Local News: Ashburn, VA 

 | 

Sign Up

 | 

Sign In

Florence County

Florence County News Editors

News Widget

Display the Florence County news headlines on your website.

Get the Topix Headlines Widget

Share & bookmark

RSS icon mobile icon

Florence County News

Local, regional, and statewide news continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

57 min ago | FITSNews

Report: Illegal Lobbying In SC

Federal "stimulus" money was used to illegally lobby local governments on behalf of new anti-smoking ordinances - efforts which were later covered up by the recipients of these taxpayer funds.

Comment?

Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Politics, US News, Representative Tom Rice, Republican, US House of Representatives

8 hrs ago | WMBF

Florence Co. Pine Needles Rd. in need of maintenance

Overgrown weeds and grass has led members of a Florence community to call Pine Needles Road a "place of eyesores". Recently Pine Needles Road underwent major construction.

Comment?

Related Topix: Florence, SC

Wed May 22, 2013

WMBF

Florence Civic Center plans disaster relief for OK tornado victims

A listing of necessity items will be available on the Florence Civic Center website at www.florenceciviccenter.com as updates and resources become available.

Comment?

Related Topix: Cross, SC, South Carolina, Florence, SC

Tue May 21, 2013

WPDE

GE Healthcare to create 50 jobs in Florence County

GE Healthcare is investing $17 million in a Florence plant that will turn helium gas into supercool liquid needed for medical imaging.

Comment?

Fri May 17, 2013

WPDE

Johnsonville turns 100 years old

The Johnsonville Heritage Festival is set for May 17 and 18 near Lynches River at Venters Landing, off Kingsburg Highway.

1 comment

Related Topix: Johnsonville, SC

Mon May 13, 2013

Clover Herald

Florence, Darlington hold service for officers

Sheriff's deputies from Florence and Darlington counties are holding a service to remember all law enforcement officers who died in the past year.

Comment?

Related Topix: Darlington, SC, Darlington County, SC

Wed May 08, 2013

WMBF

Dead, malnourished animals found at Pamplico home

The incident report from the Florence County Sheriff's Office says deputies assisted Environmental Services when they served arrest warrants for 65-year-old Lynn Schaeffer and 39-year-old Wendy Sue Desabro at their home on Harden Road.

Comment?

Related Topix: Pamplico, SC

Clover Herald

Triggerman in Florence double murder gets life

The 28-year-old man who prosecutors say pulled the trigger in the shooting deaths of two Florence men will spend the rest of his life in prison.

Comment?

Related Topix: Violent Crime, Florence, SC

Tue May 07, 2013

WMBF

Suspect burglarizes Timmonsville Town Hall

Police are searing for a male suspect caught on surveillance video breaking into the Timmonsville Town Hall and stealing several items.

Comment?

Related Topix: Timmonsville, SC

Fri May 03, 2013

WIS-TV Columbia

2 Florence men hit and killed by train

Florence County Sheriff's Office Captain Mike Nunn says between 5:30 and 5:45 p.m. a southbound AMTRAK train and a northbound CSX train were passing on the tracks a few hundred yards away from Howe Springs Road.

Comment?

Related Topix: Florence, SC

WIS-TV Columbia

Mom charged for leaving infant in car at nightclub

A new mother is facing serious charges after police say she spent three hours in a nightclub while her child waited in the car.

Comment?

Related Topix: Florence, SC

Clover Herald

2 SC men dead after being hit by Amtrak train

Authorities are investigating the deaths of two men who were struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Florence County.

Comment?

Thu May 02, 2013

WMBF

Bicyclist traveling on highway struck and killed

FLORENCE, SC A bicyclist was struck and killed by a vehicle on Wednesday night in Florence, according to Florence County Coroner Keith von Lutcken.

Comment?

Related Topix: Florence, SC, Lake City, SC

WPDE

Woman shot several times at home

She was shot inside her home on Megan Road in the Effingham community, according to Captain Michael Nunn with the Florence County Sheriff's Office.

Comment?

Tue Apr 30, 2013

WMBF

Bad pipes causing flooding and problems for Florence residents

Residents in the Foxcroft Subdivision say Chippenham Lane often floods. Chippenham Lane is a state road, but county resources are being used to make minor repairs to the road.

Comment?

Related Topix: Florence, SC

FITSNews

Tom Rice Fires Florence Field Rep

U.S. Rep. Tom Rice has fired one of his top political staffers in Florence County, S.C., multiple sources have confirmed to FITS.

Comment?

Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Tom Rice, Republican, US House of Representatives

Sat Apr 27, 2013

Rock Hill Herald

Man, 27, killed in Lancaster County wreck

A 27-year-old Florence County man died early Saturday morning in a one-car accident in Lancaster County, according to the S.C. Highway Patrol.

Comment?

Related Topix: Coward, SC