Florence News

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.

Patriotic music that wafted from the West Florence High School auditorium Wednesday during Veterans Day ceremonies had all those in attendance tapping their feet.

An Aug. 13 robbery of a Jackson Hewitt Tax Service in Florence was all a set up orchestrated by a former employee and her estranged husband, Florence Police Maj.

Barack Obama's push to revamp the nation's health care system is getting the cold shoulder from Southerners, according to a new poll by Winthrop University.

Officials with the Florence County Sheriff's Office are asking drivers to use caution around a fallen utility pole in Florence.

United States Attorney W. Walter Walkins announced today that 17 drug suppliers from the Pee Dee region of South Carolina pled guilty to their involvement in a drug conspiracy spanning the past decade and involving more than one hundred of kilograms of powder cocaine and crack cocaine.

Florence's sign for its historical depot is shown. Published: November 9, 2009 Updated: November 9, 2009 In a rush to make it somewhere one afternoon, the red light at the intersection of Hoffmeyer Road and Darlington Street was another unwelcome delay.

More than 3,000 people die in home fires each year in the United States; most of whom are in homes without a working smoke alarm.

West Florence High School sophomore Will Dixon said he used to think law enforcement officers weren't really focused on helping teens.

South Carolina is ranked as one of the top 10 states in the nation for the number of reported heavy equipment thefts, according to the S.C. Insurance News Service.

"The American Soldier, A Photographic Tribute," an exhibition of 116 photographs, from the Civil War to the War in Iraq, will open to the public at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Veterans Day, at Florence Civic Center.

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

The Eastern Carolina Community Foundation is sponsoring a community forum for the Florence Recreational Trails on Tuesday, Nov.

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.

Redevelopment and the urbanization of Florence is expected to be a hot topic during a community workshop Tuesday, hosted by the City of Florence Urban Planning and Development Department.

A Florence man was sentenced to a total of 50 years in prison after being tried in his absence twice and disappearing for several months, 12th Circuit Solicitor Ed Clements III said.

The 2009 Pecan Festival will feature the first annual Blues Bash, as fans of blues will enjoy 14 acts at 11 different locations The event, according to coordinators, beginsNov.

Federally-funded H1N1, or swine flu, vaccines have arrived in regional health departments and are now available in some local doctor's offices as well.

A North Myrtle Beach man was arrested Wednesday amid allegations he scammed several Florence residents and a local businessman out of money.

A man tracked to Florence was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury for failing to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, U.S. Attorney W. Walter Wilkins said in a press release.