Florence County News

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

Monday, November 16, 2009 at 11:26 p.m. Read more: Local , Smosska , Florence , Job , Economic , Officials , Cease , Talk Talks between have ceased between Florence County economic officials and representatives from a company that once promised to bring 3,000 jobs to the area.

Representatives from the city of Florence and Florence and Darlington counties gathered Wednesday morning to sign a resolution officially adopting a regional stormwater education strategy through the Florence Darlington Stormwater Consortium.

Members of Florence-area neighborhood groups say an ordinance before Florence County Council will be a positive step toward handling unsafe structures in unincorporated areas that brush up against the Florence city limits.

Employment services company Monster is marking the opening of its customer call center in South Carolina.

Friends of the Florence County Library will present "True Places: A Lowcountry Preacher, His Church and His People" by Stanley F. Lanzano at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the Drs.

A research firm that develops advanced textiles for the automotive, aeronautics and defense industries says it will open a new facility in South Carolina, creating 120 new jobs.

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.

Terrall Echols, a 33-year-old man at the center of a controversial Oct. 28 police incident, says he suffered an epileptic seizure that day and remembers little.

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

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Read more: Local , Crime , Bull , Florence , Armed , Robbery Police are investigating an armed robbery that happened in Florence County.

The National Weather Service in Wilmington, NC has issued a Flood Warning for Horry County, Georgetown County, Williamsburg County, Marion County and Florence County until 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Florence County Sheriff's deputies are searching for two suspects who robbed a Florence convenience store Tuesday afternoon, Florence County Sheriff 's Lt.

Veronika Jackson, a blues and folk singer from Decatur, GA performs at the Drs. Bruce & Lee Florence County Library as part of the Pee Dee Blues Bash on Friday, November 6, 2009.

State Superintendent of Education Jim Rex is determined to improve South Carolina, whether it gets him elected as Governor or not.

Several Florence County schools are rolling out an online resource that allows parents to see the children's grades, attendance records and teacher assignments online.

Monday, November 02, 2009 at 5:15 p.m. The State Election Commission has asked the State Law Enforcement Division to investigate signatures on a petition for an incumbent to run for Timmonsville Town Council.

Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 6:33 p.m. NewsChannel 15 has learned that a paving contractor with a record of questionable business practices who was arrested Wednesday in Florence County, was doing business on the Grand Strand as recently as this past week.

A Florence man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for federal drug and firearms charges, U.S. Attorney W. Walter Wilkins said in a press release.

Lakesha Deshanna McLeod, of 1601 B King Ave., Florence, was arrested Oct. 28 by Investigators with the Florence County Sheriff's Office, according to a press release.