Hardees plan ‘beautiful’ future for old Post Office
By Bobby Bryant Editor editor@newsandpress.net Why did the family of Darlington businessman Todd Hardee decide to buy the 105-year-old, 10,000-square-foot former Post Office building on Pearl Street? It was a combination of opportunity and duty, Hardee says. “Step up to the table,” says Hardee, who runs Kistler-Hardee Funeral Home and South of Pearl restaurant in addition to serving as county coroner. “We’re all going to have to chip...
New Providence UMC holds Appreciation Banquet
During 2018 and 2019, the New Providence United Methodist Church community held semi-formal banquets and is looking forward to a 2020 banquet. The Pastor Parish Relations Committee sponsored the 2018 appreciation banquet for Rev. Alfred Griffin. The Advocates for Change Committee sponsored the 2019 banquet honoring Darlington Police Chief Kelvin Washington. In horizontal photo, left to right: Kelvin Washington, Patricia Washington,...
‘Gun Sense’ group plans meeting
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America will hold its monthly meeting March 9 from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Hartsville Library, 147 W. College Ave. For more, contact Brenda Ferguson at Bferguson.sc@gmail.com or 843-339-1748.
Miller named DCSD director of personnel
Chuck Miller has been appointed the Darlington County School District’s new director of personnel. Miller, who is currently the district’s director of Adult Education, is replacing C. Matthew Ferguson and will transition to his new role April 1. Ferguson recently became executive director of the South Carolina Education Oversight Committee. Education Superintendent Tim Newman described Miller as an excellent fit for the position. As...
Sen. Malloy’s speech about the Lamar Riots
These are remarks by Hartsville Sen. Gerald Malloy on the Senate floor April 30, 2019, as he introduced three of the former students who were aboard a bus overturned by a mob in March 1970 in Lamar. “I rise today for what I think is probably one of the most important and profound days in our history. And today I have the proud distinction of introducing some … people from my county. “ … I would welcome my wife, Davita, back to the...
District focuses on fate of five ‘surplus’ schools
By Bobby Bryant Editor editor@newsandpress.net What do you do with five “surplus” schools? That’s what the Darlington County School District is trying to figure out. After students this fall move into the three new elementary schools that the district is building, five elementaries will be vacant: — In Darlington, Brunson-Dargan Elementary will be empty after its students move to the new J.L. Cain Elementary. (The old J.L. Cain...