Cook for a crowd with this cassoulet recipe
Entertaining a crowd can be a lot of work, but there’s also a lot of excitement and fulfillment when welcoming loved ones into your home. When hosting includes homecooking, hosts may worry they won’t get to spend too much time with their guests. However, when using a slow cooker to prepare meals for a crowd, hosts can get much of the work done long before the first guest arrives. Hosts who want to show off their culinary chops can try...
Thousands of state employees in the $100,000-plus club
By Rick Brundrett The Nerve In 2018, University of South Carolina head football coach Will Muschamp received a new six-year deal that paid him $4.2 million in the first year and is worth a total of more than $28 million over the life of the contract. His total compensation includes $1.1 million in state salary – the highest-paid employee in the state salary database of nearly 23,000 workers receiving at least $50,000 yearly. There are...
Board to consider name for new school
The Darlington County school board reconfirmed last week that it plans to consider a name for Darlington’s new elementary school at this month’s board meeting. The school, which will absorb the student populations of Cain Elementary and Brunson-Dargan Elementary, is being built next to Cain’s site on First Street. It will open in the fall of 2020. The school district asked the public to pick a favorite name for the new school, and...
Terrence Carraway Memorial 5K at Darlington Raceway
The 2nd Terrence Carraway Memorial 5K took place Friday, Nov. 1, at the Darlington Raceway. Presented by Sam Carbis Solutions, the race welcomed swift runners, casual walkers, and their four-legged friends to take a lap around “The Track Too Tough to Tame” in memory of Carraway, a police officer and Darlington resident killed on Oct. 3, 2018, in the line of duty. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Terrence F. Carraway...
DHEC report puts a grim spotlight on county’s poor health
The 2019 “county snapshot” for local health outcomes shows the current prognosis for Darlington County is not exactly rosy. In fact, it’s pretty grim.
Rivals in mayor’s race nearing the finish line
At the intersection of Spring Street and Smith Avenue, across from Darlington High School, a small crop of signs has sprung up.