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The Hartsville Police Department will be participating in the 2019 Buckle Up South Carolina Campaign with closer attention being focused on seatbelt and child restraint violations.  According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration one of the safest choices drivers and passengers can make is to buckle up.  Many Americans understand the lifesaving value of the seat belt.  The national use rate was at 89.6% in 2018.  Seat belt use in passenger vehicles saved an estimated 14,955 lives in […]

Neptune Island Waterpark is gearing up to open its gates to the public on May 19, 2019. For those mateys that just cannot wait that long, the park will open up one day early on May 18, 2019 for its Season Pass Holder Day. This early preview day is for both 2018 and 2019 season pass holders. The park will be open on Saturdays and Sundays only from May 19th-June 2nd and will be open daily from June 8th […]

Kevin Gardner is Hartsville’s Hidden Hero for the month of April. Gardner has been with the City of Hartsville Sanitation Department for 21 years. He currently serves as a laborer and does various jobs as requested for the Sanitation Department. You may see Gardner on the back of a recycling or garbage truck riding through your neighborhood as he works diligently to ensure that Hartsville residents are happy. Kevin Gardner also gets to operate the Tink Claw occasionally to pick […]

Members of the African American Cemetery Committee were present to receive an award from the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission for their work at the Historic Marion Avenue Cemetery. Committee members above (L to R)  Carolyn Johnson,  Pecola Grove, Adlena Graham, Willie Williams, Mayor Pro Tem Johnny Andrews, Committee Chairman Councilman Tre’ Gammage, John Benjamin, and Councilwoman Teresa Mack.
Hartsville, SC—The City of Hartsville African American Cemetery Committee received an award from the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission […]

Lance Corporal Shannon Hoffman accepts the Law Enforcement Network Awards on behalf of the Hartsville Police Department.
The Hartsville Police Department is hard at work to keep drunk drivers off of the streets of Hartsville. Their success has recently been recognized by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Network. On March 27, 2019 the South Carolina Law Enforcement Network awarded the Hartsville Police Department a Gold Level Award for being an agency that achieved 100% of its requirements for the South […]