Hartsville hires new city manager
Hartsville City Council has hired Daniel Moore as Hartsville’s newest city manager. Moore will assume the position of city manager from Natalie Zeigler, who announced in March that she would be leaving Hartsville to accept the role of city administrator of Goose Creek beginning in June. “Our city is filled with amazing people that have a true passion for Hartsville,” says Hartsville Mayor Mel Pennington. “It was important to City...
Town of Lamar preparing for Neighborhood Watch
by Samantha Lyles slyles@newsandpress.net The Town of Lamar is preparing to deploy a valuable resource to combat crime and safety issues. That resource is the town’s own concerned citizens. At Lamar Town Council’s May 11 meeting (which streamed live via Facebook), Chief of Police Carl Scott gave an update on the establishment of a Neighborhood Watch program. At Council’s April meeting, Scott sent out the call for...
PDRTA announces schedule changes
The Pee Dee Regional Transportation Authority announces the following changes to its bus schedules: The Darlington to Florence Commuter Bus as well as the Free Downtown Shuttle will resume service May 18. All Saturday bus service in Florence, Darlington and Hartsville will resume May 23. All PDRTA routes including the Florence Transit System will resume normal fare collection service June 1. The first rows of seats behind the operator...
Darlington man arrested for threatening to use weapon of mass destruction
Darlington County sheriff’s investigators have arrested Michael Donavan Avin, 46, of Darlington, after an investigation into threatening telephone messages that were left at the Darlington Raceway. Investigators allege Avin called the Darlington Raceway April 27 leaving the messages. Investigators also allege Avin had indicated in a letter written to another location in Darlington County that he had access to 125 tons of bomb-making...
Lamar to test sewer system
The Town of Lamar Water and Sewer Department will be conducting smoke testing of its sanitary sewer system in the coming weeks. This smoke testing is set to begin the week of May 25 and will last for several days or weeks. This study will involve the opening of manholes in the streets and public utility easements. An important task of the testing will be to locate breaks and defects in the sewer system. The smoke will also reveal...
New renderings of planned courthouse shown at Kiwanis
by Samantha Lyles slyles@newsandpress.net The new Darlington County courthouse will feature a handsome red brick exterior and white columns, hearkening back to the beloved old predecessor torn down in 1964. At the May 14 meeting of Darlington Kiwanis Club, new renderings of the planned courthouse were revealed and explained by Darlington County administrator Charles Stewart. “This is one of the color schemes you will likely see, with...