After the storm: Understanding the FEMA letter
Survivors who apply for assistance from FEMA as a result of damage from Hurricane Florence will receive a letter from FEMA in the mail or via email. The letter will explain the status of their application and how to respond. It is important to read the letter carefully. The letter will include the amount of any assistance FEMA may provide to the survivor and information on the appropriate use of disaster assistance funds. Many...
Falcons get blanked by Myrtle Beach
By Drake Horton Contributing Writer From start to finish, it was a bad day for the Darlington Falcons. Down numerous starters, the Falcons proved to be no match for the Myrtle Beach Seahawks, losing 49-0 in front of a smaller than usual home crowd due to the game being moved to Saturday at noon because of the still-lingering implications from Hurricane Florence. Myrtle Beach, considered by most to be one of the best teams in all of...
Events to raise domestic violence awareness
By Samantha Lyles, Staff Writer, slyles@newsandpress.net With the public debate over sexual assault saturating national news coverage, the Pee Dee Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault hopes we are in a teachable moment, and they have several October events planned for Domestic Violence Awareness month. “We’ve got a lot of things going on this month,” says Kioca Reed, coalition volunteer coordinator for...
Utility vehicles: What’s the difference?
The terms “sport utility vehicle (SUV)” and “crossover” (also dubbed a compact sport utility vehicle, or CUV) are heard quite frequently and sometimes used interchangeably. It can be easy to blur the terms because of the subtle differences between these types of vehicles. But upon careful interpretation of these ultra-popular vehicles, the variations between them become more apparent. The frames of these vehicles can help people...
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...