-Two projects designed to protect the Crooked Creek Watershed area of Marlboro County received $88,500 in grants. The Marlboro Soil and Water Conservation District received $58,000 for the Crooked Creek Water Quality Demonstration Project. The Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service received $30,500 for the Crooked Creek/Lake Wallace Bio-Assessment, and Public Education Project.
-Pacific MDF Products Inc has tripled its employment in one year and plans to keep growing. The Clio plant has hired 20 additional workers.
-Kenneth W. Allen, Robert E. Lee, and Pat Odom filed for the District 6 seat in a special primary election in September.
-“Teachers, Scholars, and Schools of Marlboro,” a photographic exhibit of old schools in the county, was set to open at the Marlboro County Historical Museum. In addition to the exhibit, four displays: two guns that belonged to Henry Berry Lowry, an Electric “Shocking” Machine for Nervous Disorders used by H.R. Easterling in the 1850s, a display on Rev. Octavius Theodore Porcher, and “Bottles from Next Door,” featuring bottles found during the parking lot project on South Marlboro Street.
-Jerry English, a 1998 Marlboro County High School graduate, was awarded the prestigious Palmetto Fellows Scholarship for the academic year 1998-99.
-Julia B. Page became the second female bailiff for the Marlboro County Clerk of Court’s office. LeRoy Perkins returned to bailiff duties.
-Rev. Harrison Lampley filed for District 6.
-The City of Bennettsville discontinued its recycling program. The decision was made in a 4-3 vote. Most of the council said they believed in recycling, but the decision was based on the costs.
-Sheila McDowell, administrative assistant for the City of Bennettsville, received a Safety Award.
-Lon Wayne Lester of Bennettsville was elected to serve on the University of South Carolina Board of Visitors by the USC Board of Trustees.
-Helen Palmer spoke at Bennettsville Kiwanis Club. Palmer was the executive director of Chesterfield Marlboro EOC.