Investigators recover stolen guns and other items
Darlington County Sheriff’s Investigators with the Criminal Investigations Division served a search warrant at a residence on Indian Branch Rd. in Hartsville Wednesday, June 28. Investigators have recovered several enclosed and utility trailers, all terrain vehicles, wood chippers, boat motors, lawnmowers, lawn equipment, power tools, generators, firearms and various other items all believed to be stolen. Investigators have...
South Carolina students honored at Annual SkillsUSA Workforce Development event
Louisville, Ky. (Grassroots Newswire) June 27, 2017 ˜ A career and technical student in South Carolina won one of the nation‚s highest awards at the 2017 SkillsUSA Championships, held in Louisville, Ky., on June 21-22, 2017. More than 6,000 students competed at the national showcase of career and technical education. The SkillsUSA Championships is the largest skill competition in the world and covers 1.4 million square feet,...
Deputies Arrest Darlington Man for Domestic Violence, Assault and Battery
On June 28 at 4:15 p.m., Darlington County Sheriff’s Patrol Deputies responded to residence on Pocket Rd. in Darlington after receiving a call that a man was actively assaulting a woman and a child in the residence. Once patrol deputies arrived, the suspect fled on foot into a wooded area. Deputies pursued the suspect and at 4:45 p.m. the suspect was taken into custody. Edward John Desmond, Jr., 45, of Darlington has been...
Senators Scott, Schatz push to strengthen protection for repeatedly flooded communities
Washington – U.S. Senators Tim Scott (R-SC) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) have introduced the Repeatedly Flooded Communities Preparation Act, which will ensure better protection for communities that have been repeatedly flooded. These repetitive loss properties contribute to nearly half of the National Flood Insurance Programs’ (NFIP) $25 billion debt and make up nearly 30 percent of the claims it pays, while representing just one percent...
Coker College partners with Florence-Darlington Technical College to offer two Bachelor’s Degrees
In an effort to continue providing superior convenience and flexibility for students in the Florence area, Coker College is partnering with Florence-Darlington Technical College (FDTC) in Florence, S.C, to offer FDTC graduates a B.S. in business management and B.S. in applied criminology. Once FDTC students earn their associate degree in business management, business marketing or criminal justice technology, they can transfer those...
Chief Watson: They came into our house and they took our stuff
In an emergency city council meeting Monday night, Darlington Police Chief Danny Watson announced that the Darlington Police Department had been broken into and equipment had been stolen. “Over the weekend persons, or a person, unknown at this particular point in time, removed multiple pieces of equipment from the Darlington Police Department,” Watson said. “Once we have all the information that we need available to us from the...