Pilot Club of Darlington installs officers
The Pilot Club of Darlington Foundation, Inc. was created by the Pilot Club of Darlington on December 3, 1997. The Pilot Club of Darlington Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit foundation working to improve the quality of independent life for persons with disabilities and special needs. The Foundation originally provided Lifeline personal emergency systems for the frail, elderly, and disabled to allow them to stay at home with twenty-four...
The State Capitol Report
The House of Representatives amended, approved, and sent the Senate H.3663, a joint resolution establishing an INTERIM GOVERNING AUTHORITY FOR SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY in order to address the school’s financial crisis and academic accreditation issues and ensure the continuing viability of the institution.
ArborOne Farm Credit returns over $2 Million to area farmers, customers
Pee Dee-based ArborOne Farm Credit announced today that it will pay a patronage refund totaling over $2,049,000 to eligible customer-owners of the lending cooperative. Checks will be mailed this month to customer-owners for their individual share of the lending cooperative’s cash-back patronage dividend for 2014. ArborOne has distributed a portion of its net earnings to eligible customer-owners since 1988, returning a total of nearly...
Student threatens kids at bus stop with BB-gun
According to a press release from the Darlington County School District, a third grade student from Brunson-Dargan Elementary School threatened students at the bus stop and on the school bus with an empty BB-gun on Friday, March 27. Students reported the incident after they arrived at school. No injuries were reported. The School Resource Officer was immediately notified and an investigation is ongoing. The school district intends to...
Daejah Hough: a young teen’s life ends too soon
Daejah Hough was described as “delightful” and “full of joy”, terms to describe a 15 year old freshman at Darlington High School with her life ahead of her, words to be perhaps written in her yearbook by friends, or comments from teachers.
Good News is coming to Darlington County!
We are excited to share the Good News of Darlington County here at the News and Press! Our new website is set to launch on May 1st, and will include enhanced news coverage and photographs not found in the print edition, opportunities to interact and share news and comments via monitored social media, and the entire paper in a PDF version.