Marion County News

Russell Stover's candy outlet store closed its doors for good on Oct. 27. Although the 30-year candy factory has been closed since April 2000, the store remained open but was not making much money Marion County Economic Development Commission Director Rodney Berry said during a monthly meeting held this past week.

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

Marion County school districts will receive $264,000 in federal stimulus funds from the South Carolina Budget and Control Board's State Energy Office to make energy efficiency improvements.

The S.C. General Assembly reconvenes Tuesday to correct a major mistake on unemployment benefits.

Posted on Friday, October 23, 2009 at 9:54 a.m. The Road to Recovery Tour is at the Marion County One Stop Workforce Center to educate people about jobs that still exist at the Savannah River Site through the Recovery Act.

The Florence County Sheriff's Office and the other law enforcement agencies located and operating in the 12th Judicial Circuit, consisting of Florence and Marion counties, will meet at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Florence County Law Enforcement Center in Effingham to coordinate traffic enforcement efforts for the coming year.

Three Columbia woman are collecting diapers this morning to give to families who can't afford them.

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.

Coker College's Department of Social Work has partnered with the S.C. Department of Social Services and six other colleges and universities in the state to create the S.C. Professional Development Consortium.

Atlantic Beach Mayor Retha Pierce recently requested a jury trial related to a misdemeanor driving under the influence charge in Marion County.

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

A 22-year-old former Marine accused of killing a pregnant colleague near his North Carolina base has asked to have the trial moved out of Onslow County.

Testimony is expected to continue today in the trial of a Garden City Beach woman who police say supplied alcohol to a woman who later crashed her car, killing a Surfside Beach teenager in August 2005.

Marion County has long been starved for jobs; many industrial operations there have vanished, and the nation's economic downturn has only made the situation worse.

Thumbs up to Darlington County Treasurer Belinda D. Copeland for being elected treasurer of the S.C. Association of Counties for 2009-10 during the organization's 42nd Annual Conference.

Pineland Country Club has been a recreational haven for Marion County residents for more than 35 years.

Officials say a manufacturer of disposable baby diapers is moving into a former South Carolina textile plant, creating 260 jobs in a rural county suffering from high unemployment.

A new company will officially announce its intentions to set up business in Marion County Tuesday, creating new jobs for the county.

Police in California say former actress Tawny Kitaen has been arrested for investigation of driving under the influence.

Marion County Sheriff Mark Richardson announced Thursday that his department has received $15,541 in grant funds from the U.S. Department of Justice Assistance Grants program.