During MS Awareness Week - March 10-16 - the National Multiple Sclerosis Society shined a spotlight on the strength and resiliency of people living with MS by telling their #ThisIsMS stories. Actress Selma Blair, who recently shared her journey, is proof

FMU is set to embark on campaign of construction that will produce needed capacity for new and growing programs, and will revitalize other facilities so that they can better serve students in the decades ahead. Dr. Fred Carter, FMU’s president, mapped out

Savannah Grove Youth Department & Future Entrepreneurs Foundation will be having a benefit concert featuring music artist Zacardi Cortez and special guests. The concert will be held at Savannah Grove Baptist Church, 2620 Alligator Road, Effingham, on Fri

Carolina Bank held a ribbon cutting for their new branch headquarters and retail branch in the heart of Florence. The newly renovated building, formally the Art Trail Gallery, serves as the company’s financial and administrative hub and houses a modern re

Nicole Echols of Harvest Hope Food Bank received the Fred R. Sheheen Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Leadership. The award recognizes individuals of the statewide nonprofit membership organization Together SC, who have utilized organizational and resour

VegFest Florence, the city’s first entirely plant-based food festival, will be here soon. On March 29, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Pearl Moore Basketball Center in Florence, people of all ages and eating habits are invited to attend this free, family-friendly

Lighthouse Ministries’ Annual BBQ Fundraiser is scheduled for Wednesday, March 27. The event will take place at St. John’s Church at 252 S. Dargan Street and will be catered by local favorite, Schoolhouse BBQ. Lunch will be served from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and

A local volunteer is the first winner in the Mike Reichenbach Ford “10th Anniversary Test Drive” promotion – and he donated his entire prize back to the non-profit group he already helps! Mr. Bill Valone of Florence won $1,000 in the test drive promotion

Dr. Veeral Oza from McLeod Digestive Health Care will be a star participating in this year’s Dancing for Our Future Stars of Florence. His partner will be Rachel Fenters. Dr. Oza and Rachel will be dancing the Salsa to a Bollywood inspired remix of Ed She

Something magical is coming to Florence! The Columbia City Ballet is proud to present a sparkling version of the greatest fairy tale ballet of all time, The Sleeping Beauty. Staged an choreographed by Columbia City Ballet Artistic Director William Starret

Paige Thomas, PT, MSR, MHA, Director of Rehabilitation Services at McLeod Health Darlington, has achieved recertification as a board certified clinical specialist in neurologic physical therapy by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties (ABPTS)

After finishing under par in back-to-back tournaments, senior Filip Sandberg (Orebro, Sweden) has been named the Conference Carolinas Men’s Bimonthly Golfer of the Month for the third time in his career. The two-time All-Conference Carolinas selection is

For the second time this season, junior Pilar Martinez (Malaga, Spain) has been named the Conference Carolinas Women’s Bimonthly Golfer of the Month after placing third overall at the Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational with a three-round combined score of 214 (

Freshman Pierre De Caevel led Francis Marion University on the final day as the Patriots finished 17th in the team standings at the Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate Men’s Golf Tournament hosted by USC Aiken. The University of South Carolina easily

CHARLOTTE–A 10-0 run in the final minutes of overtime allowed second-seeded and 16th-ranked Augusta University to escape with a 77-70 victory over seventh-seeded Francis Marion University, Saturday afternoon (March 16) in the quarterfinal round of the 201