‘Just a mother that got 40 kids off a bus’: After fiery crash, driver hailed as hero
One firefighter gives thanks to God and a quick-thinking school bus driver for the fact that 40 Darlington County elementary-school students escaped injury Jan. 22 when a car slammed into their bus from behind, starting a fire that engulfed half the bus.
First responders get free home-security devices
During Hurricane Florence and its aftermath, many Darlington County firefighters, law enforcement officers and emergency medical personnel spent 10 days working from the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), away from their families and homes.
Vikings bring National Championship to Darlington
The Pee Dee Vikings semi-pro football team will need to make some room in their trophy case as the Darlington-based crew won two more pieces of shiny hardware after another outstanding season.
‘You get to know a lot of people’: The Darlington Rotary Club marks 50 years
Rotary International’s mission: “Provide service to others, promote integrity and advance world understanding, goodwill and peace through our fellowship of business, professional and community leaders.”
Lawson sworn in for a seventh term as Darlington County Probate Judge
Darlington County Probate Judge Marvin I. Lawson is sworn in for a seventh term by Darlington County Treasurer Jeff Robinson. Mrs. Brigette Lawson holds the Bible. Lawson is starting his 39th year with Darlington County, having served as clerk of court from 1981-94, and as probate judge since 1994. Lawson won re-election last November. Photo by Samantha Lyles
Darlington County celebrates MLK Day
The Hartsville community observed Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday by gathering at Marion Avenue Cemetery to dedicate a new historical marker honoring the hundreds of African-Americans buried there. Some grave markers date back to the early 1800s, and include dozens of military veterans and some of Hartsville’s most notable citizens – like Rev. Henry H. Butler. Though the cemetery fell to neglect for decades, volunteers have...
