Career Coach aims to drive down unemployment
Job-seekers in Darlington got a helping hand last Tuesday as the SC Works Career Coach pulled into the A.W. Stanley Gym and spent the morning connecting workers with prospective employers.
Delta Sigma Theta honors breast cancer survivors
Members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., Hartsville Alumnae Chapter, went pink for the month of October. They honored breast cancer survivors. Above, left to right: Brenda Herrington, president, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., Hartsville Alumnae Chapter; Harriet Bacote, a recent cancer survivor; and Rev. Blondell Miller, co-chaplain for the chapter. Herrington has been cancer free for 23 years and Miller has been cancer free 2½...
Dedication ceremony at Darlington Presbyterian Church
On Oct. 13, Darlington Presbyterian Church, EPC, celebrated the completion of its newly renovated McCown Hall with a ribbon-cutting and dedication ceremony. From left to right: Russell Davis, pipe drummer; Christian Markle, bagpiper; Rev. Kevin Cauley, pastor; Robert Goodson, architect. Contributed photo
TBCS hires Wright as assistant boys basketball coach
Trinity-Byrnes Collegiate School announces the addition of Coach Gerald Wright as assistant boys basketball coach. Wright comes to Trinity-Byrnes with over 35 years of coaching experience. He has served as assistant football coach from 1982-2017, and head varsity boys basketball coach from 1995-2017 at Timmonsville High School. Wright has also coached in both The Shrine Bowl for football and the North/South All Star game for...
Center Baptist Church of Timmonsville honors seniors
Oct. 19-20 was a weekend for honoring about 60 seniors of Center Baptist Church of Timmonsville. Activities, led by Mae Helen Burch, senior citizens chairwoman for the church, included brunch at Golden Corral in Florence, then a movie at the Julia IV theater (“Gemini Man”). At church services the next day, the winners for “money trees” were Deacon Odell Ham and Sister Hazel D. George; each winner had to give a senior citizen 10...
‘We missed a lot of opportunities’: Marlboro County downs Darlington
Despite a good first half, the Darlington Falcons were unable to match it with a solid second half, losing 28-6 to the Marlboro County Bulldogs at home Friday on senior night.