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BELLEVUE 1B 2A OPINION 4A OBITUARIES 7A SPORTS 2B PUZZLES 3B BOOKINGS 5B CLASSIFIEDS QUOTE ‘All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.’ EDMUND BURKE Vol. 142, No. 16 NTWO SECTIONS e• 14 PAGwES s&PreESTAs BLISHsED 1874 75¢ APRIL 20, 2016 Darlington, S.C. WWW.NEWSANDPRESS.NET Fatal crash into County Courthouse By Jana E. Pye Editor ATM ripped from [email protected] convenience store & Samantha Lyles hours earlier Staff Writer [email protected] Story on 8A A pick up truck hit the Darlington County up in the ceiling tiles. At this Courthouse at the Public point, everything is under Square in Darlington early control and we are waiting on this morning, killing the driv - SLED who has control of the er. The City of Darlington scene now.” police department was the By the end of the day on first on the scene before 4:00 Monday, Coroner Hardee a.m., finding the vehicle in said that the confirmed name flames. would not be released until On the scene at 5:45 a.m., an autopsy was performed. the scene was grim. “After we did the fire, we Pat Cavanaugh, City of turned everything over to the Darlington Fire Chief: Sheriff’s Department and “The call came out about they called SLED and the 3:45 a.m. Our crews got here coroner,” continued and they found the vehicle up Cavanaugh. “The courthouse under the building fully will be closed today. They engulfed in flames. We went will make sure the structure to put it out and the city is okay. It took a hard lick.” police noticed there was a It looked like the vehicle body inside. At that point the was coming from Pearl Street coroner was called (J. Todd when it made impact on the Hardee, County Coroner) and corner of the courthouse fac - they called the county ing Carolina Drug Store. admins since it was county Cavanaugh confirmed that property to take over. We had there was a “good bit” of smoke inside the second and flames as the vehicle was third stories of the court - burning. A tarp covered the completely burned vehicle at the Darlington County Courthouse early Monday morning; the driver was still inside. house, so we had to ventilate everything inside and it got PHOTO BY JANA E. PYE CRASH ON 8A Darlington County Coroner, J. Todd Hardee, observes. Reports gathered by law enforcement. By daybreak, the vehicle and damages were clearly shown. PHOTO BY JANA E. PYE PHOTO BY JANA E. PYE PHOTO BY SAMANTHA LYLES Elaine Reed sworn in Dale Earnhardt Jr. unveils throwback as Darlington City paint scheme for “Gray Ghost” Council’s 7th member By Jana E. Pye “We are looking at a piece of Editor By Jana E. Pye [email protected] Editor property near the city limits of [email protected] Darlington. It is approximately Dale Earnhardt Jr. arrived Elaine Reed was officially 100 acres, and we are excited at the Darlington Raceway on sworn in to office at the April about the prospects of finally get - Wednesday, April 13 to unveil 12m 2016 meeting with her son, ting to upgrade our facilities. the new paint scheme for the Cisco Reed, at her side. She won There are still a couple of hurdles No. 88 Nationwide Insurance the special election on April 5th we may have to jump, but we are Gray Ghost Chevrolet SS that for Ward 2, replacing the seat left closer now than ever to getting a he will drive in the Southern vacant by Mayor Gloria Hines. sports complex!” 500 during Labor Day week - Council had a long agenda, Several residents approached end in September. The 2016 ending after executive session at council about issues. throwback car design honors 10 p.m. as council met with Sharon McCullough, a resi - Buddy Baker’s No. 28 Gray Darlington Area Recreation dent of Sparks Street, Ghost paint scheme, which Department Director Lee approached council with several was made famous by Baker Andrews about the option to pur - concerns about the differences when he won the 1980 chase property for a new city she and her family found from Daytona 500. recreation complex. moving from the Warley Street “I’m glad that Darlington According to Andrews, the area of town to Sparks Street. is here,” said Earnhardt. “It’s city is long overdue. a great place to come and COUNCIL ON 3A enjoy history and I tank them President Chip Wile, Director of Sports Marketing for Nationwide Jim McCoy, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. for creating the throwback PHOTO COURTESY OF HARRELSON PHOTOGRAPHY FOR DARLINGTON RACEWAY. DARLINGTON RACEWAY weekend to give us the opportunities to do these on the calendar for every year crew prepare for Darlington, Earnhardt told media that SCDOT holds presentation in Society Hill things. I love doing old paint for every team to get involved they bring their history with he had a very integral part of Town Hall By Jana E. Pye schemes, and different paint in. I hope that when people them and bring their paint the paint scheme for this car. Editor The SCDOT held a presenta - schemes, and this is a definite prepare for Darlington, the schemes back year after [email protected] tion at 5:30 for public to present team owners and drivers and year.” opportunity that is marked EARNHARDT JR ON 8A As several municipal meet - improvements at intersection of ings were held on the same US 15, 52 & 401 (near Carolina night in Darlington County, the Bank & Welsh Neck Church). News and press was unable to Residents were able to look at maps, ask questions, voice Hartsville to open police substation at former Food Lion attend the April 12th Town Hall cation from Darlington County meeting in Society Hill. concerns, and make sugges - By Samantha Lyles tions. They also spoke at regu - Staff Writer “We want to get out and show the good side Adult Ed, and counseling and Many thanks to Town Clerk, [email protected] parenting strategies from the Brenda Nettles, for sharing the lar meeting. The main issue of policing, to show that all the negative was a concern of safety at that Hartsville City Council con - Durant Children's Center. following highlights from the “We want to get out and meeting: intersection. Plans are to vened their regular meeting on things they see in the media is not what we're change the angle of the inter - Tuesday, April 12, and show the good side of policing, The Mayor of Society Hill, doing here in Hartsville.” to show that all the negative Tommy Bradshaw, noted that section and close off Church approved first reading for a HPD Community Outreach Lt. Tenyonde Richardson things they see in the media is all assessments have been paid. Street. Non-local traffic could lease agreement to locate a use St. David's Street, while police substation in the South Hartsville Police Department's police/community relations not what we're doing here in A budget workshop is sched - Hartsville,” Richardson says. uled to be held on May 5th at local traffic could use two other Hartsville area. Community Outreach and keep at-risk individuals streets. With changes that are This measure, Ordinance Division. (such as repeat offenders and “By bridging that gap, we want to be made, drivers would be 4244, would approve an agree - HPD Community Outreach those registered with to show that we're not all about better able to see, coming from ment with property owner Lt. Tenyonde Richardson says Probation and Parole) on the locking people up. We're trying either direction. Construction South Carolina Development that the new substation will be right path. rehabilitate people and let is scheduled to begin in late Properties, LLC, to lease office a home base for outreach and Richardson says those indi - them know that we're here to 2018-2019. space at 710 South Fifth Street intervention programs like viduals can benefit from refer - help, not to hurt.” (the former Food Lion shop - “Hartsville Safe Communities,” rals to community programs, ping plaza) for use by the SOCIETY HILL ON 3A designed to improve such as career advice and edu - HARTSVILLE ON 3A Word of the Week twee: (British) affectedly or excessively dainty, The Pee Dee’s Oldest delicate, cute, or quaint Independently Owned Newspaper Merriam-Webster.com APRIL 20, 2016 | PAGE 2A THE NEWS AND PRESS, DARLINGTON, S.C. op iWWW.nNEWSANDPRESionS.NET OP-ED LEGISLATIVE HAPPENINGS Carolina State, the State’s month. 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