Marion County school districts will receive $264,000 in federal stimulus funds from the South Carolina Budget and Control Board’s State Energy Office to make energy efficiency improvements.

Forty-four school districts are receiving approximately $7.3 million in federal Enhancing Education Through Technology (E2T2)/ARRA Round 9 Competitive Grants.

Marion School District One is one step closer to assisting teachers and students in the use of cutting edge technology, thanks to a $162,000 grant from the South Carolina Department of Education. 

A 29-year-old Dillon County man is facing charges after police said he engaged in sexual acts with a 13-year-old girl in Marion, according to a press release issued Friday by the State Law Enforcement Division.

Marion County school districts will receive $264,000 in federal stimulus funds from the South Carolina Budget and Control Board’s State Energy Office to make energy efficiency improvements.

Railroad crews continue to clean up wreckage after a train derailed in downtown Mullins Monday morning.

A train derailment in downtown Mullins has several streets blocked off, including Main Street. Mullins City Administrator Pete Rogers said 11 train cars from the Carolina Southern Railroad Company derailed early Monday morning along Mullins Street.

A Mullins man is the most recent big winner, scoring a $100,000 prize in the scratch off lottery game Bags of Cash.

Marion County Sheriff’s Office hosted the first annual Operation Blue Tornado on Oct. 6 and 7. Operation Blue Tornado was a multi-agency effort to enhance traffic safety on the major highways throughout Marion County and to curtail illegal activity.

According to the SC Employment Security Commission, the most recent statistics show Marion County’s unemployment rate at 20.9% in August. This is down slightly from July’s rate, of 21.2%.

Softee Supreme Diaper Corp. is making a $6 million investment expected to create 262 jobs in Marion County during the next four years.

A new company will officially announce its intentions to set up business in Marion County Tuesday, creating new jobs for the county.

Atlantic Beach Mayor Retha Pierce has been arrested for driving under the influence.

A Conway man died Wednesday afternoon in a Marion County crash, S.C. Highway Patrol reports show.

A Green Sea man has been convicted in the deaths of two people at a Nichols night club in September of 2007.