Detainer Lashon Davis, 29, of 311 Liberty St. in Johnsonville, was taken into custody Monday and formally charged with assault and battery with intent to kill and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, according to the Florence County Sheriff’s Office.

Florence County deputies are investigating a shooting that took place just before 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Johnsonville High School is to operate under normal hours on Wednesday.

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.

Work has begun on the site for the new Johnsonville Public Library to be located on the east side of Highway 41-51 across from the High School Building.

The S.C. Department of Transportation has scheduled a public information meeting June 23 in Johnsonville concerning the proposed widening of a portion of S.C. 41 (Kingsburg Highway) in Kingsburg.

Filing for Seats 1, 4, and 7 of Florence County School District 5 Board of Trustees will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. beginning June 15.
Filing will close at noon July 1.

One person was killed and another one injured Friday during a two-vehicle crash near Johnsonville, said S.C. Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Bob Beres.

Members of the Florence School District 5 Board of Trustees invite the public to meet the finalists for the Johnsonville-based school district’s next superintendent.

The death of a missing Conway fisherman whose body was found in Lynches River near Johnsonville in December has been ruled accidental, according to the Florence County Coroner’s Office.

Two school superintendents and a chief student services director have been named finalists for Florence School District 5’s superintendent position: Dr. F. Jane Cobia, superintendent of Sylacauga City Schools in Sylacauga, Ala.; Dr. D. John Morris, chief student services director at Guilford County Schools in Greensboro, N.C.; and Fay Sprouse, superintendent of Greenwood 51 School District in Ware Shoals

Florence School District 5 Board of Trustees have determined several dates to interview potential candidates as it searches for the district’s next superintendent.

A Johnsonville man was arrested Tuesday after police said he broke into a man’s home and hit him repeatedly with an iron and a DVD player.

A Florence company will build the new Johnsonville, Olanta and Timmonsville branch libraries for $3.15 million now that its bids have received Florence County Council’s approval.

Florence County sheriff’s investigators have enlisted the help of the U.S. Marshals Service to find the mother of a Johnsonville woman accused of committing a lewd act on a child.