Reluctant City Council eyes raising water/sewer rates
By Bobby Bryant Editor editor@newsandpress.net Darlington City Council knows the timing couldn’t be worse, but council members are reluctantly considering raising the city’s residential water/sewer fees at least $9 a month to shore up those departments’ sagging revenues. “We’ve just got to get ourselves in line; we are way behind,” Mayor Curtis Boyd said during an April 13 council work session that was held by video because of...
Clemson experts suggest planting gardens to escape COVID-19 stress
Clemson University CLEMSON – Planting home gardens can help provide distractions from the coronavirus (COVID-19) threat, which has disrupted everyday lives and increased economic and mental stress for most of the country. To help people ensure fresh, nutritious food for their families, ease the psychological turmoil of these difficult times and help kids stuck at home engage with the outdoors, Clemson Cooperative Extension Service...
Covered in Cotton gift boxes to serve as fundraiser for health-care workers
Maker of upscale baby blankets, throws and hand towels, Darlington-based Covered in Cotton is launching a new gift set to bring comfort to those we can’t be with due to COVID-19. The company has partnered with other local small businesses to create the Home Grown at Home Boxed Collection. The premiere box is called the Snack & Snuggle Box. The Snack & Snuggle Boxes feature one 50 x 70 Covered in Cotton throw in the design of...
When days are dark
By Bill Shepard (“When Days are Dark” is a timely message to my readers. I have sent this message into many homes over a long period of time. (It recently entered my thinking to share it with readers of my column in this paper. No one would disagree that we are experiencing dark days, and some no doubt more and differently than others. (We are a people groping in darkness, searching for answers to questions never asked before. Those...
Newman isn’t giving up on graduations
By Bobby Bryant Editor editor@newsandpress.net The coronavirus crisis has shut down all of Darlington County’s public schools, but county Education Superintendent Tim Newman isn’t giving up on having some kind of ceremonies for graduating seniors. “My intent is to honor our seniors and have a graduation,” Newman said April 17 in a Facebook video address to parents and students. “Whether that be the first week of June or the last week...
3 held, 1 sought in man’s killing
Three people have been arrested in the armed robbery and slaying of a man in the Oates community on April 9, the Darlington County Sheriff’s Department says. A fourth suspect also was being sought in the death of Willie Jackson at a residence on Old Timers Court. Arrested were Tyneshia Jhane Price, 25, of Hartsville; Devon Demarco Rembert, 19, of Hartsville; and Nelson Hawkins, 51, of Darlington, according to a statement from Sheriff...