Progress Energy will conduct a planned outage at the Florence City-County Complex on Saturday and Sunday to upgrade service to the facility.

Florence County Council has selected a consortium from New York and Columbia to design the new Florence Museum of Art, Science and History.

A downtown cleanup effort will take place in Florence from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. 

The sixth annual Pecan Festival will be Nov. 7 in the heart of downtown Florence. According to Florence Downtown Development, last year’s attendance was close to 45,000, and this year’s event is expected to draw even more festival goers from around South Carolina and the Southeast.

Sixteen business leaders from local companies met at Florence-Darlington Technical College’s Allied Health Building conference room Wednesday to get an update about plans for downtown Florence.

A Florence man died following an incident in the 300 block of North Dargan Street early Friday morning that ended up in the Trinity Baptist Church parking lot.

Florence leaders want to change the perception that many people have of the city’s downtown area. Some development officials say many residents view the area as a place that is unsafe, and a place where there is nothing to do.

Florence police held a grand opening ceremony for their new substation.

Florence County Council will hold a public hearing Thursday on the sale of the former Florence County Library building, which a local corporation of citizens hopes to buy after a third and final vote by council this week.

Florence Regional Arts Alliance Executive Director Frank Crowe said one of the most impressive things he remembers about the initial meeting of the Florence 2010 Committee was “the gathering was predominately arts people.”

Ten years ago, when the members of the recently-formed Florence 2010 Committee called a public meeting at Poynor Adult/Community Education Center’s Auditorium, they didn’t know what kind of response the public would have at yet another attempt at downtown revitalization.

The City of Florence and the Florence Downtown Development Corporation present Florence After Five on Friday, June 5.

The city of Florence is set to give $3 million toward the construction Francis Marion University Performing Arts Center.

The process of moving the 109-year-old John Murchison house to Timmonsville began in earnest Wednesday with the top floor being removed in two sections.

The inaugural Florence After Five concert series featuring Florence band The Woody’s on Friday evening brought a crowd into downtown Florence.