Board of Education announces locations for new schools in Hartsville, Lamar
The Darlington County Board of Education has announced the locations for new schools in Hartsville and Lamar. The third new school will be built in Darlington on the site of the existing Cain Elementary School. District officials and the construction team evaluated extensively more than 19 sites in Hartsville and eight sites in Lamar before selecting the final locations of the new schools. Lamar’s new school, which will combine Lamar...
Lamar gearing up for Egg Scramble
Lamar Town Council held their monthly meeting on March 12.
Sonoco recognized for Packaging Excellence, Innovation at FPA Awards
Sonoco, one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, has been awarded several Gold- and Silver-level Achievement Awards at the Flexible Packaging Association Annual Meeting. Sonoco’s PrimaPak package for Perfetti Van Melle Mentos SHARE-A-BOWL was awarded a Gold Award for Packaging Excellence, a Silver Award for Expanding the Use of Flexible Packaging and a Silver Award for Technical Innovation. Sonoco’s PromoPeel...
Specialty Crop Block Grant applications being accepted
COLUMBIA– Applications for the USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) are available at www.scspecialtycropblockgrant.com and are due by 5 p.m. on Friday, April 20. The application must be completed online. “The SCBGP is an important resource for strengthening the specialty crop industry,” said SC Commissioner of Agriculture Hugh Weathers. “I encourage specialty crop farmers, researchers and other industry supporters to...
Sonoco issues 2017 Annual Report to shareholders
Sonoco, one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, recently announced that its 2017 Annual Report to Shareholders is now available on the Company’s website at investor.sonoco.com. The report, entitled A New Vision Leads to Fresh Thinking, reviews Sonoco’s 2017 financial performance and details Sonoco’s entry into new “fresh and natural” markets along the perimeter of the store. “We achieved improved...
South Carolina kids to ‘Kick Butts’ on March 21
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Kids in South Carolina will unite against tobacco use on March 21 as they join thousands of young people nationwide to mark Kick Butts Day. More than 1,000 events are planned across the United States for this annual day of youth activism, sponsored by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. On Kick Butts Day, kids encourage their peers to be tobacco-free, reject tobacco companies’ devious marketing and urge elected...