The Marion County Coroner has released the cause of death in the case of Horry County author Dale Hudson, whose books profiled some of the state’s most infamous murders.

Marion County Sheriff Mark Richardson announced his department has received $443,363 in grant funds from the S.C. Department of Public Safety.  The funds were part of the state appropriation of the U.S. Department of Justice Assistance Grants program.

A student at Easterling Primary School in Marion was back in class Thursday after being diagnosed earlier with the district’s first case of H1N1 “swine” flu.

The U.S. 378 Little Pee Dee River and Swamp River Bridges Replacement Project spans about eight miles and the speed limit during the project is 45 miles an hour.

No one was seriously injured when a bicycle struck a Marion County sheriff’s deputy’s vehicle Sunday night, Marion County Sheriff Mark Richardson said.

During Tuesday night’s Marion County Board of Education meeting, dozens of people dropped by the Marion County Technical Education Center to celebrate Frank M. Hart Sr.‘s retirement as consultant for the county board, ending his more than 60 years in education.

A suspect has been arrested in connection with the sexual assault of a deaf woman that happened in Centenary on Monday, Marion County Sheriff Mark Richardson said.

Marion County sheriff’s investigators have arrested two people in connection with six home burglaries throughout the county.

Over the course of a nine-week summer internship, 10 Duke University students in Marion County have been working earnestly to serve the community.

Marion County investigators located several ATVs they say were stolen from surrounding counties.

Learning more about victims, abusers and the state laws regarding criminal domestic violence will be the focus of a day-long training session in Marion next week.

Marion County sheriff’s deputies are asking for the public’s help to find a burglary suspect.

Deputies are trying to determine who is responsible for a string of all-terrain vehicle thefts in Marion County, according to a press release issued Thursday by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies are questioning a person of interest after a 20-year-old man was injured in a drive-by shooting Wednesday, according to a press release issued Thursday by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.

More than 200 family members, friends and fellow law enforcement officers gathered for a candlelight vigil and remembrance ceremony in the Marion Opera House earlier this month.