Darlington queens shine at the Miss South Carolina and Miss South Carolina Teen pageant
It was a very successful week for the three Darlington representatives at the Miss South Carolina and Miss South Carolina Teen pageants last week in Columbia. Miss S.C. Sweet Potato Festival Chelsea Bullock was named a top ten semi-finalist and competed live on TV last Saturday night. During the week of competition several awards were presented and Bullock walked away with the Miss South Carolina STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering...
DFD hosts vehicle burn training
If you saw plumes of thick black smoke rising from the Broad Street / Washington Street area beginning on June 27, fear not; the fires were part of a vehicle burn training exercise hosted by the Darlington Fire Department. Local firefighters and agents of SLED observed a three-day series of vehicle burns conducted by the Public Agency Training Council to educate them on the patterns and progressions that occur when cars and trucks...
Darlington approves 2016-2017 city budget
Darlington’s mayor and city council members approved the second and final reading for the city budget for 2015-2016 on Tuesday, June 23, setting forth yet another year with no millage increase.
County Council appoints courthouse sales tax commission
Darlington County Council convened a special meeting June 21 to appoint members for a Capital Project Sales Tax Commission related to financing a new county courthouse.
Commission working to save photographic history
A picture is worth a thousand words, and the staff of the Darlington County Historical Commission is working to salvage and save the photographic encyclopedia of our area with a special yearlong initiative called “The Year of Preservation.”
Society Hill approves 2016-2017 budget
“We are ending the year without any debt, and we don’t owe anybody anything.” said Mayor Tommy Bradshaw to the citizens that attended the June 21, 2016 meeting.