What’s your score?
Here I go again! It is testing time. Make a passing grade, and earn the right to be called a Darlington Senior, Senior Citizen. Let’s get started!
180 Days Hartsville: An inside look at issues facing rural S.C. schools
On March 17, at 8 p.m., SCETV will air 180 Days: Hartsville, a documentary about the state of education in rural South Carolina schools.
Letters to the Editor – March 11, 2015
House campaign seeks donations
The Face of Poverty
By Bill Shepard How do you recognize poverty? What does it look like? Do you see it on the street where you live? Or in the marketplace where you shop? They say that it exists right here in America and perhaps on the very street where you and I live. I haven’t recognized it on my street, but that just goes to show how much a fellow’s eyes can fool him. There was a time when poverty was more easily recognized. When I was a boy, and...
Letters to the Editor – Jan. 14, 2015
Reader takes advice from Director of Darlington County Library System Thanks to the News and Press, I practiced Jimmie Epling’s advice. Epling is right. Slow reads are better! Bill Shepard is always fun to read, while Phil Noble makes me think. Samantha Lyles should publish her feature essays; they are truly excellent. Once again, thanks. Lib Ervin Darlington, S.C.
Here are my Top 10 resolutions for South Carolina
By Phil Noble This is the time for New Year’s resolutions, and I have a few for our state. Resolutions are all about hope – it’s about our hoping we can make a change and do better. So here are my Top Ten for South Carolina – Let’s have more pride in our state. There are lots of great things about our state but to listen to all the politicians, it’s all about being 50th in everything. We’re not a bad as we think we are. Let’s get...