Marlboro County Council is moving forward with plans to build new sheriff and magistrate offices for the county. County officials hope to build the offices on the current site of the Marlboro County Detention Center, which is on Throop Street in Bennettsville.

Marlboro County investigators discovered three meth labs Wednesday afternoon, one of them, active.

Defense Technology Inc. will open a facility in Marlboro County Airport, where operations are set to begin July 1.

The cost of school lunch for students who don’t receive free or reduced lunch in Marlboro County School District will increase by 20 cents for the coming school year.

Marlboro County residents made their voices heard Tuesday with a resounding “no” to the proposed Wallace landfill. The non-binding referendum asked voters to give their opinions on whether they wanted the proposed landfill to come to their county.

Camp Bennettsville Wilderness Institute joins upstate high school on list of schools recognized by national Character Education Partnership this year

Members of the Marlboro County School District Board of Education have approved first reading of the district’s proposed 2008-09 budget totaling $29,976,392, which doesn’t include a millage increase.

Members of the Marlboro County School District Board of Education discussed 2008-09 local and state revenue projections for the general budget at the district office Monday.