Keep Florence Beautiful and Lynches River County Park will sponsor an Adventure Race & Trail 5K on Saturday, Sept. 19 at Lynches River County Park.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Bowl (North/South All-Star High School Football Showcase) has been canceled.

The Doctors Bruce and Lee Foundation Library’s Book Club will take place online for the remainder of 2020.

A new exhibit at Francis Marion’s University Place Gallery in Downtown Florence pushes the boundaries of art and virtual reality. Will Penny’s “Neutral Zone” opened on Sept. 8 and will run through Oct. 23.

The House of Hope of the Pee Dee held a groundbreaking ceremony Sept. 10 for its innovative HOPE Village project. The site of the village is 1020 West Darlington Street, next to the House of Hope office.

The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announced Sept. 8 that a new commander has been named for South Carolina Highway Patrol Troop Five following the retirement of Capt. Jo-Nathan Nell.

The Jayne H. Boswell animal shelter is a partnership with the Florence Area Humane Society and the City of Florence.

Lynches River County Park will host Paws on the Pad, a fundraiser for the Florence Area Humane Society where pets can cool off in the splash pad, on Saturday, Sept. 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All dogs are welcome, but proof of up-to-date vaccinations will

Located on Darlington Highway (U.S. 52/West Lucas Street), the Palmetto Drive-In was owned by Darlington native W. Henry Smith. The Palmetto Drive-In was in operation for more than two decades, opening in 1956 and showing its last film in 1979.

S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster announced last week that Dr. Phillip H. Greenberg has been awarded the Order of the Palmetto. The Order of the Palmetto is awarded for extraordinary lifetime service and achievements of national or statewide significance.

The City of Florence, in conjunction with the Florence chapter of Eat Smart Move, is offering a grant to schools. The grant covers garden design and construction for up to three new school gardens in the city limits or for FSD1 schools whose zones cross s

The national office of Parents as Teachers has informed the Florence 1 Schools Parent as Teachers home visiting program that it has demonstrated high standards in all areas of its annual performance measures report. The home visiting program works with pr

The Twelfth Circuit Law Enforcement Network will conduct Traffic Safety Checkpoints at various locations in Florence and Marion Counties during the month of September, 2020. The focus of the operations is the detection of impaired drivers and the preventi

Stephen Motte Special to The News Journal Perhaps the most well-remembered and popular outdoor theater in Florence was the Circle Drive-In. Although the Benson brothers inaugurated the drive-in era in Florence in 1946, it was a young man by the name of

Francis Marion University’s 50th anniversary has been put in permanent quarantine by the COVID-19 pandemic. Officials with the FMU Education Foundation announced that the gala, originally scheduled for April and then postponed until Oct. 1 at the FMU Per