School vandals won’t be prosecuted
The 30 or more students who extensively vandalized Darlington High School May 12, requiring an all-night clean-up effort so the school could reopen the next morning, won’t be prosecuted, officials say.
Awaiting trial in one killing, man pleads guilty in another
Awaiting trial in a 2020 slaying, a Hartsville man has pleaded guilty in a 2018 slaying in Lamar and has been sentenced to serve 12 years in prison in that case, according to reports.
For special-needs students, ‘It’s like night and day’
Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center in Hartsville on May 17 hosted its annual Project Search Graduation.
Man faces 4 counts of attempted murder in Darlington incident
Darlington police have charged a man with four counts of attempted murder as they investigate a May 15 shooting incident that injured a child.
At least 4 county residents held in drug investigation
At least four Darlington County residents are facing drug charges in a joint investigation in the Pee Dee involving federal, state and local law-enforcement agencies, according to information released by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Florence.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Thank you for highlighting our small Town of Lamar
Many people in Lamar get your paper weekly. On March 30 and again April 6 we were elated to see Lamar highlighted in your paper.