Florence News

Conservationists who oppose a mega-coal plant near Florence brought in reinforcements Wednesday to fight the $2.2 billion Santee Cooper project.

The Armstrong Wealth Management Group in Florence is sponsoring a seminar for women, "Building Financial Security - A Workshop for Women." The seminar will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Jan.

A former South Carolina trooper seen on video kicking a suspect in the head has pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights charge.

The body of a woman has been found on the playground of a Williamsburg County elementary school the morning students returned to school from Christmas break.

The Darlington County sheriff, his chief deputy and the county's jail director have been named as defendants in a federal complaint that alleges the jail director sexually harassed one of his employees.

Perhaps no other arts venue within Florence had a bigger year in 2008 than Florence Little Theatre.

Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce leaders said their plans for the coming year include planning a new downtown location and promoting Florence through the chamber's Web site.

A fire that started at a storage shed destroyed a Florence mobile home late Friday morning, Windy Hill Fire Department Chief John DeLung said.

A new Florence County animal control facility is nearly ready to open and an improved Florence Area Humane Society shelter is in the works, but spaying and neutering also are foremost in the minds of those ...

Florence County and city councils, as well as individuals associated closely with the Florence Museum, look toward 2009 for a solidification of many of the decisions made this year.

Police say they have arrested a 24-year-old man investigators think killed his uncle at the uncle's Florence home.

A joint effort between local fire departments and the Boy Scouts of America is giving many Pee Dee men and boys a head start in firefighting and rescue service careers.

FLORENCE, S.C. - Authorities say an Amtrak train collided with a car in Chesterfield County, sending two people to a hospital.

T. C. "Tommy" Griffin's family owned the Oldsmobile dealership in Florence from the early 1940s through 1962 and placed the first car - a 1950 Oldsmobile - in the first Southern 500 in 1950.

A Timmonsville man was shot and killed early Saturday morning at a club on Cale Yarborough Highway.

Three men have been arrested in connection with a home invasion that happened a week ago in Florence County, Florence County Sheriff Kenney Boone said in a press release issued Monday.

Planning officials hope to reveal the potential of downtown Florence this year, while Mayor Stephen J. Wukela aims to overcome the public safety and financial challenges to unlock that potential.

Authorities say the death of a 55-year-old man in his Florence home is a homicide.

Florence resident and business owner Sandy Sewell always has been fond of antiques.

A Florence man was one of two Army majors who came to the aid of a Leavenworth woman whose car wound up in a snowy ditch following a car accident.