Marine Corps League holding scholarship drive for Darlington High
The Marine Corps League (Great Pee Dee Devil Dogs, Detachment 1219, Bennettsville) is holding a scholarship drive for Darlington High School for 2019-2020. The event runs through May 31, 2020, and is focused on Darlington, Chesterfield and Marlboro counties. Interested businesses, churches, industries, individuals, state and county agencies, groups and the like are invited to participate. For more information, call 843-479-7235 or...
County debuts new judicial center designs
Darlington County Council met Oct. 2 to review preliminary conceptual designs for a new $14 million judicial center.
Clemson experts say statewide drought will result in lower crop yields
More than half of South Carolina is in a moderate to severe drought and another 26 percent is abnormally dry, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, and Clemson University researchers and Cooperative Extension Service agents say it is affecting crop yields.
Wilson trounces Darlington in region opener
The Darlington Falcons opened up region play this past Friday night and like all of its other football games this season, it ended with a loss.
Darlington NAACP plans Centennial Celebration
The Darlington Branch of the NAACP will host its 2019 Centennial Celebration Gala Nov. 23 at 7 p.m. at the SIMT Conference and Event Center, 1951 Pisgah Road, Florence. The theme for the event will be “Celebrating Our Past, Illuminating Our Future.” Keynote speaker for the event will be James G. Wingate, author and Darlington native. The event will include dinner, entertainment, historical displays and historian awards. If you would...
… But state ‘report cards’ show gains throughout school district
The S.C. Department of Education released school and district report cards last week, and the data indicate that Darlington County School District students made gains in many areas, the district said in a news release.