The United Way of South Carolina is asking for volunteers across the state who can help victims clean debris from their flood-stricken homes and sort the debris at the curb

Since the flooding last week, the Eastern Carolina Community Foundation has had people inquiring about ways to help locally.

Each year, Central United Methodist Church presents a concert on Halloween. This year, the concert takes the form of an organ recital presented by Justin DuRant on Oct. 31 at 8 p.m.

Ten senior high school students from South Korea visited GE Healthcare from Sept. 8 until Oct. 1.

October marks the start of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Students and adults can win cash prizes! Adult competition expanded this year with opportunity to perform at the Pecan Festival!

The McLeod for Health Florence Open, the area’s only professional tennis tournament, will be held at the Dr. Eddie Floyd Florence Tennis Center Oct. 18-25.

Florence County School District Two will be closed for students on Wednesday, October 7 due to road conditions. This includes all district events (after school programs and athletic events).

Until further notice, the business license and building departments will operate from City Hall, 400 Pearl St., due to storm damage at the administration building.

Jacqueline Siegel and her Queen of Versailles team were one of the 40 teams participating in the 9th Annual Fireball Run Space Race which made a stop in Florence last Wednesday.

The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) has reopened the I-126 flyover in Columbia on Tuesday, October 6. Motorists leaving Columbia on I-126 can use this bridge to travel eastbound on I-26 towards Charleston.

All Florence One Schools will be closed on Tuesday, October 6th; however all maintenance and custodial staff as well as school and district-level administrators will report to work.

Rotary meeting has been cancelled

The purpose of this press release is to confirm to residents on the city’s water system that there is no truth to rumors regarding the City of Florence cutting off water service.