Hartsville News

A 24-year-old from Gray Court who sang "For Once in My Life" as her talent has been named Miss South Carolina for 2009.

South Carolina Senator Gerald Malloy will be presented a a Katiea s Heroesa award during the National Conference of State Legislators annual meeting in Philadelphia on July 22.

A third-year student at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine who worked with Russ Page at his cattle embryo facility in Oconee County for three years died June 17 in a traffic accident in his hometown of Hartsville, S.C. The death ended a promising young man's career in the field that he loved since childhood, Page said.

The 2009 Dan Coker Memorial Golf Tournament raised $12,370 for the Alzheimer's Associ-ation South Carolina Chapter.

When I was a little boy my mother taught me that crime does not pay. It seems that she might have been wrong.

Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 6:13 p.m. Thursday afternoon, deputies busted a Darlington County man on charges of dealing drugs and they confiscated equipment from his lawn care business.

A Hartsville man was arrested Monday after police said he abused a 2-year-old child, Darlington County Sheriff's Capt.

More than 300 school food service workers from across the Pee Dee gathered at Hartsville Middle School for their annual training program.

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford was in South America during a dayslong unexplained absence, not hiking the Appalachian Trail as his staff told the public when state leaders raised questions about his whereabouts, the governor told a newspaper.

A Hartsville man was arrested Monday after police said he and two others pistol-whipped and robbed a cab driver, Darlington Police Capt.

Norm Attaway of Clearwater, S.C., won the Walmart Bass Fishing Leagu South Carolina Division tournament on Clarks Hill Lake Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 11 pounds, 6 ounces.

A crash in Hartsville Sunday evening killed a 48-year-old man after his car rolled over and hit a utility pole.

A former member of Hartsville City Council and finance director for the city has announced her candidacy for mayor.

Area residents can pay tribute to their favorite physician and help raise money for a worthy cause Saturday when the Fourth Annual Walk With The Docs takes place in Hartsville.

The date may have changed, but the family fun still promises to be the same. The Sixth Annual Hartsville Family Fireworks Festival is coming on Friday, July 3, and organizers are again planning for thousands of visitors.

A Hartsville man is dead following a fatal car crash. It happened Wednesday night at 9:25 on Kelly Bridge Road, which is about 10 miles east of Bishopville.

The Legislature overrode Gov. Mark Sanford's veto of new regulations on the payday lending industry amid threats they'd come back later and get tougher or ban the business outright.

Marina Clements, Young Miss Teen South Carolina 2008, will be in Hartsville June 15-20 to help crown the 2009 winners.

"Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us." ~Oscar Wilde, "The Importance of Being Earnest" Although I did not grow up here, I love the history of Hartsville, and the memories that native Hartsvil-lian's share with me, including some lovely memories of the Harts-ville Memorial Library.

A judge sentenced disbarred Hartsville attorney Harriet E. Wilmeth to 30 months in prison and five years of probation and ordered her to pay $228,000 in restitution to victims after she pleaded guilty to 11 counts of securities fraud and four counts of breach of trust Friday.