Florence News

May 24--Today, Hotel Florence and Victor's Bistro -- a $7.2 million investment -- open their doors to the public for the first time.

FLORENCE, SC Florence School District One is offering an extended day program of summer enrichment activities for students at Theodore Lester, Delmae and Dewey L. Carter Elementary schools.

South Carolina is celebrating its 225th birthday as a U.S. state. On May 23, 1788, South Carolina became the nation's eighth state when it ratified the U.S. Constitution.

FLORENCE, SC Deputies in Florence County are looking for two suspects after responding to reports of a home invasion at about 8 p.m. Thursday evening.

Springdale Baptist Church is holding a bazaar and car wash at 357 Wattling Rd. on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine.

Florence City Council voted to give $3 million to a medical school for third- and fourth-year students at Francis Marion University.

Overgrown weeds and grass has led members of a Florence community to call Pine Needles Road a "place of eyesores". Recently Pine Needles Road underwent major construction.

The Cheraw Recreation and Leisure Services Department celebrated their first year with dance instructor Burnadene Kelley-Newman, of Florence, with a recital at the Theatre on the Green last Saturday evening.

Melvin Nettles, 53, was trying to cross the street when he was hit and killed by a car Tuesday night on Pamplico Highway at Howe Springs Road in Florence, according to Florence County Coroner Keith von Lutcken.

A listing of necessity items will be available on the Florence Civic Center website at www.florenceciviccenter.com as updates and resources become available.

Although helium is the second-most abundant element in the universe, there's a worldwide shortage of the colorless, odorless gas.

The Morning News of Florence reports closing arguments wrapped up Saturday in 47-year-old Claudette Hulsey's trial.

As part of the routine exercise, fighter jets assigned to the SCANG's 169th Fighter Wing might be seen escorting a single-engine aircraft belonging to the S.C. Civil Air Patrol between 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

St. Paul United Methodist Church, 3733 Thurgood Marshall Hwy., Kingstree, will be open for noonday prayer on Wednesdays.

Caliber Funding LLC, Dallas, unveiled plans to enter the correspondent lending channel at the Mortgage Bankers Association's National Secondary Market Conference in New York.

That fire was reported around 6:30 p.m. Sunday on the 1500 block of Scott Drive.

Fashion Stars, American Idol and The Voice TV reality shows all know talent when they see or hear what the state of South Carolina has to offer.

NBC's reality show, Fashion Star , launched its second season this spring featuring celebrity mentors Jessica Simpson, Nicole Richie and John Varvatos, with television presenter and Glamour Magazine's fashion editor-at-large Louise Roe as host.

A stolen car has been found in Columbia, but police need your help locating the man they think took it from it's owner.

St. Paul United Methodist Church, 3733 Thurgood Marshall Hwy., Kingstree, will be open for noonday prayer on Wednesdays.