A Dillon County sheriff’s deputy is facing a criminal domestic violence charge, Dillon County Sheriff Major Hulon said.

A Florence woman was arrested Sunday after police said she stabbed her husband several times after he slapped her, Florence Police Maj. Carlos Raines said.

The Pee Dee Community Action Partnership Transitional Shelter will have an open house for its women’s dorm at 10 a.m. Thursday at the shelter, 411 S. Jarrott St., Florence.

Police arrested a man following a domestic violence incident near King Cadillac on Evans Street in Florence Friday morning.

A man who Darlington police say was arrested and charged as an accessory in a 2008 slaying now faces a long list of other criminal charges, including kidnapping.

Days after new data ranked South Carolina number eight in the nation for women killed by men, Florence authorities investigate the death of a woman who they believe was shot to death by her live-in boyfriend.

South Carolina ranks eighth in the number of women killed by men — most of them being men they knew, according to the most recent data from the Violence Policy Center.

Victims of domestic violence were remembered during the annual Silent Witness Ceremony at the state capital Tuesday.

Berea Association in conjunction with the Pee Dee Coalition’s Marlboro County Chapter Board is sponsoring a Domestic Violence Awareness Month Candlelight Service.

A Johnsonville man is being held on a $150,000 bond after police said he stabbed his estranged wife in the mouth with a kitchen knife, Johnsonville Police Chief Ron Douglas said.

The Darlington County Sheriff’s Office has a new weapon to fight domestic violence. The State Department of Public Safety awarded the Sheriff’s Office 24 new, 10-megapixel digital cameras for use on Criminal Domestic Violence cases.

Children belonging to a man who police said was shot in the neck by his wife are in the custody of relatives, Florence Police Maj. Carlos Raines said.

Florence police are investigating a domestic dispute that ended Wednesday afternoon with a man shot in the neck and his wife in jail.

A Florence man accused of stabbing of his wife, severing her hands and setting their apartment on fire has been convicted of all charges against him after a nearly three-day trial and sentenced to 40 years in prison.

The Naomi Project, a transitional facility for abused women and children, will be holding a fundraiser Monday to benefit the home.