Florence County News

Wednesday, July 01, 2009 at 5:19 p.m. The Fourth of July holiday is cause for celebration.

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

Florence County Sheriff's Office investigators have charged a Florence man with Sexual Exploitation of a Minor.

Investigators with the Florence County Sheriff's Office have arrested an Horry County man.

What does Christian Bale have to do with Florence, South Carolina? The Hollywood superstar, who also plays the latest incarnations of Batman and Terminator foe John Connor, now also stars as Timmonsville native Melvin Purvis in the upcoming movie, "Public Enemies." Johnny Depp also stars in the movie, which comes out Wednesday, as notorious bank ...

Political pundits are describing Governor Mark Sanford's admission of adultery on Wednesday as a "confessional" in which he apologized to those of faith and asked for forgiveness.

Free computer-based resume writing workshops will be offered from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday and 6:30 to 8 p.m. June 30 at the Drs.

Friday, June 19, 2009 at 5:01 p.m. The South Carolina Department of Transportation will be replacing the bridge on Papermill Road over Jefferies Creek in Florence County.

Florence County Council has approved final reading of its budget, which includes a 1-percent across-the-board cut, and debated whether the county can find fill dirt for cheaper than $208,700 for Johnsonville's future library site.

Storms packing heavy rains and wind have ripped through Florence County Thursday, causing downed trees on area roads.

Farmer and rancher candidate nominations will begin Monday for local Farm Service Agency county committees.

Officials with Johnson Controls will hold a public meeting Monday to discuss plans for the proposed facility in Florence.

Two men charged with murder in the death of a man in Florence County on Monday have been charged in three armed robberies in Richland County, a Richland County Sheriff's Department news release said Wednesday.

An off-duty probation agent was robbed at gunpoint of her credentials and state issued 40 caliber handgun.

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Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 12:40 p.m. Florence County Coroner Bubba Matthews has released the name of a Florence man who died Wednesday night after being hit by a car.

BB&T and Turner Padget Graham & Laney are co-sponsoring a donation drive to benefit the Florence County Disabilities Foundation's five thrift stores.

Posted on Thursday, June 04, 2009 at 12:09 a.m. More than four years have gone by since an Horry County couple was murdered in their home in the Nixonville community off Highway 90.

Columbia, SC - Authorities say the house fire that killed a 26-year-old South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper was an accident.

The house fire that killed a South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper last week in Timmonsville has been ruled accidental, and the cause of death was smoke inhalation, according to Florence County officials.