The Darlington County Board of Elections and Voter Registration will have a new home by the end of this year.

The 28th Annual National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service will honor Blenheim Fire Department Lt. Steven Hagan Sr., who died in the line of duty in December.

The Darlington County Sheriff’s Office has won more than $640,000 in federal grants to help hire additional investigators and secure resources in the areas of narcotics, gang activity, criminal domestic violence and forensics.

It’s been a little more than a week since two people were shot and killed in Florence County. Deputies found the bodies of Talya Poston and Billy L. Hall on a dirt road just before noon last Tuesday, both had gunshot wounds.

There were some tense moments Sunday night after a fire at a West Florence apartment complex.

A home was destroyed and a firefighter injured following an early morning fire Saturday. West Florence Fire Department responded to the fire about 3:15 after a motorist on Interstate 95 phoned 911 to report the blaze.

Firefighters were unable to save a Timmonsville residence that burned Thursday afternoon.

A Hemingway man has been arrested and charged with arson in connection with a fire that destroyed his mobile home on Jan 29, 2008.

The local American Red Cross is really faced with a challenge. We have had an issue with our building leaking for quite awhile now. We can no longer expect patching to work. Each time we patch it just moves to another area and gets worse. We now have an issue with equipment being damaged! All the funds that we raise go directly to operations, and we have no reserves.  We have a $50,000 quote to put a membrane on our building. We need some help with this.  Please give me a call and let’s talk about any suggestions that you may have.

One organization you always see in times of need, is now seeking some help of its own. The Pee Dee chapter of the American Red Cross says it has serious issues with a leaking roof on its building.

Horry County firefighters responded to a house fire Thursday afternoon where a homeowner had to save several birds from the flames.

A lawsuit brought in federal court in 2007 by a former Darlington County Fire District chief against Darlington County has been settled out of court for a sum of $12,500.

Red Cross officials have responded to help a family of five displaced by an Aug. 18 house fire.

Fire crews were on the scene of a brush fire Friday afternoon on Highway 31 in Horry County.

Firefighters still don’t know what caused a fire at a North Myrtle Beach restaurant early Wednesday morning. Crews responded to the Villa Tuscanna on US 17 around 1 a.m.