Marlboro Development Team acquires local oil company
Marlboro Development Team Inc. (MDT), a wholly owned, for-profit subsidiary of Marlboro Electric Cooperative (MEC), announces the acquisition of Bennettsville’s Preston Moore Oil Co., which will now be known as “MPD Energy.”
Council hearing to focus on district lines
Darlington County Council has scheduled a public hearing Jan. 4 on initial proposals for changes in all of the county’s council district lines to reflect population shifts in the 2020 Census.
Hostage situation ends peacefully
A hostage situation Friday, involving a child, ended peacefully, officials said.
Man injured in fire
A disabled man, 32, was reportedly badly burned Friday when a home in the Dovesville area caught fire, officials said.
DHS students and local businesses feed the needy
On Saturday, students from Darlington High School met in the gym to sort and box groceries collected by students, businesses and the boys and girls basketball teams for elderly and disabled residents of Washington Street Apartments. Approximately 40 residents were furnished with food and household items such as paper towels, toilet paper, rice, grits, cereal, canned goods, soups, boxed pasta, spaghetti sauce and other nutritional...
Emmanuel Baptist Church holds drive-through live Nativity
Emmanuel Baptist Church of Hartsville held a drive-through nativity scene on Saturday and Sunday night, Dec. 11 and 12 from 6 to 8 p.m.