Southside Middle School student Diamond Owens recently visited the State Capital in Columbia and met with Gov. Henry McMaster. Owens was serving as a middle school state representatives for the Future Business Leaders of America. During the visit, Gov. Mc

Christy Evans, a provider at the HopeHealth Diabetes & Nutrition Plaza in Florence, has earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice from the Medical University of South Carolina. Evans is passionate about her faith, family, friends, and empowering her patients

HopeHealth was honored with the 2020 Advocacy Award at the South Carolina Primary Health Care Association’s State Policy and Issues Forum held Jan. 14 in Columbia. This award went to the South Carolina health center that signed up the largest number of ad

Florence-Darlington Technical College leaders will honor their 2020 Outstanding Employees of the Year on Tuesday, Feb. 11 at the college’s annual awards banquet. The ceremony will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Southeastern Institute of Manufacturing and Techn

The City of Florence held a ribbon cutting ceremony for Old Carver Station on Jan. 30. The ceremony was held in recognition for the completion of the first two of the six homes slated for the development. The homes are located at 1000 and 1001 Myers Ervi

Florence County School District Two board members Thadis D. Calcutt Jr. and Johnny R. Jenkins have been recognized by the South Carolina School Boards Association (SCSBA) for 15 and 20 years respectively of school board service. This year, 33 school board

Following is a list of upcoming events and support groups for the month of February. • Asthma Education Class: Feb. 6, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the McLeod Pavilion Conference Center. This free educational asthma class is open to children ages 5 to 11. Regi

Francis Marion University’s School of Education honored an outstanding recent alumni at its annual Alumni Awards Reception on Tuesday, Jan. 28. Susan Bigham was presented with the School of Education’s prestigious Educator Award in recognition of her post

The colorful new sensory rooms at Lester Elementary school and the R.N. Beck Learning Center will offer students a place to work on motor skills as well as emotional self-regulation. A third room will soon open at Child Development Center at Woods Road.

The formal opening of the 2020 Pee Dee Regional Art Competition was held Thursday, Jan. 30 at the Florence County Museum’s Waters Gallery in downtown Florence. This year’s competition juror was South Carolina artist and paintings conservator Jeff Donovan

Glenda is a friendly, two-year-old cat who was abandoned by her owners and left to fend for herself. She has been at the shelter more than a year. Can you take her home? Nick is a five-year-old neutered lab mix who was abandoned at a local business. He ne

MUSC Health Outpatient Rehabilitation Center has been awarded a three-year accreditation by CARF – The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities for the following programs: Inpatient Rehabilitation, Interdisciplinary Outpatient Medical Reha

Florence 1 Schools recently announced the addition of an IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) at North Vista for children aged 4 to 12. The program nurtures and develops young students as caring, active participants in a lifelong journey of learning. Through

Wilson High School senior Loyal McQueen reached the 2,000 career points milestone Jan. 24 in the Lady Tigers’ 63-25 win over Darlington. McQueen, who scored 30 points in the game, has signed a National Letter of Intent to continue her collegiate career at

For the second time this season, Francis Marion junior forward Kiana Adderton has been selected as the Peach Belt Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week presented by Floor Action. The award is for the week of Jan. 20-26. Adderton led the resurge