Hartsville swears in Mayor and Council members
Hartsville City Council convened their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, November 14.
Spaulding Middle students named to honor roll
Spaulding Middle School recently released the list of students who made the A and A/B Honor Roll. Congratulations students! 6th Grade A/B Honor Roll Cherish Alford, Micah Allen, Collin Amerson, Hannah Amerson, Jarvis Burns, Makyah Commander, Freddy Cruz, Montavis Dolford, Kennedy Gee, Zander Grant, Penelope Hatchell, Andrew Holladay, Nashya Hudson, JuQuais Jackson-Sumter, Walker Johnson, Dylan Melton, Preston Nutter, Cameron Phillips,...
Darlington City Council votes to correct overbilling
After a long and heated Board of Zoning meeting beforehand, the Darlington City Council meeting went off without a hitch Nov. 14.
Newly elected Darnell Byrd-McPherson aims to unify Lamar
With her victory in the November 7 election, Darnell Byrd-McPherson will be sworn in as Mayor of the Town of Lamar in January of 2018, and she already has plans to help her hometown get on the path to unity and success.
Standardized test scores continue to drop in Darlington County
By Melissa Rollins, Editor, editor@newsandpress.net The numbers don’t lie. Unfortunately, what the numbers show is that Darlington County students are not scoring well on standardized tests and those numbers have been slipping since 2015. During the Darlington County Board of Education Nov. 13 Carlita Davis, assistant superintendent of curriculum, instruction and assessment, shared the 2017 Assessment Data Report with the board. In...
Council approves land purchase for Darlington playground
After an executive session at the end of the Nov. 14 city council meeting, Darlington City Council voted to purchase land to build a city playground.