Butch Dale

When a police officer starts his shift, he never knows what will happen or who he will have to deal with. I worked the night shift, even after I was…

When we look back at all of the U.S. presidents, I’m sure you will agree that we have had some great ones . . . and some not so great.…

Ok, I admit it. I hate bats. No, not baseball bats, but those winged creatures with ugly faces and teeth that look like fangs…and come out at night and fly…

As a librarian for the past 33 years, I have had the opportunity to help families who made the decision to homeschool their children. The kids and their parents often…

(NOTE: The names used in this article are not the real names.) Each night on the news, we hear about the rampant crime, including murders, in the large cities, including…

My wife and shopped at the Wal-Mart on State Road 26 East in Lafayette a couple of weeks ago . . . needed to pick up a few odds and…

In 1988 I interviewed Thelma Cook Warren, who graduated from Darlington High School in 1918. Thelma was married to Alva Warren, who served in WWI and WWII and owned the…

When you first received your driver’s license, did you do anything really stupid? Come on…admit it…you know you did. Like most of the boys in my class, I didn’t have…

(Note: The following was written by Connie Pickering Carpenter, who graduated from Darlington H.S. in 1962) “When you got past sixth grade and entered the big study hall and library,…

When a school has plenty of spirit, it also has great cheerleaders, and Darlington was never lacking in either. From 1921 to the end of the high school in 1971,…