Interest meeting to be held for Miss Darlington pageants
The Miss Darlington and Miss Darlington Teen Scholarship pageants, both preliminaries to the state and national pageants, will hold a contestant interest meeting on February 19 at Darlington’s Merle Norman, located at 84 Public Square, at 3 p.m. Come find out more about how you could walk away with a $1,500 scholarship as the new Miss Darlington and more than a $1,500 prize pack as the new Miss Darlington and Miss Darlington...
Francis Marion to celebrate 2017 Homecoming Feb. 11
Francis Marion University’s 2017 Homecoming week kicked off on Monday, Feb. 6 with a series of daily activities leading up to the main Homecoming events on Saturday, Feb 11. FMU’s men’s and women’s basketball teams will face off against Peach Belt Conference foe Flagler College in the Smith University Center gym in the flagship event of all Homecoming festivities. The women’s game begins at 1:30 p.m. and the men’s game will follow,...
Darlington Recreation Department announces Spring registrations
The Darlington Recreation department is holding registration for several spring programs. For more information about these programs, call 843-398-4030. •Flag Football registration will be held Feb. 1 through March 15 at the Harmon Baldwin Recreation Center, 300 Sanders St., Darlington, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Registration is $225 per team for ages 18 and older. Info: Athletic Director Brantley Jett 843-398-4030...
Sheriff’s Office Investigators Bust Heavy Equipment Theft Ring
From January 20th to 24th, 2017 investigators with the Darlington County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division recovered several pieces of heavy equipment with a total value of approximately $180,000 belonging to Kirven Construction and Evans Construction. The equipment was stolen from various construction sites in the Darlington area of Darlington County. Bruce Steven Jackson of Darlington, Michelle Dion Collins of...
Special Victims Unit Arrests Suspect
On January 25th, 2017 Darlington County Sheriff’s Office Special Victims Unit investigators arrested John Lee Clifton, II, 22, of Hartsville. Clifton has been charged with Burglary 1st Degree and Domestic Violence 2nd Degree stemming from an incident occurring on January 19th, 2017. SVU investigators allege that on January 19th, 2017 Clifton kicked in a door where the victim was living. Clifton placed the victim in fear of imminent...
Criminal investigator, dance studio owner take top prize in 2017 Dancing with the Stars
By Melissa Rollins, Editor, editor@newsandpress.net Darlington County was dressed in its finest Thursday, Jan. 26 as a crowd packed The Center Theatre for the 2017 Dancing with the Stars of Darlington County event. By the end of the night the celebrity and professional dance teams had quick-stepped, tangoed and waltzed their hearts out, checkbooks had been opened and a winner was crowned. In its fourth year, the event benefits The Pee...
