Lamar progressing on town’s police and water issues
At their Oct. 14 regular meeting, Lamar Town Council heard two largely positive updates indicating the town’s police department and water/sewer issues are resolving themselves.
Darlington snaps 2-year losing streak with win over North Myrtle Beach
Over the past 735 days a lot of things have happened, but one thing that has not happened was Darlington winning a football game.
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In a letter published in the Oct. 16 News & Press, a reader criticized the Darlington County School District for what the reader described as the district’s policy of not giving students a grade of less than 50 on tests. The district says that policy is only used for the first grading period of a course. If a course lasts a full school year, no student would get a grade of less than 50 for the first nine weeks. The intent is to...
FM A’Glow returns to campus with new events
Francis Marion University’s FM A’Glow is getting medieval this year, with the introduction of medieval siege tools to the festivities. The Halloween-inspired happening, now in its second year, will be held Oct. 26 on FMU’s campus. FM A’Glow’s newest iteration will include hundreds of carved jack-o’-lanterns, just as in the inaugural version. But this year’s event will also include a pumpkin pie-eating contest, a “Pie Your Professor”...
Darlington County women bridge the agriculture gap
Darlington County residents Mary Shaw Kirven, Tracy Woodard and Alma Harris joined more than 100 women from across the state in North Charleston Oct. 14-15 for the South Carolina Farm Bureau Federation’s (SCFB) annual Women’s Leadership Conference. The group of women learned how to bridge the knowledge gap those in agriculture face. They participated in workshops that showcased local agriculture, offered personal development and...
Church News – October 23, 2019
Please send your church news and photos to: editor@newsandpress.net Darlington Church of God of Prophecy, 920 West Smith Ave., plans Trunk or Treat for Halloween. We will be handing out candy at the church Oct. 31 from first dark until. Mechanicsville Baptist Church 2364 Cashua Ferry Rd., Darlington. 843-393-1029. Sunday: 9:30 a.m.-Sunday School; 10:30 a.m.-Worship Service 4 p.m.-Prayer Closet; 5:30 p.m. Evening Worship Services...