High school cross country teams competed in two meets this week before they finished up the regular season on Tuesday. The region meet will be 4 p.m. Oct. 21 in Sumter.

Hartsville Area Happenings

Leaders from Darlington County and its four municipalities said the state of the county and the cities remains good, despite difficult economic conditions.

Area church news

The wheelchair spokesman for God has turned the tragedies of his life into something positive, something good, a singing ministry on wheels.

Darlington Presbyterian Church will celebrate its annual Loyalty Day with a special worship service at 11 a.m. Sunday.

Tickets for the 2010 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway go on-sale to the public Saturday. The famed 500-mile race will once again take place on Saturday night of Mother’s Day weekend and will be preceded by the Diamond Hill Plywood 200 on Friday evening.

Gracie Lyde wasn’t on the agenda for Darlington City Council’s Tuesday night meeting, but she had her water bill on her mind.

An Open Classic Car Show sponsored by the Central Carolina Corvair Club will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 17 at Auddie Brown Chevrolet in Darlington.

The Charles & Elizabeth Boatwright Coker Foundation is funding the Hollings Cancer Center Mobile Health Unit to come to Darlington County to provide prostate and mammogram screenings.

The 27th Sweet Potato Festival brings vendors, crafts, music, magicians, balloon release, antique/classic car show and anything sweet potato to town. More than 100 vendors will display crafts, jewelry, furniture, food, baked goods and other items at the festival from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday on the Public Square in downtown Darlington. The event is sponsored annually by the Pilot Club of Darlington.

The Miss Darlington and Miss Darlington Teen Scholarship Pageant committee will hold its first interest meeting 2 p.m. Sunday at the Greater Darlington Chamber of Commerce.

Darlington Police have charged six people in connection to a shooting that happened on Friday.

Lisa Rix said she never expected to be named Darlington County School District Teacher of the Year.

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