Industrial hemp production bodes well in S.C. for first year
FLORENCE – Industrial hemp production could be a viable crop alternative for South Carolina farmers, according to Clemson Cooperative Extension crop and agribusiness agents.
A firefighter for 50 years: Friends, family mourn Stone
A line of fire trucks and emergency vehicles, lights flashing, escorted the body of Jim Stone home from a Florence hospital last Thursday night.
Investors buy derelict warehouse to demolish it
Darlington businessman Curtis Boyd and a group of investors have bought one of the city’s biggest eyesores – the derelict, block-long Tyner Warehouse at East Broad and Russell streets – and plan to demolish it.
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.
On horseback, team looks for problems at Fort Jackson woods, fields
In a Fort Jackson “first,” a team of horse riders helped clear remote parts of the installation Jan. 26 in a bid to keep people and the land safe.
TBCS Annual Gala and Auction
Trinity-Byrnes Collegiate School held its annual Gala and Auction on Feb. 2 in the Sonoco Gymnasium. Over 250 guests dressed in the Gala’s theme, Great Gatsby Roaring ’20s. The silent and live auctions, along with sponsorships and ticket sales, grossed over $130,000 for the school. “I want to personally thank the chair of the event, Mrs. Kathryn Roach and the associate chair, Mrs. Mindy Saverance. We are so thankful for all of our...