Members of Marlboro County School District Board of Education approved the acquisition of classroom furniture for five schools in the district, as well as a resolution authorizing the issuance and sale of a general obligation bond not to exceed $600,000.

Saturday marked the first day of 24-hour policing in the small town of Clio, but while some are happy others have expressed uncertainty over whether the system will work.

Seven alleged gang members have been arrested after an eight-month investigation, dubbed “Operation Peace Maker,” by the Marlboro County Sheriff’s Office, Bennettsville Police Department, FBI and State Law Enforcement Division.

A Bennettsville man was taken to a hospital Wednesday after a unknown assailant jumped out of a wooded area and stabbed him, Bennettsville Police Lt. John Hepburn said.

Marlboro County School District administrators have presented a progress report on the proposed 2009-10 general fund budget .

Steven Webber, an attorney representing Marlboro County in the fight against MRR Sandhills LLC’s proposed landfill, spent about 40 minutes during a public forum Thursday trying to reassure residents that county council is going to continue to fight the so-called “megadump” after the S.C. Administrative Law Court dismissed two of the county’s appeals Monday.

A Marlboro County Council meeting will take place at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Marlboro County Courthouse.

A former Marlboro County sheriff’s deputy accused of trading his duty-issued shotgun for 12 methadone pills has been sentenced to five years in jail, suspended to two years probation after a hearing in Darlington on Thursday morning.

Sue Rogers, an early childhood education major at Coker College, has done what only 2.3 percent of all Praxis II test takers have achieved according to the state’s Office of Educator Certification: score a perfect 200 on the national teacher exam.

The S.C. Administrative Law Court has dismissed Marlboro County’s petition regarding a proposed landfill.

Clio Town Council voted late Thursday night to bring 24-hour police protection to the town for the first time in its history.

The Marlboro County town of Clio will hold a public meeting Thursday night at 6 p.m. as community leaders discuss the possibility of providing 24 hour a day police coverage in the community.

The Community Development Corp. of Marlboro County is preparing to being its series of annual community meetings.

A Marlboro County father has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the 2008 shooting death of his son, according to Fourth Circuit Solicitor Will Rogers.

Residents in the Marlboro County town of Clio gathered Thursday morning to discuss police patrols in the area.