Florence News

A Florence man was arrested Thursday after police said he and another suspect broke into a Vista Street home and attacked a man with a knife earlier this month, Florence Police Lt.

Florence city and county law enforcement officers said they are seeing a rash of catalytic converter thefts.

Florence County deputies arrested a man Maryland investigators say tried to kill a former Baltimore police officer more than one week ago.

Marion Regional Healthcare System now has equipment that enables staff members to treat swallowing disorders that normally would require patients to travel to Charleston or Greenville.

Florence Mayor Frank Willis has decided that he will appeal a decision handed down by Twelfth Judicial Circuit Judge Michael Nettles, in which Nettles dismissed the incumbent mayor's appeal in the Florence ...

I was as weak as a nickel cup of coffee. It had been so long since I had eaten anything.

More than 100 people gathered at Florence Mall in support of former Florence Mayor Rocky Pearce and his campaign to run in the city's mayoral election in November.

Students at Florence dance school ShowBiz Studio have reason to jump for joy after walking away as the Super Grand National Champions at the June 26-29 Dance Machine Productions Inc.

Authorities say a man shot and killed woman, then committed suicide at a South Carolina business owned by a Tulsa company.

Thumbs up to Palmetto First Federal Credit Union for contributing more than $1,600 to the Florence Area Humane Society for its animal shelter.

Larry Younginer is a people person who just can't get enough of cleaning clothes - the dirtier the better.

Thursday afternoon and evening turned stormy for the Eastern Carolinas with heavy rainfall, frequent lightning, and even localized flooding within the region.

Members of two organizations will appear before the Florence City Council in hopes that some Sunday alcohol sales eventually will be allowed within city limits.

The S.C. Department of Transportation is considering an amendment the 2007-2012 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program to include Federal Bonus Bridge Program funds for fiscal year 2008.

A day after a lightning strike sparked a fire that destroyed Dawsey United Methodist Church in Florence, its pastor, the Rev.

Investigators think they spotted escaped inmate Rayshawn James in Orangeburg, S.C according to a press release from the South Carolina State Department of Corrections.

Authorities say a South Carolina woman has died after drug suspects crashed into her car while fleeing police near St.

Florence County sheriff's deputies are on the scene of a shooting that left two people dead this morning.

Heavy downpours and lightning strikes from a storm that moved across the Pee Dee on Thursday caused vehicle crashes and fire damage to several structures in the area.

Florence County sheriff's deputies say robbery suspect Norman Pauling's nine-day crime spree that crossed at least three states began in Florence.