Patrol Deputy stops to assist motorist, discovers gun and drugs
During the afternoon hours of August 21, a Darlington County Sheriff’s Patrol Deputy stopped to assist a stranded motorist on W. Bobo Newsome Hwy. in the Hartsville area of Darlington County. The stranded motorist flagged the Deputy down complaining of transmission trouble. When the Deputy approached the vehicle he was able to smell the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. Deputies were able to locate a loaded .40 caliber...
Candidates file for local elections
The filing period for several municipal elections opened Thursday, August 24 at noon, and a few candidates have already chosen to throw their hats into the ring. Three seats on Darlington City Council are up for grabs, including Wards 1, 2, and 3. As of press time, incumbent Mayor Pro Tem Coleman Cannon (Ward #1) and incumbent City Council members Elaine Reed (Ward #2) and John Segars (Ward #3) have all filed for reelection. So far,...
Dixie Force donates supplies to DCSD students
Members of Darlington Dixie Force visited the offices of the Darlington County School District on Thursday, August 24 to drop off two truckloads of school supplies. For the past two years, employees of Georgia Pacific’s Darlington Dixie Cup facility have donated items from the DCSD’s required school supplies list to help local students in need “This year we wanted to do it on a larger scale. Last year we just did ten...
DCSD employees complete culinary training
For the second year in a row, Food Services employees from the Darlington County School District (DCSD) completed an intensive food preparation and nutrition training course this summer. Culinary Partners, a nonprofit that specializes in training school food service workers, led the way in the kitchen. Culinary Chef Instructor Tim Page, along with other trainers, joined Executive Director Eileen Staples at Hartsville Middle School for...
South Carolina’s Jeremy Clements captures shocking win at Road America
It took Spartanburg, South Carolina’s Jeremy Clements 256 races to finally win in the NASCAR XFINITY Series.