The Allman Betts Band has rescheduled its concert at the Francis Marion University Performing Arts Center for May 6. The group postponed more than 30 North American concerts in August and September, including the Sept. 19 concert at the Performing Arts Ce

The South Carolina Advanced Technological Education Center housed in the Southeastern Institute of Manufacturing and Technology at Florence-Darlington Technical College received $4 million in National Science Foundation grants over the past year. Grants

The Darlington Kiwanis Club donated 14 backpacks full of supplies for foster children in Darlington County. Annie Helm with the S.C. Department of Social Services accepts the donation from Kiwanis President-Elect and City of Darlington Assistant Fire Chie

Those looking to bounce into their Labor Day weekend can do so in downtown Florence Friday as The Bounce Band will headline the August Florence After Five event, The Bounce Band, based out of Raleigh, N.C., is a high energy party band that plays throughou

Francis Marion University President Dr. Fred Carter told the University faculty that one of the most exciting years in FMU’s history was set to begin as it celebrates to the run up to its 50th Anniversary and launches a series of critical construction pro

McLeod Health and Florence 1 Schools have created a partnership to offer a School-Based Telehealth Program at four schools beginning in September. The participating schools include North Vista Elementary, Wallace Gregg Elementary, Williams Middle, and So

In front of a packed Trinity-Byrnes Collegiate School Sonoco Gymnasium, the first-ever Miss Darlington USA and Miss Darlington Teen USA were crowned on Aug. 17. The new Miss Darlington USA is 20-year-old Karoline Kitchings, a native of Lexington and a stu

McLeod Health has announced the promotion of Donna Isgett to the role of chief operating officer. She will report to President and CEO Rob Colones and have oversight of administrators at all seven hospitals in the McLeod Health system, which serves 18 co

During the month of September the Florence County Library is joining the American Library Association and libraries nationwide for Library Card Sign-Up Month, a time to remind parents, caregivers and students that a library card is the first step towards

BOB SLOAN Editor When Kelly Vogelheim steps into the kitchen at Town Hall Restaurant & Bar, she enters her element. Vogelheim, the executive chef at the restaurant located in downtown Florence, showed off her culinary expertise in impressi

Butters, a hound mix, was found in Florence County, abandoned and starving. He is an un-neutered male, two years old. He has lots of energy, loves to play, and needs a family.

The Finklea Law Firm has been named the 2019 Florence’s Finest Law Firm by readers of The News Journal. Attorney Gary Finklea established the firm in 2004. It now has three offices: in Florence, 814 West Evans St.; in Marion, 2554 W. Marion Hwy.; and Hem

Readers of The News Journal have chosen Allison Knight Slice, as the 2019 Florence’s Finest Nurse Practitioner/ Physician’s Assistant. Slice is on staff with McLeod Physician Associates as well as Jeter-Skinner Family Practice. Jeter-Skinner Family Practi

Over the course of nearly two decades in the Florence banking community, Rick Saunders, his brother Paul Saunders, and their colleague, Dale Porter, came to share a dedication to forming strong and lasting relationships with their customers by building tr

Woodstone BBQ & Seafood has been chosen by the readers of The News Journal as the 2019 Florence’s Finest Place for a Country Meal. Jesse Mills and his wife, Cristi, opened the restaurant, in 2016. “I had worked at UPS for 25 years while my wife worked at