Court’s COVID-19 backup plan: Trials in a Darlington gym
The COVID-19 pandemic may push General Sessions criminal court onto a Darlington gym’s basketball court.
CareSouth Carolina to celebrate Halloween in Hartsville
While it may look a little different than normal, CareSouth Carolina will still be celebrating Halloween this October with its community.
County moves to take charge of Carnegie Library building
Plans are in the works to have Darlington County, rather than the city, take responsibility for the old Carnegie Library on North Main Street, which has been vacant for decades as officials have hoped to one day turn it into a civic center or museum.
FDTC respiratory care students score 100 percent first-time pass rate on board exams
The Florence-Darlington Technical College (FDTC) Respiratory Care Program’s class of 2020 recently achieved a 100 percent first-time pass rate on their credentialing board exams.
Man tries to kidnap girl in Lamar
A man in a white panel van tried to kidnap a girl in Lamar last Thursday, officials said.
Beasley’s group wins Nobel for efforts against hunger
From Staff Reports The United Nations’ World Food Program – an organization currently led by Lamar native and Society Hill resident David Beasley – last week won the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts against hunger. The group, based in Rome, last year aided nearly 100 million people in 88 countries. In 2017, President Trump nominated Beasley, South Carolina’s GOP governor in the 1990s, for the job of running the agency. “I...