Florence News

Crews have demolished the once seven-story skyscraper and Irby and West Evans Streets have been reopened now that the demolition is nearly finished.

Police Chief Allen Heidler said an officer saw someone robbing the Cruizers gas station on U.S. Highway 76 near downtown Florence around 9:30 p.m. Monday.

ATLANTIC BEACH, SC - Reporter Lauren Weppler is in Atlantic Beach Tuesday morning, live-tweeting from the town's meeting with Governor Nikki Haley.

The name of a 22-year-old University of Louisville student who was found dead in an off-campus apartment Monday has been released.

Deputies in Colleton County say a 9-month-old malnourished child was hospitalized after it was discovered during a welfare check that the home he was living in was in "deplorable" condition.

A man has filed a lawsuit against Princeton Baptist Medical Center in Birmingham and a number of other defendants claiming his penis was amputated without his permission.

Fighter jets from the South Carolina Air National Guard are conducting an air defense exercise over the Columbia and Florence areas.

FLORENCE, SC The Trust building in Florence has been reduced to little more than a pile of rubble to make way for a new Francis Marion University building.

No parent thinks they could ever forget their child in the backseat of a car on a warm summer day.

FLORENCE, SC John Parker, 20, of Florence was denied bond by a judge 9 a.m. Saturday after being arrested for eight bomb counts, according to Corporal Appollonia Perkins with the Florence County Sheriff's Office.

FLORENCE, SC Police are detonating possible pipe bombs that were found in a Florence home after officers responded to a call regarding a domestic situation early Friday morning, authorities confirmed.

SC Gov. Nikki Haley looks over the PTR SCCR semi-automatic rife she was presented during a tour of the PTR facility in Aynor.

In this day and age, oyster restoration and enhancement is absolutely essential in maintaining a stable ecosystem that features plenty of pluff mud, Spartina grass and, the main attraction, oyster beds.

FLORENCE, SC A 44-year-old Florence man pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography Thursday; he faces up to 10 years in prison and/or a fine of up to $250,000.

The public gets a chance to weigh-in on the midnight bar ordinance Thursday that's proposed for downtown Charleston's entertainment district.

Walmart Care Clinic is the company's first venture into medical clinics in its stores in South Carolina.

Mrs. Tallevast was born April 22, 1928, in Anderson, the daughter of the late Clayton Maxwell Frederick and Ethel Bobo Frederick.

A three-year-old boy was found alone around 9:30 Saturday morning at Sedgefield Apartment complex on Second Loop Road in Florence, according to Carlos Raines with Florence police.

The West Florence Fire Department was dispatched to the Suburban Extended Stay Hotel on West Lucas Street for a reported fire Saturday afternoon.

FLORENCE, SC The Florence County Sheriff's Office gave its deputies a raise. And now your taxes are going up.