Florence Metro News

Majority Whip Jim Clyburn was in the Pee Dee Wednesday to discuss climate change problems and energy conservation.

A recent Travel Industry Association report shows tourism reduces each Florence County household's state and local taxes by about $945 a year, according to the Florence Convention and Visitors Bureau.

South Carolina law enforcement officers are done with complicated explanations of driving under the influence laws.

A Florence man was arrested Thursday in connection with an Aug. 1 armed robbery, Florence Police Maj.

Mayo High School for Math, Science & Technology in Darlington County School District, West Florence High School in Florence School District 1 and Johnsonville High School in Florence School District 5 exceeded ...

Members of the Florence Planning Commission have voted to postpone their decision on a zoning request after it came to their attention that someone prematurely removed signs announcing a public hearing on the ...

The McLeod Hospice House is set to begin offering volunteer training starting Aug.

A pro se divorce clinic will be offered by S.C. Legal Services at 5:30 p.m. Aug.

"Inside you there's an artist you don't know about. He's not interested in how things look different in moonlight.

The Pee Dee Men's Transitional Shelter at 411 Jarrott St. is in operation again after a two-year hiatus caused by a fire.

FLORENCE, S.C. Authorities say deputies killed man who was holding his ex-girlfriend's 13-year-old son hostage near Florence.

A two-hour hostage situation ended Monday morning after Florence County Sheriff's Office SWAT deputies shot and killed the suspect and rescued the 13-year-old boy being held captive, Sheriff Kenney Boone said.

It must have been quite a fire in a village like Florence in 1872 after James Allen's store caught fire.

The country's shaky economy didn't stop some shoppers who were purchasing back-to-school items during the first day of South Carolina's tax-free weekend.

Florence City Council has unanimously passed first reading of an ordinance to change the deadline from Aug.

Florence City Councilman Ed Robinson said the local Juneteenth celebration, funded by $7,400 of the city's state accommodations tax money, is still "on key," although it will be held in August.

Veterans in the Pee Dee soon will have a new, larger outpatient clinic, according to a press release from the Veterans' Affairs Office in Columbia.

Florence School District 2, based in Pamplico, has announced its policy for free and reduced price meals for children served under the national school lunch and and breakfast programs.

Florence School District 2, based in Pamplico, has announced its policy for free and reduced price meals for children served under the national school lunch and and breakfast programs.

Florence School District 2, based in Pamplico, has announced its policy for free and reduced price meals for children served under the national school lunch and and breakfast programs.