Lake City News

All Florence County Library System locations will be closed Thursday, Dec.3, to prepare for a new online catalog system that will give patrons access to more library materials.

When the nation's economy struggles, so do United Way and the people who need the assistance such a charity can provide.

Making the decision to leave the Lake City Police Department was the hardest career choice Sgt.

Queen Elizabeth Miles, 86, formerly of Lake of the Woods, Locust Grove, died Monday, Nov.

Thumbs up to Pee Dee fire departments for their support of the U.S. Fire Administration's "Install. Inspect.

Linda Sue Miles Landon, 60, died Tuesday, November 10, 2009, at NHC Healthcare of Sumter.

A new research development company that specializes in carbon fiber reclamation and molding process is expected to bring approximately 120 new jobs to Florence County, the South Carolina Department of Commerce announced Monday.

On Thursday at 7:30 p.m., the Hartsville Chamber Ensemble will be performing for the Lake City Concert Series at the Lake City Presbyterian Church in Lake City.

Twelfth Circuit Court Judge Ralph King Anderson Jr. denied bond Monday for a man charged in connection with the shooting death of another man at a Lake City mobile home park.

The Senior Citizens Association of Florence County is celebrating its third Thanksgiving Blessing project with events planned across the county.

Taps sounded for Pfc. James Charles Montgomery at Florence National Cemetery on Friday, 57 years after he went missing in action in North Korea.

Lake City City Council has taken the first step toward re-establishing the city's building inspections department and creating a Board of Building Code Appeals.

A Lake City native and retired circuit court judge has been appointed as a member of the board of advisors of Duke University's Institute on Care at the End of Life.

The Wilbur Jones Post 73 of The American Legion, along with Post 3412 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Chapter 71 of the Disabled American Veterans, will hold a Veterans Day Service on Nov.

Two men and two women are now in custody in connection with the recent shooting death and death of Ernest William Prosser.

The Francis Marion University Board of Trustees voted Friday to move ahead with the construction of a new athletic complex.

Folks from all over headed to Lake City on Thursday night for the first concert of the inaugural Pee Dee Blues Bash.

Live Oak Medical Center, located at the edge of the Black River at 342 West Main Street, Kingstree, opened its doors to the community after an October 30, ribbon cutting.

I don't know about you but I miss the old Charlie Walker, the one that could speak fluently about nothing for 20 minutes between phonograph records.

This year's Pecan Festival will feature the first annual Blues Bash. Fans of blues will enjoy 14 acts at 11 different locations beginning Thursday, Nov.