Officials from the City of Bennettsville Department of Tourism, Parks, and Recreation want to remind people that the City of Bennettsville parks are closed. 

Rachel McDonald described her family’s self-isolation experience as “a really lonely vacation” in Bennettsville.
McDonald, her husband Bill, and two children are self-isolating for 14 days after returning from Italy.
“We don’t have any reason to think we are ill,” McDonald said in a phone interview with the Herald-Advocate on March 20, when the family was on day seven. “The CDC has checked us and said we were pretty safe and to just self-isolate and make sure we are not carrying anything we could transfer.”

Marlboro County officials and others around the state are not pleased with new measures announced Wednesday aimed at protecting first responders when dealing with COVID-19.
The SC Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced first responders would receive priority testing status. DHEC also planned to provide the location of those who have tested positive for COVID-19 in South Carolina by zip code.

COLUMBIA — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is investigating 82 additional cases of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. This brings the total number statewide to 424 cases in 39 counties.