MARLBORO COUNTY — For years, Marlboro County lived under the quiet assumption that real snow—the thick, soft kind that hushes the roads and turns familiar streets into something out of a postcard—was something that happened somewhere else. Not here. Not in this corner of South Carolina where palm trees guard courthouse steps and winter usually means a stubborn breeze and a heavy jacket.

It is rather curious how out of all the countless stories of loss, horror, and human frailty to come out of Nazi Germany it is the diary of a fifteen-year-old girl, left behind not because it was forgotten, but because its owner perished in a concentration camp, that has stood the test of time.

MARLBORO COUNTY – Last week’s winter storm Fern rolled over the nation dumping ice on the Palmetto State. The winter storm is confirmed to have claimed 50 lives across the U.S.

BENNETTSVILLE — Raymond Sides with the MPD Electric Cooperative stopped by the Bennettsville Public Safety Complex Tuesday night to present some exciting news to the city council during their first board meeting of the new year.

MARLBORO COUNTY — During the first county council meeting of the new year, members of the board heard a presentation from Marlboro County Sheriff Larry McNeil detailing where the sheriff’s office is in terms of the county detention center, staff hires and needed equipment. The sheriff also provided insight into the county’s numbers on crime and drug related crime.

BENNETTSVILLE — Tuesday night’s Bennettsville City Council meeting started the new year off with a lucrative announcement from MPD Electric Cooperative, approving a budget calendar, discussing animal control issues, traffic concerns, and a land dispute highlighting the sacrifices community members are sometimes required to make in order to pave the way forward for economic growth and development for the collective.

From working to support himself through college starting at the age of fifteen, to experiencing heartbreak and love, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. learned many life lessons early, all of them binding together to form the unique man needed to become king among the titans of the American civil rights movement.

“First, they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.

MARLBORO COUNTY — A Winter Storm Watch is now in effect for much of northern South Carolina, including the Upstate, Catawba Region and Chesterfield County.

BENNETTSVILLE — “January is recognized as Stalking and Human Trafficking Awareness Month, a time to educate the public on recognizing warning signs and taking steps to keep themselves and others safe,” reminds Bennettsville Police Department Chief Sammy Crosland, who aims to do just that throughout the month of January.