Library seeks public’s help to ID mystery guest
By Samantha Lyles slyles@newsandpress.net If there’s something strange in your neighborhood, who are you going to call? Well, the Darlington County Library System has decided to break with pop culture tradition and forego the customary call to the Ghostbusters. Instead, they are asking for your help to identify a mysterious presence that keeps popping up at library branches all over Darlington County. The first signs of unusual...
Belk Funeral Home offers free life-saving app
Belk Funeral Home has announced that it is investing back into the community to promote saving lives. “We recognized a very unique opportunity to assist our local first responders through an ingenious marketing initiative that could help save lives,” Belk officials said. The funeral home asks that you download the Vital ICE (In Case of Emergency) app, from either the Apple App Store or Google Play, for your smartphone and enter in...
Battered Biden likely to get a boost in county, state
By Bobby Bryant, Editor editor@newsandpress.net Quick: Name the 12 candidates who will appear on ballots for South Carolina’s Democratic presidential primary Feb. 29. That would be Michael Bennet, Joe Biden, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, John Delaney, Tulsi Gabbard, Amy Klobuchar, Deval Patrick, Bernie Sanders, Tom Steyer, Elizabeth Warren and Andrew Yang. For S.C. Democrats, Biden is the best-known name of the bunch, and most pundits...
Recognize signs of teen dating violence
Many changes take place during a person’s teenage years. In addition to the physical manifestations of puberty, which bring hormonal shifts and heightened sexual awareness, emotional and psychological changes can occur. This often is a time when social circles develop, and also when many teens begin to date. Teenage dating can be both exciting and tumultuous. Teens may be so anxious to feel accepted and loved that they overlook some...
Winning 2 tickets to Grammys lifts local woman into music heaven
By Samantha Lyles slyles@newsandpress.net Darlington resident Wendy McKellar, 33, was scrolling through her Facebook feed one December day when she noticed a sweepstakes with an enticing grand prize: a trip for two to the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. “I thought, well I’m probably not going to win, but I’ll enter it anyway just to see what happens,” McKellar recalls. Wendy believed it was just a lark, because she’s a...