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.

One person died in a single-car crash early Friday morning on Friendfield Road near Lebanon Church Road in Effingham.

Florence County Magistrate Belinda Timmons has denied bond for the third suspect charged in the death of a man and woman whose bodies were found on a Florence County dirt road.

Florence County Council will meet Thursday to vote on second reading of ordinances regarding an economic development project and hold a public hearing on the updated land-use element of the county’s comprehensive plan.

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.

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.

The green 2004 Ford Explorer investigators have been searching for in connection with a double homicide was found burned early Friday morning in the east Florence area, according to a press release from the Florence County Sheriff’s Office.