Governor, House want S.C. taxpayers to eat plenty of pork in fiscal ’21
By Rick Brundrett The Nerve Buried in the latest $32.3 billion state spending plan for next fiscal year is a $19 million expenditure for a proposed downtown Greenville convention center, and another $7.5 million to renovate the Sumter Opera House. The total $26.5 million – which is larger than the overall proposed fiscal 2020-21 budgets of at least 45 state agencies or divisions, including, for example, the Election Commission and...
Darlington’s American Legion hosts national commander
By Bobby Bryant, Editor, editor@newsandpress.net The national commander of the nearly 2 million-member American Legion stopped at Darlington’s American Legion Post 13 for a visit last Tuesday. “We’re just spreading the Legion message and trying to excite and enthuse the membership,” said Bill Oxford of Lenoir, N.C., who was named to the post last year. “Nationally, we’ve got over 13,000 Legion posts,” said Oxford. “This (Darlington’s...
CSU president to speak at Darlington First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church extends an invitation to the community to join the morning worship service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, March 22, to hear guest speaker Dondi E. Costin, president of Charleston Southern University. Costin is a decorated military veteran with a passion for serving God, our country and now our country’s future by active involvement with shaping the next generations to come. Costin has a track record in key leadership...
S.C. mom set to summit Mount Everest to raise $1 million for Hollings Cancer Center
Medical University of South Carolina CHARLESTON — Blustery winds whip outside on this February morning as Cokie Berenyi works out in her bedroom. Her treadmill is set on a 30-degree incline. But these winds are nothing compared with what she’ll be facing on Mount Everest. Wearing an oxygen mask to simulate a high-altitude environment of 13,000 feet, Berenyi stays focused on her task, occasionally switching to a sideways gait to...
Biden sweeps county, state
By Bobby Bryant Editor editor@newsandpress.net Former vice president Joe Biden won a staggering 61 percent of Darlington County’s vote in the Democratic presidential primary on Saturday, and carried South Carolina with equal ease, finishing first statewide with 48 percent of the vote. Out of 6,924 ballots cast in Darlington County’s 32 precincts, Biden got 4,231 votes, beating his closest rival, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, by a 4-1...
Anchor Club Convention held
Members of the Darlington Anchor Club joined fellow Anchors from across South Carolina for their annual state convention Feb. 22. Host club for the event was the Anchor Club of Dillon Christian School. The meeting took place at the Dillon Wellness Center. Accompanying the Anchors from Darlington were DonaJo Brown, faculty advisor, Mary Scott, Pilot youth coordinator, and three additional Pilot members, Angie Dority, Melissa Schwier...