A Darlington man was arrested Friday after police said he had a fit of road rage and used his vehicle to shove a motorist into oncoming traffic, Darlington Police Capt. Danny Watson said.

Two Darlington men who police said broke into an 80-year-old woman’s house and stole her car, money and guns have been arrested, Darlington Police Capt. Danny Watson said.

After 55 years of doing business in Darlington, Roy Peavey has earned the nickname “Real Estate Roy.” And Friday, Peavey’s civic contributions earned him the state’s most prestigious award for volunteer and community service.

A 23 year-old Darlington man is in custody for 14 different thefts. Wednesday afternoon Cleveland McNeal went before a judge on those charges. Authorities said he mainly stole items out of people’s cars throughout the city that were left unlocked and unattended.

Darlington City Council’s recent approval of a 2-percent hospitality tax has upset some of the city’s restaurant owners. Prepared foods and beverages served at restaurants, delis, bars and other establishments in the city will be subject to the tax, which was approved during a Nov. 4 council meeting.

A former Lake City and Darlington police officer was arrested Friday by the State Law Enforcement Division’s Special Victims Unit on allegations he exploited and neglected a vulnerable adult, according to a SLED press release.

A 17-year-old who walked away from Darlington High School on Tuesday has been found safe.

The tough economic times facing the nation are without a doubt affecting Main Streets across America. That includes many Main Streets in the Pee Dee, like the one in Darlington.

Peter Larson was a hard-charging newspaper reporter covering east Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma for the now defunct Dallas Times-Herald when he went to church one Sunday in Tyler, Texas.

Authorities have arrested a suspect in the shooting death of a Darlington native who had recently moved to Stillmore, in the eastern part of Georgia.

Redmon Kelley is a retired Darlington policeman who long ago turned in his gun to refine his green thumb. Kelley’s latest endeavor is speckled butter beans. He started growing them on a chain-link fence in April. Now they have snaked some 175 feet around the fence.

An investigation of Darlington’s police chief has ended after city officials concluded he committed no wrongdoing.

The Darlington County Cultural Realism Complex Inc. will hold its second annual Intergenerational Extravaganza titled “Building the Bridge Together for this Generation”  on Saturday in hopes of bringing people of all ages together to help children “cross the bridge of knowledge and success.”

A Darlington man was arrested Friday after Darlington County sheriff’s deputies said he stabbed his neighbor.

John Gray grew up tinkering with Model As and other cars, so it was a given that he would become a mechanic.