Lake City News

The results of Florence County's one cent sales tax referendum are beginning to become visible.

Elizabeth Virginia Mishoe of Lake City and Kenneth Goodman Gamble of Lake City were married at 6 p.m. June 20, 2009 at Lake City First Baptist Church.

You're going to be able to flush a little easier soon as three areas in Midlands are getting an upgrade to their sewer systems thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

S.C. Highway Patrol Senior Trooper Wilson Owens Horton Jr., a Lake City native, has been named the state's Trooper of the Year for 2008.

It is a little like the end of an era. But to start at the beginning, a young couple moved to Florence more than 50 years ago so he could work in a family manufacturing business in the county.

Ivie Parker and Adrian Sims Truluck, originally from the Pee Dee and partners of Charleston-based Parker-Sims Interiors, will be hosting an art exhibit June 25 in coordination with Kendall Wingard of Lake City gift boutique The Pink Fish.

Almost a week has passed since our involuntary termination of the Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge franchises in our Hartsville, S.C., dealership.

Wade Phillip Sprow, age 20, of Union, formerly of Spartanburg died Friday, June 12, 2009, at his home.

John Isgett, president of the Raceway Automotive Group, announced Monday he has accepted General Motors' "generous financial offer to terminate the Chevrolet, Buick, Pontiac and GMC franchises" from the south Florence/Lake City market.

This has been a truly exciting academic year for most seniors at Lake City High School and for me as a reporter attempting to tackle the education beat.

I know I'm not alone in feeling like this school semester just began, and now it's drawing to a close.

It's an exciting time - and also an uncertain one - for graduates in Lake City and around the nation.

Rachel Anne Smith and Christopher Lawrence Maxwell were united in marriage at 4 p.m. Saturday, May 2, 2009, at South Florence Baptist Church in Florence.

Exuding boundless energy and a mischievous grin that shows his missing top front teeth, Nasir Montgomery reminds one of any other 4-year-old little boy.

Since the year's almost halfway over, I thought it was about time for a vacation.

Nasir Montgomery of Lake City is one of three McLeod Miracle Children who will be featured during Saturday's Children's Miracle Network Celebration Broadcast on WBTW News13.

Florence woman seeks to 'crack disparity' Photo Angela E. Kershner/MORNING NEWS Tracy Wardy of Florence is part a coalition of groups working to end the 100-to-1 quantity-based sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine possession convictions.

A Coward woman accused of assaulting her husband, who went missing nearly five years ago, has been arrested on a forgery charge.

Some Florence School District 3 board members said they have concerns about the timing of a proposal to extend the school year at Lake City Elementary and Ronald E. McNair Middle schools.

An editor with nearly 30 years experience has been named the new editor of one South Carolina morning paper and several smaller newspapers.