Darlington Post Office employees recognize Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Darlington Post Office employees traded their usual blue uniform tops for bright pink T-shirts in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In recent weeks, postal workers sold dozens of these shirts to colleagues, friends, family members and breast cancer survivors to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Mail carrier Alice McMillan says the T-shirt drive raised about $300, and local postal workers plan to sport their pink tops...
Moyd sworn in as Society Hill’s new judge
David Moyd, right, is sworn in as Society Hill’s new municipal judge. Photo courtesy of Town of Society Hill
Taste the Sweet Potato fest
With Hurricane Michael’s rain and wind just a memory, crowds flocked to the 36th annual S.C. Sweet Potato Festival on Saturday at the Darlington Public Square. Here’s a selection of scenes from the festival, which was expected to attract up to 100 vendors from across the region. Photos by Samantha Lyles
Friends mourn ‘bravest police officer’
His name was Sgt. Terrence Carraway, he was a 30-year veteran Florence police officer who lived in Darlington, and he is being mourned around the state and nation as the officer who didn’t survive a shooting rampage that wounded six of his colleagues last week.
County Council members plan forum on courthouse
At Darlington County Council’s Oct. 1 meeting, two members of council announced that they will host a town hall meeting where citizens can ask questions about the Darlington County Courthouse.
Williamson Park 5k Run/Walk
Dozens of runners, walkers and their four-legged friends trekked through Darlington Oct. 6 for the 14th Annual 5K Run and Walk for Williamson Park. Beginning on the city’s Public Square, the course took the racers down Cashua Street, through the scenic Williamson Park, then back up the Cashua hill toward the finish line. After a friendly warning about mosquitoes from race director Lee Andrews of Darlington County Parks and Recreation,...
