Marion News

South Carolina is ranked as one of the top 10 states in the nation for the number of reported heavy equipment thefts, according to the S.C. Insurance News Service.

Coker College's Department of Social Work has named Sylvia Rogers of Marion, S.C., its 2009 Field Instructor of the Year.

The American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence hopes a new program across the Pee Dee will help bring more educators into South Carolina classrooms.

The Marion County Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will meet at 6 p.m. Sunday.

Forty-four school districts are receiving approximately $7.3 million in federal Enhancing Education Through Technology /ARRA Round 9 Competitive Grants.

Akademe, the acoustic jam rock band whose core members hail from Francis Marion's English, philosophy and theatre departments, will take the stage Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Florence Museum.

Thumbs up to the volunteers who recently helped spruce up two homes along U.S. 76 in Marion.

The Arts Council of Marion County sponsored a two-part Fall Arts Festival this past Friday and Saturday.

Francis Marion University's Gail and Terry Richardson Center for the Child will partner with Barnes & Noble to host a family fun night and book fair Friday.

Law enforcement agencies in Florence and Marion Counties are meeting Oct. 28 in Effingham, SC to coordinate traffic enforcement efforts for 2010.

It's bad when you discover your identity has been stolen, it's worse when you've tried to warn your bank, and it's just ugly when the police officer on the case has the suspect's picture on his wall but won't arrest him.

Action 7 is sponsoring a free community cookout for Rosewood Housing residents' family and friends in Marion.

Five contestants will compete for the title of Miss Florence at 7 tonight at the Hartsville Center Theater.

A 29-year-old Dillon County man is facing charges after police said he engaged in sexual acts with a 13-year-old girl in Marion, according to a press release issued Friday by the State Law Enforcement Division.

Friday, October 16, 2009 at 5:43 p.m. According to a news release, Beneteau USA, Inc.

In celebration of National Adopt a Shelter Dog Month, SCNOW.com is starting a pet of the week feature in conjunction with the Florence Area Humane Society.

PORT D'ANDRATX, Balearic Islands -- Stephen Gately, a singer with the Irish boy band Boyzone who made headlines when he came out as gay a decade ago, has died while on vacation in Spain, the group said on its Web site Sunday.

On Feb. 3, 1939, Dr. Ralph Van Deaman Magoffin, head of the department of classics at New York University turned the key to a ground floor door at the Florence Public Library and opened the new Florence Museum.

The Florence Museum of Art, Science and History invites artists to submit work for the 21st Annual Miniature Art Competition presented by The Friends of the Florence Museum.

Marion County Sheriff's Office hosted the first annual Operation Blue Tornado on Oct.