DCIT students celebrate Technical Education month
In February, Career and Technical Education Month is celebrated nationally. During this month, the Darlington County Institute of Technology held a variety of events, which included providing community service, participating in competitions, and inviting others to learn about careers. The first and largest of those events was the semi-annual Interactive Career Fair. On Friday, February 9, tenth graders from Darlington and Lamar high...
FDTC reaches adult students with grants, Tech Connect
Florence-Darlington Technical College (FDTC) continues to make higher education more accessible to adult education students in the Pee Dee region through grants and Tech Connect Day. Recently, FDTC received an $184,785 grant through the United States Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loan and Grant Program. The award is part of a larger effort to make relevant education and...
Darlington Mayor endorses Phil Noble for governor
Mayor Gloria Hines of Darlington is endorsing Phil Noble for Governor in this year’s South Carolina Gubernatorial race. Hines, who was the first female and first African American Mayor of Darlington, said that Noble is the right person at this important point in South Carolina’s history, to be its next governor. “Phil Noble was born in Greenville, SC but was raised in Alabama – and he’s a Democrat. You have to be a special...
Creating the Department of Children’s Advocacy
By South Carolina Policy Council If the goal of a particular piece of legislation is to streamline and improve government services, then creating an entirely new department would probably not be the best way to achieve it. Yet, that is exactly what S.805 would do. This bill would create the Department of Children’s Advocacy, charged with receiving and investigating complaints regarding children under the care of the Departments of...
McLeod Darlington nurses receive 2018 Palmetto Gold Award
McLeod Health is honored to announce that Renee Barry and Peggy Manning, Registered Nurses with McLeod Health Darlington were selected to receive the 2018 Palmetto Gold Award. Barry and Manning were part of the fifteen McLeod Health Nurses to receive the award for 2018. Barry is a Patient Care Supervisor on the Med/Surg Swing Bed Unit at McLeod Health Darlington and has served in this role for three years. During this time, she has...
Sheriff’s Deputies Graduate Academy
Darlington County Sheriff’s Deputies Matthew Mueller and Ryan Grice graduated the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy on April 13.