The Darlington County Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department (DCPRT) donated 200 coats to the Darlington County School District (DCSD) on Jan. 9 to be distributed to students. Pictured for the donation are (from left) Dr. Tim Newman, DCSD superintendent; Lisa Fagan, DCSD lead social worker; Andrea Pulling, DCSD family-school facilitator; Brantley Jett, DCPRT’s Darlington area athletic director; John Wall, DCPRT’s Hartsville area director; and Crystal Gibson, DCPRT’s Darlington area program director.

The Darlington County School District’s 2020 All County Music Festival featured 249 student musicians from across the county. The performance was held in the Elizabeth Boatwright Coker Performing Arts Center at Coker College on Jan. 9.

Hartsville High students Mac Waldrop, Eric Brown Jr., Justin Abraham and Kevon Haigler all signed letters of intent Wednesday, Jan. 8, to play collegiate athletics next season.

Many Darlington County School District diploma earners completed a state-approved, work-based learning experience with businesses in the region. Austin Sturkie (right), a student at Hartsville High School and the Darlington County Institute of Technology, is completing an internship at Gibson’s Wheel Alignment and Tire of Hartsville.

Trinity-Byrnes Collegiate School Middle School students