Florence County sheriff’s depties are looking for two men who robbed Pat’s Groceries at 1046 E. Myrtle Beach Highway, Scranton, Tuesday night.

Children from 4-H groups all over the Pee Dee gathered at the Eastern Carolina Agricultural Fair for the judging of the Market Hog and Market Goat competitions.

The Vivona brothers are at home for the 47th year with the Eastern Carolina Agricultural Fair under way through Sunday at the ECA fairgrounds.

The Eastern Carolina Agricultural Fair begins at 3 p.m. Tuesday for the first time in 52 years without a Jones at the helm.

12th Circuit Court Judge Ralph King Anderson Jr. postponed a bond hearing Monday until November for a man accused of participating in a double slaying case.

In spite of the national recession, Florence city and county leaders say their area has found a way to thrive. And in their State of the City and State of the County speeches on Thursday, they declared that they plans to build on that success.

A federal judge has denied a motion to reconsider the release of a former Florence County Sheriff’s deputy who is indicted on federal charges he shot his mother and step-father.

The Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce hosted the annual State of the City and County Luncheon on Thursday.

A New York man accused of leading law enforcement officers on a 30-mile chase down Interstate 95 in a dump truck more than three years ago has pleaded guilty but mentally ill to assault on a law enforcement officer and failure to stop for a blue light. Sergio Caridi, of Catskill, will serve three years in jail.

A discussion Monday by Florence City Councilman Ed Robinson for the city to open a $2 million line of credit to repair and/or renovate homes will draw breath again at council’s Nov. 9 meeting.

People in the market for a place to rent should be careful about finding homes via the Internet.

An Effingham man died after a two-vehicle collision in Florence County on Tuesday night.

A Florence man accused of setting a slaying victim’s vehicle on fire in attempt to conceal the crime went before a judge Wednesday morning for a bond hearing on the third-degree arson charge he faces.

Seniors lined up across the parking lot, around the building corner and down Elm Street at Lighthouse Ministries Friday morning for a chance at a bag of food.  The parking lot at the ministries was full of both cars and people by 7:30 a.m. – an hour and a half before the event was slated to start.

A lawyer for a former Florence County sheriff’s deputy accused of killing his mother and stepfather for money has filed a motion to get his client released from prison before his trial.