Church News – January 2, 2019
Please send your church news and photos to: editor@newsandpress.net Central Baptist Church Pastor Andy Cook is returning to Central Baptist Church in Darlington, and he’s bringing Israel with him. An experienced Israel tour leader and author of multiple books, Cook will share insight from some of the Bible’s most familiar stories while he shows you the land where those stories took place. Sunday, Jan. 6, 10:30 a.m. and 6...
Library to host Literary Festival
The Darlington Library will host the Black Creek Literary Festival in partnership with Burry Bookstore on Saturday, Jan. 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The festival is a showcase and celebration of writers from the Black Creek and Pee Dee region. The event will feature over 15 area authors sharing their love of writing and local vendors with books and literary items to sell. During the festival, there will be two Q&A panels. In the...
Taylor-Hancock Wedding
Keri Jacquelin Taylor and Jason Corey Hancock, both of Darlington, were married Saturday, Dec. 1, in Hartsville at Bethlehem United Methodist Church officiated by Pastor Dan Sullivan of Bethlehem United Methodist Church and Pastor Don Squires of Temple Free Will Baptist Church. The bride is the daughter of Harry Lee Taylor and the late Mrs. Jean Byrd Taylor, of Darlington. The grandparents of the bride are the late Mr. and Mrs....
Meet the stars of Dancing with the Stars of Darlington County
Welcome to the runup to the 2019 edition of Darlington County’s Dancing with the Stars, an annual event that benefits the Pee Dee Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Assault. The event will be held Thursday, Jan. 31, at 7:30 p.m. at Center Theater in Hartsville. For the next several weeks, we’ll be introducing couples who will be taking part in the event. You can go to the Pee Dee Coalition’s website (www.DWTSofDC.com) to vote your...
Creekside arrives: The fall and rise of an apartment complex
Those seeking to rent a dwelling in the city of Darlington often run up against the same problem: Houses for rent are few and far between, and most rental apartments are government subsidized for low to moderate income families.
At Fort Jackson, holidays mean a homecoming for most soldiers
Nearly 7,000 Fort Jackson trainees began departing the installation in the wee hours of Dec. 19 as part of Victory Block Leave.