Clarendon County News

An Aug. 13 robbery of a Jackson Hewitt Tax Service in Florence was all a set up orchestrated by a former employee and her estranged husband, Florence Police Maj.

After more than 40 Clarendon County residents voiced concerns -- and some approval -- for the county's proposed Animal Control Ordinance, County Council members decided Monday night to abandon the measure and revisit it at the beginning of next year.

A 42-year-old man who was stabbed late Monday afternoon is in stable condition at Palmetto Health Richland in Columbia.

Clarendon County sheriff's deputies arrested two Manning men Monday thought to be involved in no less than six burglaries at homes throughout the county.

Clarendon County could soon have pet laws for the first time in its history. If the ordinance passes, it would crack down on wandering dogs and help pay for animal control officers.

Four state law enforcement agencies are on the lookout for two men they say tried to run over a Clarendon County deputy.

Friday, November 06, 2009 at 5:48 p.m. There is a manhunt going on in the Cades community, in Williamsburg County.

A Manning man is in custody at the Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center after being arrested Sunday for an Oct.

A 49-year-old Summerton man was killed early Saturday morning in a single vehicle wreck on Elliot Road, officials said.

One person is dead after a early mornig collision in Clarendon County. The SC Highway Patrol says the driver was going south on Secondary 145, three miles south of Pinewood, around 2:40 Saturday morning.

A little more than a month after a similar endeavor was undertaken in Summerton, Manning Lions Club members will come together at the Wyboo Plantation Community Center on Monday to march for diabetes awareness.

When resident J. Doyle Gray retired officially from his role as the town's police chief on Jan.

Firefighters in the tri-county area are spreading the message of fire prevention and safety as they visit schools and host special events at fire stations as part of Fire Prevention Month activities.

Clarendon County sheriff's deputies have arrested two men thought to have helped another man already charged with burglary last week.

Robert Baker / The Item Gov. Mark Sanford told employees of Select Labaratories LLC that he appreciated their efforts at supplying affordable testing to rural physicians and patients.

Sumter's jobless rate soared last month, matching the trend around the state. And it isn't over yet, according to officials.

Select Laboratories-SC LLC officially broke ground Thursday on its new facility in Manning.

Gov. Mark Sanford said Tuesday that lawmakers should look at problems at the Employment Security Commission when they return to the Statehouse next week in an effort to ensure more workers don't lose emergency jobless benefits.

The State Law Enforcement Division says two teenage girls thought they were playing a hoax when they told their families they had been kidnapped for ransom, but now they face federal charges.

Summerton, S.C. Jenean Richardson didn't get home from school Tuesday night until 8:30. The 5-year-old was left on a bus all alone in the parking lot of Scott's Branch High School in Summerton.