Carolina Panthers’ summer camp got $150,000 through state sports marketing program
In 2015 and 2016, S.C. lawmakers approved spending a total of nearly $4 million for a “Sports Development Marketing Program,” $150,000 of which was used for the Carolina Panthers’ summer training camp, records released to The Nerve show.
Investigators arrest felon with stolen gun, drugs
Three Hartsville residents were arrested last Wednesday after a search of a residence on Westover Drive, according to the Darlington County Sheriff’s Office. Marion Wendell “Dale” Brown Jr., 33, was charged with trafficking methamphetamine, distribution of methamphetamine and possession of a firearm by a convicted violent felon, Sheriff Tony Chavis said in a news release. Jessica Ann King, 28, was charged with possession of a...
Student chosen as delegate to the Congress of Future Medical Leaders
Cade Hodges, a 9th-grader at Hartsville High School, has been chosen as a delegate to the Congress of Future Medical Leaders in Lowell, Mass., June 23-25. The congress is an honors-only program for high school students who want to become doctors or go into medical-research fields.
No reported injuries in fire at plant
There were no reported injuries to plant employees or emergency responders last week when the Darlington County Fire District responded to a fire at ITW Angleboard in the Darlington County Industrial Park on Harry Byrd Highway, officials said. Chief Ricky Flowers said the first arriving units reported heavy smoke from the rear of the building. Crews made entry and extinguished the fire. It appears that the fire started in a machine...
FDTC Assoicate Degree of Nursing class of 2019
Florence-Darlington Technical College (FDTC) honored 22 Associate Degree Nursing Program graduates May 14 at the Southeastern Institute of Manufacturing and Technology. Each graduate of FDTC’s Associate Degree of Nursing May 2019 class received their pins during the program. Graduates are James Mitchell Jr., Sandy Yi Jaun Cen, Robert Finger, Jennifer Harllee Biering, Samantha Holder, Ciara Chanel Humes, Chelsea Anderson, Freeman...
Rubicon given CareSouth’s Community Partnership Award
CareSouth Carolina awarded the Community Partnership Award to Rubicon at its spring departmental meeting. The Community Partnership Award is given to organizations in the area to recognize their partnership with CareSouth Carolina to serve and aid the community. Rubicon was recognized for the award in 2019 because of the organization’s partnership with CareSouth Carolina’s ROADS initiative. The ROADS (Reach Out and Deliver Services)...