‘Another option’: Charter school coming to Hartsville
At their Nov. 13 regular meeting, Hartsville City Council learned more about a planned charter school that could open in time for the 2020 fall semester.
Turner Park created in honor of shooting victim
Francis Marion University’s Board of Trustees has approved naming a new park on campus after the late Farrah Maxine Turner. Turner, a 2005 FMU graduate, was an investigator with the Florence County Sheriff’s Office who was killed during the Oct. 3 shooting tragedy in West Florence. Turner Park will be an intimate and reflective space set amidst the Forest Villa residential apartments on campus. It will include benches, trails,...
As tuitions rise, S.C. colleges, universities lay out funds for lobbyists
Since 2015, state colleges and universities have paid a total of more than $1.5 million to lobbyists – mainly to influence S.C. lawmakers – while overall student tuition and school debt loads have steadily increased, a review by The Nerve found.
Living on Purpose – Giving thanks for God’s beautiful Earth
Imagine if you were the creator of the Earth with all of its breathtaking beauty and gave each living creature the gift of life.
St. John’s Elementary’s 200th birthday
St. John’s Elementary School celebrated its bicentennial with a week of fun activities where students and staff displayed their school pride. The week culminated with two big events: the Taste of St. John’s on Nov. 15, where parents and teachers served up their best entrees and sweets, and the Bicentennial Parade, where students joined the Darlington High School Marching Falcons to promenade around the historic Academy Green....
My boyhood blacksmith
Here’s a tale of a horseshoe that cracked yours truly in the head, a tale that began near a handsome old shack.