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Nov 12, 2007 | Morning News

McGee named FMU's legislative liason

“This is a perfect degree for us to offer”

Francis Marion University President Dr. Fred Carter announced that former state Rep. via Morning News

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Related Topix: Charleston, SC, Charleston Metro, Aiken, SC, Marion, SC, St. George, SC

Sat Nov 10, 2007

Morning News

Florence police search for robbery suspect

Florence police are searching for a suspect who they say walked into a beauty supply store Saturday and robbed it at gunpoint, Florence Police Maj. via Morning News

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Related Topix: Florence Metro

Fri Nov 09, 2007

Morning News

Men arrested for car part thefts

Two Marion County men were arrested Wednesday after deputies say they took more than $40,000 in car parts from Marlboro County car dealerships. via Morning News

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Related Topix: Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, Florence Metro

Island Packet

Child rapist convicted on gun charges after six minutes of deliberation in Florence

A federal jury in Florence found Kenneth Glenn Hinson, 49, of Hartsville guilty Thursday after hearing from 14 witnesses. via Island Packet

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Related Topix: Hartsville, SC, Darlington County, SC

Thu Nov 08, 2007

Morning News

State employees host luncheon in Florence

“But the major concerns are usually dealing with the health plans for both active employees and retirees.”

The Florence Chapter of the S.C. State Employees Association hosted a luncheon Thursday at the Pee Dee Mental Health Center to discuss what the coming year holds for state employees. via Morning News

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Related Topix: Florence Metro

Morning News

Pageland crack dealers plead guilty

Three Pageland men have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, U.S. Attorney Reginald I. Lloyd said in a press release issued Tuesday afternoon. via Morning News

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Related Topix: Pageland, SC, Florence Metro, Chesterfield County, SC

Tue Nov 06, 2007

Morning News

Pee Dee men take fight against tuberculosis to South Africa

“Just the experience of being in another country, that would be the highlight of my life.”

Two tuberculosis patients from the Pee Dee left Florence on Monday for South Africa as part of a program to tell others about their struggle with the potentially fatal disease and help them overcome the ... via Morning News

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Related Topix: Florence Metro, Marion, SC, Darlington, SC, Nichols, SC, Mullins, SC

Sun Nov 04, 2007

WBTW

Building contracts lag behind 2006

Future contracts for nonresidential building in 2007 in the Florence Metropolitan Statistical Area are far behind the pace set in 2006, while residential building is up by a small portion, according to the ... via WBTW

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Related Topix: Florence County, SC, Darlington County, SC

Sat Nov 03, 2007

WCSH-TV Portland

Funerals Begin For Beach House Fire Victims

“We just felt so sorry for the family and it's such a tragic thing for something like this to take a young person away from their family.”

The first of seven college students killed in Sunday's beach house fire in Ocean Isle, North Carolina was laid to rest Thursday. via WCSH-TV Portland

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Related Topix: Florence Metro

Fri Nov 02, 2007

NBC 17

Initial Reports On Beach House Fire To Be Released

“We just felt so sorry for the family and it's such a tragic thing for something like this to take a young person away from their family”

Today we could learn the cause of the house fire on ocean isle beach that killed seven college students. via NBC 17

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Related Topix: Florence Metro

The Beaufort Gazette

Drug-resistant germ hits two in Lowcountry

“The only ones that we have are the ones that are reported to us”

Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus is a type of staph infection resistant to common antibiotics. via The Beaufort Gazette

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Related Topix: Beaufort County, SC, Bluffton, SC, Colleton County, SC, MRSA, Health, Darlington, SC

Thu Nov 01, 2007

Morning News

- CBS Sunday Morning' correspondent shares her television experience

“It's the illusion of advancing the story, and nine times out of 10, they don't”

"CBS Sunday Morning" correspondent Martha Teichner visited Florence on Thursday and told stories about her initial struggles as a female broadcaster and frightening experiences covering war. via Morning News

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Related Topix: Florence Metro, World News, Lebanon, Sunday Morning, Entertainment, Television, Emmy Awards, Seabrook Island, SC

Wed Oct 31, 2007

WLTX-TV Columbia

South Carolina Guardsman Dies in Afghanistan

FLORENCE, S.C. -- The family of an Army National Guard from Marion says he has died in action in Afghanistan. via WLTX-TV Columbia

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Related Topix: Florence Metro, Marion, SC

Tue Oct 30, 2007

The Greenville News

William Rhea: "You couldn't help but love him"

“You couldn't help but love him”

The family of William Rhea asked for privacy Tuesday as they mourned the loss of their loved one, who died in a fire Sunday at a beach house in North Carolina. via The Greenville News

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Mon Oct 29, 2007

KansasCity.com

Investigators eye deck in N.C. fire

“It's just an incomprehensible thing for these parents.”

Fire tape surrounds a beach house that burned in Ocean Isle, N.C., Monday, Oct. 29, 2007. via KansasCity.com

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Related Topix: Florence Metro, South Carolina

Sat Oct 27, 2007

WBTW

Pee Dee job losses don't surprise experts

“As manufacturing jobs have been lost, other jobs have been created”

More than 4,300 jobs have left the Pee Dee from 2005 until the first quarter of 2007, according to research published by the S.C. Employment Security Commission. via WBTW

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Related Topix: Johnsonville, SC, Georgetown, SC, Chesterfield, SC, Marion, SC, Darlington, SC

Fri Oct 26, 2007

Morning News

Timmonsville man gets more than 7 years in prison

A Timmonsville man was sentenced to more than seven years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, according to a press release ... via Morning News

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Related Topix: Timmonsville, SC, Darlington County, SC, Florence Metro, Drugs

Thu Oct 25, 2007

hosted The State | The State

Proposed coal-fired plant assailed

“What they show is that in South Carolina, the stated need can be met through cleaner ways.”

Conservation groups are using two recent utility studies to argue against a nearly $1 billion coal-fired power plant in Florence County.

The studies, completed last month for the state's electric cooperatives, bolster arguments that South Carolina and its cooperatives could produce enough electricity -- through renewable energy sources and efficiency programs -- to offset the need for the plant, representatives of major environmental groups said Thursday.

One of the cooperatives' reports contain data showing that small rural utilities could collectively save 980 megawatts of electric capacity through efficiency programs in the next decade. The other study shows the state could generate up to 655 megawatts from renewable energy sources by 2017. Read more

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law, Science / Technology, Alternative Energy, Santee, SC, Global Warming

Wed Oct 24, 2007

Morning News

Man robbed by bicycle-riding suspects

Two men on bicycles robbed someone in the middle of Coit Street at gunpoint Tuesday, Florence Police Maj. via Morning News

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Related Topix: Florence Metro, Florence County, SC, Effingham, SC

Morning News

Latta soldier killed in Afghanistan

A Latta soldier serving in Afghanistan has died in action, his family confirmed Wednesday. via Morning News

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Related Topix: Mullins, SC, Latta, SC, World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Florence Metro

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