Hartsville News

Thumbs down to the mixed messages sent by politicians. State Rep. and 7th Congressional District candidate Ted Vick touted his family values throughout his campaign.

Pee Dee Regional Transportation Authority Executive Director Chuck MacNeil had some tough news to break about potential budget cuts that are confronting the board to his employees gathered for a dinner Thursday.

Queens and Coker are moving from Conference Carolinas to the South Atlantic Conference in 2013, the SAC announced Wednesday.

An official with the City of North Myrtle Beach says officers are currently investigating a possible body found in Little River.

Morgan Chere Dampier of Hartsville, S.C., and Dr. Danny Laverne Poston, Jr, of Florence, S.C., were married May 19th, 2012, at West Hartsville Baptist Church in Hartsville, S.C. The 6:00 p.m. ceremony was performed by the Reverend Dave Worthington.

What's the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about fossil hunting? Is it the middle of a desert? Is it an area boxed in with 2x4's and scientist on hands and knees with brushes? Well, no matter what it is one thing is for sure,Marionwould not be the first.

The chairman of the Darlington County Board of Education spoke about an April incident in which two Darlington County School District employees were arrested and charged with assaulting an exceptional education student on a school bus.

The Lakeside Music Room kicks off its inaugural season at Cheraw State Park with a free concert from Hartsville-based, internationally-touring songwriter, Dylan Sneed, on May 25.

HARTSVILLE, S.C. The Hartsville Community Garden "Come Grow With Us" has received a grassroots grant from the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company for $1,500. The grant is a result of Miracle Gro's GRO 1000 program and a commitment by the corporation to build 1,000 community gardens and green spaces by 2018.

The Hartsville Fire Department is getting more involved with local youth, inspiring creativity and charity among community teens.

The next installment of a Civil War lecture series being presented by the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission will be held in Hartsville on May 17 at 6 p.m. at the Lawton Park Pavilion, 716 Prestwood Drive.

Hartsville City Council gave unanimous first-reading approval to an ordinance that will dissolve the city's municipal election commission and turn the authority for running city elections over to the Darlington County Board of Elections and Voter Registration.

Rising eighth and ninth graders from across Berkeley County can spend their summer getting "tech-savvy" at the 'Innovation Technology and Entrepreneurship Among Middle Schoolers' Camp, being held July 9-12 and July 16-19 at Berkeley High School.

So many people showed up for Darlington County Council's monthly meeting on Monday that some had to remain outside to avoid exceeding the meeting chamber's maximum occupancy capacity of 95.

Geneva Marie Hyman and Dr. Luke Davis Baxley Jr., of Beaufort, SC., were married on April 28, 2012 at the Oldfield Plantation in Okatie, SC.

Dorothy Jackson Degraffenreidt of Darlington and Andrew Lucky Jr. of Hartsville were married at 2 p.m. on May 5, 2012, at New Ebenezer Baptist Church, Florence, S.C. The Reverend Norman Gamble and the Reverend Edward Squire performed the ceremony.

We see where the Lamar Civitans honored one of Lamar's finest, Faye Fields Griffin, with the Community Service Award at the annual Silver Fox Tournament of Champions April 26 at Governor's Run Country Club.

Coker College student Marlin Ketter of Hartsville, S.C., recently presented his honors project during the third annual Coker College Celebration of Academics Student Research Symposium.

In an outdoor ceremony on the lawn of Davidson Hall, Coker College President Robert Wyatt recognized 140 new graduates and conferred a Doctor of Humane Letters on this year's commencement speaker, William E. Schmidt, deputy managing editor of the New York Times.

"For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.