Schools closed; DCSD students to ‘learn from home’
Virus threat growing; no cases yet in county CORONAVIRUS FACT SHEET By Bobby Bryant Editor editor@newsandpress.net Gov. Henry McMaster has ordered all South Carolina public schools closed through March 31 as the global coronavirus threat grows. That means 10,000 students in the Darlington County School District will stay home for at least a few weeks – but the district had already been preparing for that possibility....
DCSD to provide free breakfast and lunch during coronavirus closure
The Darlington County School District (DCSD) will provide nutritional breakfast and lunch meals at more than 30 locations during school closures for the coronavirus situation. Any child 18 or younger can get drive-through, “grab-and-go” meal bags at more than 30 locations, Monday through Friday from 10:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. The meals began being served Tuesday, March 17. The child or children must be present at the time of pickup....
School District’s eLearning plan for school closures
The Darlington County School District (DCSD) has released its eLearning and remote learning plan to continue instruction while district schools are closed. Through the DCSD program, students will be able to keep learning, even when face-to-face options are unavailable. The district has also announced how parents can pick up devices still at school, as well as introduced teacher office hours and the new technology helpline. Beginning...
Darlington Raceway postpones ‘Speed & Feed BBQ Festival & Car Show’
DARLINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA (March 12, 2020) – Darlington Raceway has announced that due to the public health threat of COVID-19, the track will postpone the March 13-14 scheduled Speed & Feed BBQ Festival and Car Show presented by Raldex. A new date for the festival will be announced at a later time. COMMENT FROM DARLINGTON RACEWAY PRESIDENT KERRY THARP ON THE POSTPONEMENT “Due to the unforeseen circumstances surrounding the...
Darlington’s Sonic has ribbon-cutting
The Darlington Chamber of Commerce welcomed the Sonic drive-in restaurant on South Main Street last week with a ribbon-cutting. Darlington’s first Sonic has been operating for months, but this was the city’s official welcome. Sonic, founded in 1953, has more than 3,500 restaurants in 46 states. The Darlington Sonic is open from 6 a.m.-11 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and 6 a.m.-midnight Fridays and Saturdays.
Living on Purpose: Does the Bible really say that?
By Bill Holland Like you, I hear people say things all the time and give the Bible as a reference. However, upon investigation, sometimes these tidbits of wisdom are not actually from God’s Word. I thought it would be interesting to look at a few of these sayings and learn where they actually came from. Let’s begin with “God helps those who help themselves.” I’ve heard this all the time and it seems like a logical view, however, this...