ground for a new elementary school to be built in Hartsville at Bay Road and Westwinds Drive, off West Bobo Newsom Highway. At right are concept illustrations for the new school. Earlier the same day, the school district also broke ground for a new elementary school in Lamar, off the Lamar Highway at Country Club Road. A third new school is planned...
County Council approves $4 million bequest
At Darlington County Council’s Feb. 4 regular meeting, members voted unanimously to accept and secure a generous gift left in their care. Council approved receipt of a $4 million bequest from the late Carolyn “Bet” Norment Phillips, which she set aside for the Darlington County Historical Commission.
The perfect desk job: Building one
Wielding a wooden mallet and a chisel as sharp as a scalpel, Sam Sprouse slices and chips at the end of an oak board, cutting the pins and tails of a classic dovetail joint. Whack, slice, whack, chip, whack, slice — you can tell he’s done this a thousand times.
TBCS quiz bowl team sweeps competition at regionals
The Trinity-Byrnes Middle School Quiz Bowl Team swept the competition at their regional tournament recently. The team, which hosted the tournament, defeated other quiz bowlers from Marlboro Academy, All Saints’ Episcopal Day School, and Montessori School of Florence. TBCS scored a total of 550 points across three matches. The TBCS team consisted of Captain Jay Riddle (7th grader), Caden Crawley (7th grader), Chris Hillman (7th...
‘Everyone loved Abdul’: Pizza delivery driver’s ‘senseless’ slaying stuns community
Domino’s Pizza at 510 Pearl St. in Darlington was open for business last week, but it wasn’t business as usual.