Wilson High School hosted its fourth annual Drop in to Wilson event on Thursday.

The United Way of Hartsville launched an ambitious campaign last Friday to raise $275,000 in 2010 for service agencies in the Hartsville area.

Former Hartsville City Councilman and business and civic leader Franklin Hines received dual honors Sunday when he was named Citizen of the Year and Omega Man of the Year by the brothers of the Alpha Beta Beta Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.

The Jonathan Chase Lee Scholarship has been established at Francis Marion University by his family. Lee, a senior from Marion High School, drowned in the Little Pee Dee River on May 22 after becoming trapped in a current.

Eighteen suspended bus drivers will soon be on the roads again for the Williamsburg County School District.

Martha Gasque leads her Whittemore Park Middle School students in practice every day in advance of this year’s wintertime concert. Gasque says some of her students, though, can barely afford to be in band, because instruments can be so expensive. She says more than 60% of her sixth grade students use school-owned instruments.

Coker College and Florence-Darlington Technical College have formed a partnership to make it easier for Florence-Darlington Tech students to earn a bachelor’s degree by transferring to Coker.

A Pee Dee high school principal is facing a domestic violence charge that could put him in jail for 10 years if convicted.

The fate of Williamsburg County School District Superintendent Ralph C. Fennell remains a mystery following a meeting with members of the Williamsburg County School Board early Wednesday morning.

It was a long time coming, but Darlington County and Society Hill town officials broke ground Saturday morning on the site where a new public library will be built for Society Hill.

Sarah Dunn quit her job as an administrative assistant with Horry County and decided to go back to school to be a teacher.

The League of Women Voters of the Florence Area is inviting the public to its update on legislation at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Drs. Bruce & Lee Foundation Library, 519 S. Dargan St., Florence.

Four students from Timmonsville High School are packing their bags for the nation’s capital Tuesday night. They are headed to the National Student Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C., where they will be joined by more than 700 of their peers and fellow members of the Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) program from across the country.

The members of the Carolina Elementary School Foundation (CESEF) would like to send a huge word of thanks to the local businesses and individuals who supported our recent Annual Golf Tournament. This event has contributed to the great success of the foundation because of the fantastic support we receive year after year right here in Hartsville.

The Myrtle Beach Rotary Club handed out awards for excellence in education to six of its “teachers of the year” at Bonefish Grill.