Florence News

A family that lost everything in a house fire recieved a special gift Monday. Miskelly's furniture donated two new bedroom sets, a living set, and a dining room set to the Gerald familreceivedrence.

Picking up fresh fruits and vegetables at the store is something many people may take for granted, but for those being fed by local shelters, fresh produce is considered a luxury.

This is the most challenging time of year for the Revs. Roy and Charlotte Wingard.

A Richland physical education teacher accused of stealing $800 from a Flowood department store has been placed on leave, school officials said Friday.

A Florence High School assistant football coach and his wife loose everything they own in a house fire.

A Florence family suffered the total loss of their home Tuesday. Just after 11 a.m., Florence Volunteer Fire Fighters responded to the Copper Ridge subdivision and found a home with flames pouring from the roof.

A Rankin County election commissioner was arrested and charged over the weekend with felony shoplifting, a Flowood official said.

After more than 20 years in the 'choose-and-cut' business, the Ole McDaniel Christmas Tree Farm in Attala County will sell its last Leyland Cypress this year.

Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 12:57 p.m. Read more: Local , Mclaurin , Elementary , Lock Down , Man , Seen , Gun , Florence , District One Officials with Florence School District One have lifted a lock down at the campus of McLaurin Elementary School.

McLaurin Elementary School is on lockdown as Florence Police search for an armed person that was reported to be standing across from the school.

Rankin County offices and Brandon, Florence, Flowood, Pearl, Pelahatchie and Richland city offices will be closed Thursday and Friday.

In addition to the usual friendly faces in the lobby of Fitness Lady North in Ridgeland, you'll find a colorful art exhibit that will run through Dec.

A group of men headed to their cars at dusk after leaving the Jackson construction site where they work.

A University of Southern Mississippi student from Florence was found dead Sunday afternoon in Hattiesburg.

A University of Southern Mississippi student was found dead Sunday afternoon in Hattiesburg.

The Hinds Community College Development Foundation recognized its 2009-10 scholarship recipients, sponsors and honorees in luncheon programs held on the Raymond Campus.

Two metro-area men are facing drug charges today after allegedly attempting to sell approximately a half-pound of crack cocaine to undercover agents in the parking lot of the Wal-Mart in Flowood, according to Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics Director Marshall Fisher.

A Florence-area road project that some public officials and residents expected would never come to fruition is quickly picking up momentum, with expectations for asphalt to begin being laid in about a month.

Senior Sidwell Mashile said he chose Piney Woods School because it would help him succeed in his future.

Chance Johnson, junior construction engineering major from Florence, MIss., searches for his books earlier this semester at the campus Barnes and Noble book store.