Pop Music Icons HANSON to perform Bojangles’ Southern 500 National Anthem
The iconic pop rock group HANSON will participate in the award-winning Official Throwback Weekend of NASCAR by performing the national anthem for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on Sunday, Sept. 2. Founded in 1992 at ages 11, nine and six, brothers Isaac, Taylor and Zac spent their first five years building a fan base as an independent band in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Since then, the band has...
Interim president says FDTC in a good place
By Melissa Rollins, Editor, editor@newsandpress.net With the start of a new fall semester fast approaching, Florence-Darlington Technical College Interim President Ed Bethea is optimistic that the new school year will be a good one. After taking over the president role in March, Bethea has put plan into action to get the school on a firm foundation. “I don’t know what the time frame will be for hiring a new president so I am...
Man 2 Man helping men become better fathers
Statistics show that when fathers are actively involved in raising their children, kids are less likely to be expelled from school, go to jail, or get pregnant as teens, and are twice as likely to go to college.
First Steps plans to add resource locations
During the July meeting of Darlington City Council, several community agencies spoke to council about the programs that they offer.
Raceway intern carrying on the family tradition
When Jim Hunter passed away in October of 2010, NASCAR lost one of its most valued and beloved executives, an advocate for the sport who helped shepherd stock car racing into its most successful era.
Century Plants abloom in Darlington County
Cruising along Highway 151 between Darlington and Hartsville, you may have noticed two rather tall and rather unique plants towering in the sky, their crowns peaking around the tallest power line. Known as century plants, the agave americana (aka American Aloe) is a species of flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family. Though it is native to Mexico and the southwestern US, this ornamental plant has become naturalized in many regions...