...so distraught that it took hours to calm her. Officials still aren't sure where she was when the fire started, Darlington County Sheriff Wayne Byrd said."Right now we can't say whether she was inside or not," Byrd said.Authorities were...

...Tuesday, February 12, 2013, at the funeral home. Mrs. Tompkins passed away Sunday, February 10, 2013. Born in Darlington County, S.C. on September 8, 1913, she was a daughter of the late Jesse Kennedy and Margaret McCall Parrott. She...

...Carolina high school football player died as a result of a sudden irregular heartbeat brought on by an enlarged heart.Darlington County Coroner J. Todd Hardee said Saturday that an autopsy revealed Hartsville 18-year-old Ronald Rouse suffered a fatal...

...something in order to make it work in the best interest of that individual district," said Graham, the comptroller of Darlington County School District.His group suggests boosting salaries of all teachers, regardless of whether their districts paid...

...setting a runoff Tuesday.Nancy Blackmon Lee has been a political junkie all her life and decided to run for office in Darlington County this fall. She got advice from a number of state and local party executives and election workers to find out when...

...collapses, dies after football practiceDARLINGTON, S.C. --- Authorities say a high school football player in Darlington County collapsed and died after a morning practice Saturday.Tyquan Xavier Brantley, 14, collapsed as he walked off the...

...chilled by the hatred toward women from a man who had never been married and lived with his mother near Augusta.Darlington County, S.C., Sheriff's Capt. Andy Locklair immediately got the same impression when he stepped into an interview...

...rate in Horry County increased from 9.9 percent in August to 10.5 percent in September.Unemployment dropped in Darlington County from 13.4 percent in August to 12.3 percent a month later. The county actually lost a few hundred jobs, but...

...possible strikebreakers. Textile magnate Roger Milliken, beloved for his donations to charity, shut a textile mill in Darlington County and let 500 workers go in 1956 after they voted to form a union. Milliken had to pay a $5 million fine after a...

...Aiken man to 14 days in jail, time served after the man pleaded guilty to insurance fraud of less than $1,000 in Darlington County.In 2005, Michael D. Wilson Jr., 25, claimed that an oncoming vehicle entered his lane and forced him off the...