Sheriff Byrd to seek re-election
I will make an official announcement that am offering for the Office of Sheriff of Darlington County at the March 8th, Society Hill Town Council meeting. This has become a tradition; starting the campaign among my family and friends, in the Town where I was born, and where I started my Law Enforcement career in 1987. Having been born and raised in Darlington County, I have spent my entire career serving the Citizens of Darlington...
Mill Village Boy returns to the classroom
The year was 1949. I was seated in the registrar’s office at Emmanuel College. I was applying for admittance to the school under the G.I. Bill that was provided for veterans of World War II. This mill village boy was going back to school!
‘Welcome to the new South Carolina’
In the closing days of the Republican presidential primary, the image that dominated S.C. media was Tim Scott and Nikki Haley campaigning with Marco Rubio.
How Donald Trump won the South Carolina Republican primary
“He’s a businessman from New York City, not from the south,” said College of Charleston political science professor Gibbs Knotts. “He’s brash and kind of crude, and not very genteel and not very hospitable and all the things we think as being part of southern culture.”
Saturday Night Live!
By Bill Shepard Just when I think I have written all there is to write about Darlington and the way it was when I was a boy, I get a letter from someone in Darlington and memories begin to flow. This week, I received a letter from a long time Darlingtonian and it stirred a lot of memories. Thank you Mr. Sam Grant, Jr. for your letter! I have read the letter over and over, and each time I feel that I am back on the “Corner” at the west...
Letters to the Editor: February 24, 2016
Reader unhappy with Brenton Dana’s press release on his bid for County Auditor The Brenton Dana press release where he spoke of flaws in the Darlington County Auditors Office in last week’s paper is incorrect. The Auditor, Rosa Hudson, is my grandmother and I – along with all of our family – found that press release highly offensive and we are not happy with it. The current flaws in the system do NOT reflect upon...