Letter to the Editor
Entire towns submerged. Homes and businesses destroyed. Lives lost. Hurricane Florence has devastated communities and impacted thousands of lives across South Carolina but particularly in the Pee Dee region. While some are anxiously waiting for the floodwaters to recede, the clean-up effort is underway in some places as we get through this trying time together. A number of our neighbors and friends lost much more than electric power...
In times of crisis, heroes abound
While our state was largely spared the kind of Category 5 destruction that Hurricane Florence once threatened to bring our way, many people in the Pee Dee region are still reeling from the storm’s impact.
Do This Fall Yard Work and Reap Springtime Benefits
Don’t believe your family yards needs attention in the fall? Autumn is no time to ignore your lawn and landscape. “What you do now will determine the quality of your family yard next spring and summer,” said Kris Kiser, president and CEO of the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI), the international trade association representing more than 100 power equipment, engine and utility vehicle manufacturers and suppliers. “People know to...
Treasurer Curtis Loftis Reminds Football Fans of Future Scholar Holler Sweepstakes Deadline
Winners Receive Game Tickets, Signed Memorabilia and $529 in College Savings South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis wants to remind Clemson and Carolina football fans that they still have time to submit photos of their “future scholars” as part of the second annual Future Scholar Holler Sweepstakes. But the photo contest ends next Thursday evening. Parents are invited to enter the sweepstakes by posting a photo of their child (age 12...
Wilson spoils homecoming and crushes Darlington
Before this past Friday, it had been three weeks since the Darlington Falcons had played a football game.
Francis Marion University enrollment up 5.2 percent New graduate programs, larger freshman class, fuel gains
Francis Marion University’s student body for 2018-19 has grown by 5.2 percent from the previous year, to almost 4,000 students. The enrollment increase, to 3,984 students, was fueled by gains in both the number of first-year students entering the University and in the number of new graduate students enrolled. The freshman class of 757 was up 9.6 percent. There are 462 graduate students enrolled, an increase of 136 students from the...