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,...
Privette named 2018-19 Darlington County School District Teacher of the Year
North Hartsville Elementary School’s Laura Privette will represent Darlington County School District as Teacher of the Year for 2018-19. The announcement came during the district’s annual Teacher of the Year Awards Banquet, held Tuesday evening inside Mayo High School for Math, Science and Technology’s Conference Center. Privette is a school counselor at North Hartsville Elementary School. She earned the selection after an intensive...
National Science Board Visits SiMT
The Southeastern Institute of Manufacturing and Technology (SiMT) welcomed members of the National Science Board last Thursday, Sept. 27 for a tour and a listening session where local industry representatives, educators, and students discussed the future of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) in education and employee training.
Wilson spoils homecoming and crushes Darlington
Before this past Friday, it had been three weeks since the Darlington Falcons had played a football game.