Group needs plastic Easter eggs for next year’s event
The Family Mission Center needs plastic Easter eggs for next year’s Community Helicopter Egg Drop/Special Needs Egg Hunt at Darlington Middle School. Many eggs used in the recent event are cracked and can’t be reused. There are two white plastic containers at 1206 Harry Byrd Highway across from Raceway Grill for egg collection.
CareSouth unveils new technological program
Hartsville-based CareSouth Carolina is unveiling a program to help its patients receive access to valuable health information through one of the most popular communication platforms in the world today: text messaging. Through CareMessage, patients can receive health education tips regarding their chronic diseases, knowledge on programs being offered to them and a variety of other useful health information all through text messages....
Sonoco marks 120th anniversary
Sonoco, one of the largest global diversified packaging companies, celebrated its 120th anniversary last week. The company was founded as the Southern Novelty Company on May 10, 1899. In honor of the occasion and in recognition of the company’s longstanding financial success, President and CEO Rob Tiede and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Julie Albrecht rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange. “On our 120th...
Florence-Darlington Technical College ‘gave me life and a purpose’
Ten years ago, when Vanessa Murray was walking down the aisle as a bride to be, her vision suddenly went blurry, but not from tears. Murray later learned that she has Stargardt disease. Since then, the 52-year-old has learned to live with the disease, and she’s set to graduate from Florence-Darlington Technical College’s Human Services program May 16 with an Associate in Applied Science. Graduating from college is challenging for...
Church News – May 15, 2019
Please send your church news and photos to: editor@newsandpress.net Singing Couriers Oates Baptist Church, 3569 Oates Highway, Lamar, will welcome The Singing Couriers from Bennettsville on May 19 at 6 p.m. Admission is free; open to all. Pastoral Anniversary Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church is celebrating the 10th pastoral anniversary of Pastor Cecil Bromell and first lady Poiette Bromell. On May 18, 5 p.m.: Musical tribute. On...
Darlington County students earn trip to Clemson University
Students participating in the Reading Recovery program at Thornwell School for the Arts recently attended the Tigers Read! event hosted by Dabo Swinney’s All In Foundation and Clemson University. Swinney, Clemson’s head football coach, and his wife, Kathleen, sponsor the event through the foundation. The organization worked together with Scholastic Books and Clemson to provide a day focused on the importance of reading for more than...