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1 week ago | postandcourier.com | G.E. Hinson

DARLINGTON — The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division charged City Councilwoman Elaine R. Reed and her son, Lorand Clayton Reed, with assault and battery May 1. Elaine R. Reed, 78, was charged with third degree assault and battery. Lorand Clayton Reed, 54, was charged with second degree assault and battery. According to a SLED arrest warrant, Elaine Reed injured a person Oct. 5, 2024, on Timmonsville Highway in Darlington County.

2 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | G.E. Hinson

DARLINGTON — The Darlington County Board of Education landed on a new superintendent at a special-called meeting April 28. Matthew Ferguson, a deputy superintendent of the S.C. Department of Education, was named the new superintendent of the Darlington County School District. He'll assume the role July 1 from outgoing superintendent Tim Newman. “The Board recognized that we have an unusual opportunity with perfect timing.

3 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | G.E. Hinson

DARLINGTON — The State Law Enforcement Division has charged a former Darlington Police Department sergeant with breach of trust with fraudulent intent — value more than $2,000 and less than $10,000 — and misconduct in office. Mark Anthony Hayes Jr., 39, was charged April 17. Hayes was employed at the Darlington Police Department as a certified law enforcement officer when he allegedly gave a confidential informant vape pens from a seizure he conducted weeks earlier.

1 month ago | postandcourier.com | Abby Ann Ramsey |G.E. Hinson

DARLINGTON COUNTY — The city of Hartsville pays 16 of its employees more than $100,000, according to records obtained by The Post and Courier. Through records requests, the newspaper gathered the salaries of officials at Darlington County, the city of Darlington and Hartsville. To show readers how their taxes are used, The Post and Courier has previously taken a closer look at public salaries across the state, including Florence, , Greenville and Spartanburg.

Feb 10, 2025 | postandcourier.com | G.E. Hinson

FLORENCE — The Florence County Sheriff’s Office arrested four people in connection to child abuse at Florence’s Maranatha Christian School. A day care worker at the school, 73-year-old Laurin B. Boyce, repeatedly slammed a child’s head into a crib, covered the child’s head with a blanket, pressed down on the child’s head and dragged the child out of the room, according to a press release from the Florence County Sheriff's Office. The release did not list the child's age. Boyce was arrested Feb.