Florence County News

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.