MARION, S.C. – The Marion County School District held its annual celebration honoring all the schools’ designated Teachers of the Year, Support Staff of the Year, Bus Driver of the Year, Emerging Teacher of the Year and 26 retirees at the end of the 2020–21 school year.
FLORENCE, S.C. -- Florence Elk's Lodge No. 1020 June 12 headed out for the organization's quarterly trash pickup on their adopted highway -- Jody Road and Beltline Drive.
DARLINGTON, S.C. – Jessica Iseman and Padgett Kahn are joining the staff at Trinity Collegiate School.
FLORENCE, S.C. – Just because the school year has ended doesn't mean things are slowing down at All Saints Episcopal Day School. The school, located on Cherokee Road, is hosting over 40 camps with themes like mini med school, animal planet, journaling, Stars and Stripes, dino discovery, and …
FLORENCE, S.C. – Thomas “Mac” Godwin of Station 1 of the Florence Fire Department was recognized as the Firefighter of the Year by the Fred H. Sexton American Legion Post 1.
FLORENCE, S.C. – Ty Robinson says Francis Marion University will always have a special place in his heart.
DARLINGTON, S.C. -- Merryland Daycare in Darlington was awarded the Pride of Darlington Business Award Monday for their new buildings and updates to their playground.
FLORENCE − Francis Marion University has released its spring 2021 President’s List and Dean’s List. It named 548 full-time students and 33 part-time students to its President’s List for the spring 2021 semester. An additional 589 full-time students and 51 part-time students made the Dean’s L…
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DARLINGTON, S.C. – Jessica Iseman and Padgett Kahn are joining the staff at Trinity Collegiate School.
FLORENCE, S.C. – Women in Philanthropy, the giving circle fund of Eastern Carolina Community Foundation, is opening its 2021 grant cycle.
FLORENCE, S.C. — The Florence section of the National Council of Negro Women has given $500 scholarships to two students, Ashton Oliver and Kimyia Frierson.
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FLORENCE, S.C. — West Florence senior Abigail Buddenborg has become the first student in Florence 1 Schools to earn a private pilot license through Advantage Academy’s aviation program.
FLORENCE – Senior Citizens Association in Florence/the Leatherman Senior Center is saluting Florence County’s centenarians.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina lawmakers negotiating big gaps between the House and Senate versions of the state budget have received a big gift as the state's economy continued to do better than predicted. Economists meeting Tuesday predicted that South Carolina can now expect to have about $950 million more in its bank accounts by the end of June from taxes and other revenue. The House and Senate are about $1.3 billion apart on their budget plans with the biggest difference a $1 billion rebate senators want to send back to taxpayers. Senate Finance President Harvey Peeler says lawmakers need to remember it is the people's money. New House Speaker Murrell Smith says the General Assembly needs to prepare for a possible economic downturn.
Federal meteorologists say the Atlantic should expect another extra busy hurricane season this year. Tuesday's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Atlantic hurricane season forecast calls for 14 to 21 named storms, with six to 10 becoming hurricanes. The last six Atlantic hurricane seasons have been above normal, which is a record. Forecasters look at warmer waters, La Nina, climate change, Africa rains and long-term patterns to make this forecast. Ten other outside weather groups also forecast a busier than normal Atlantic hurricane season. There have been more Category 4 and 5 U.S. landfalls in the last five years than the previous 50.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's Republican governor has quietly signed into law a bill that would ban transgender students from playing girls' or women's sports in public schools and colleges. Gov. Henry McMaster's signature Monday means South Carolina joins about a dozen other states that have passed similar laws requiring transgender students to compete with the gender listed on their birth certificates. McMaster didn't issue a statement after signing the bill, but said earlier this month he thought "girls ought to play girls and the boys ought to play boys. That's the way we've always done it." Opponents of the law say it singles out students who aren't elite athletes but are just looking for a way to be a regular student.
Two houses collapsed into the ocean on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore on Tuesday.
LAKE CITY — The Lake City Police Department arrested Jennifer Elizabeth Gomilar Monday for the second-degree assault and battery by mob, a felony, of an elderly victim at the Hibbett Sports store in Lake City.
LAKE CITY, S.C. — The City of Lake City Police Department has arrested Quaytwan Bennie Williams, who turned himself in to authorities Friday.
FLORENCE, S.C. – A change isn’t going to come. It’s here.
Cease Fire USA is forming a stakeholders group to combat violence and crime in Florence and Florence County.
LAKE CITY – The City of Lake City his hired Marshann Terwilliger as the new City Clerk.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina lawmakers negotiating big gaps between the House and Senate versions of the state budget have received a big gift as the state's economy continued to do better than predicted. Economists meeting Tuesday predicted that South Carolina can now expect to have about $950 million more in its bank accounts by the end of June from taxes and other revenue. The House and Senate are about $1.3 billion apart on their budget plans with the biggest difference a $1 billion rebate senators want to send back to taxpayers. Senate Finance President Harvey Peeler says lawmakers need to remember it is the people's money. New House Speaker Murrell Smith says the General Assembly needs to prepare for a possible economic downturn.
FLORENCE, S.C. — The city of Florence’s $44.91 million budget includes a 3% wage increase for employees.
LAKE CITY, S.C. – Bigger will be better for Lake City Park.