Quarter ‘midget’ series featuring hundreds of young drivers will race in Darlington
Darlington Raceway and the United States Auto Club (USAC) .25 Series have announced that the popular quarter midgets will compete in Darlington during the track’s Bojangles’ Southern 500 race weekend Aug. 30-Sept. 1. It will be the first time in the USAC .25 Series’ 11-year history that it has competed in conjunction with the historic South Carolina race track’s NASCAR event. All race activities for the USAC .25 Series will take place...
Backyard Stargazer – The skies of August
s promised last month, this is how Ophiuchus, the Serpent Holder, became the 13th constellation of the Zodiac.
In Hartsville, a day for kids, cops and ice cream
By Samantha Lyles, Staff Writer, slyles@newsandpress.net Officers from the Hartsville Police Department took a break from patrolling the hot streets and joined local kids to share everybody’s favorite summertime treat – ice cream! At the Hartsville Housing Authority on South Fifth Street, Lt. Tenyonde Richardson and his fellow police officers set up a buffet of favorite treats, with chocolate and vanilla and fruity flavors to...
6 months later, pizza delivery driver’s killing still a mystery
Abdul McKenzie is still alive on Facebook.
Birthday wish brings her to church … in bed
Bernetha Wheeler is a patient at Commander Nursing Home in Florence, but her birthday wish was that she would be able to come to her church, Mount Tabor AME Church in Timmonsville. On July 14, she was brought to church on her hospital bed. After services there was a birthday celebration. She turned 78. Contributed photos