Olanta will have a new mayor in January after Jimmy McCutcheon’s victory over incumbent Betty Sims in Tuesday’s town elections.
The town’s leadership also will have by two more new faces, Tommy “Mitch” Driggers Jr. and Eric L. Evans, who won town council seats in the elections.

Two candidates are running for Olanta mayor and three hopefuls are seeking seats on Olanta Town Council in Tuesday’s election.

The voter registration deadline for the general election in November is Saturday, Florence County Elections & Voter Registration Executive Director David Alford said.

Olanta American Legion Post 85 is ready to begin a new season after major renovations and the addition of a pictorial history that will be complete with the addition of 10 more photographs.

Olanta officials are making plans to replace aging water wells and sewage lift stations with grant and stimulus money the town has received.

A fire ripped through Knight’s Cash and Carry on Monday morning in Florence County.

A former Olanta police officer has been sentenced in an insurance fraud case, according to a press release from the S.C. Insurance News Service. Robert Brendon Smith, 29, of 428 Chester Road, Coward, pleaded guilty to burning personal property to defraud insurer Monday in Marion County.

The state treasurer’s office has announced it will withhold payments to nearly 20 municipalities — including Olanta, Quinby, Sellers, Andrews, Lynchburg and Atlantic Beach — until the towns and cities submit their annual audits.

Florence County sheriff’s deputies arrested two Olanta men were arrested on drug charges in an Olanta-area service station parking lot.

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.

An Olanta man has been arrested in connection with a weekend sexual assault.

Investigators have arrested two men in connection with a burglary at an Olanta-area residence and a third man charged with trying to sell jewelry stolen from the home.

A Olanta man was arrested Friday after deputies said he and an accomplice broke into a home and stole valubles, including a bottle of wine.

A 24-year-old Lake City man is in custody after police said he robbed a store and then led deputies on a high-speed chase across two counties.

A brush fire burned about three acres of woods near the 1,300 block of Olanta Highway near Lake City earlier today.