A Kingstree man accused of impregnating an 11-year-old girl has been arrested again in connection with a similar crime involving a 13-year-old victim, Kingstree Police Chief Robert Ford said.

A lawyer for a former Florence County sheriff’s deputy accused of killing his mother and stepfather for money has filed a motion to get his client released from prison before his trial.

State Rep. Carl L. Anderson is inviting Williamsburg County students to a “back-to-school rally and story of hope” beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday in Kingstree.

The Francis Marion Trail Commission is working on the last stages of an American Battlefield Program grant to study the Battle of Black Mingo.

Former Kingstree teacher David Tisdale has a hearing scheduled for a Sept. 24 at 1:30 p.m. in Kingstree regarding his recent arrest.

A Hemingway man has been arrested and charged with arson in connection with a fire that destroyed his mobile home on Jan 29, 2008.

A Williamsburg County woman is under the care of a physician after a stray cat that attacked her tested positive for rabies, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control reported Friday.

Williamsburg County School District has been selected as the lead district and fiscal agents of a $1.6 million grant awarded through the U.S. Department of Education to a consortium of six school districts, according to a press release issued by the district.

Williamsburg County School District has confirmed one positive case of H1N1 “swine” flu at Kingstree Elementary School.

Five Pee Dee community projects are slated to receive a portion of more than $10 million in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, according to the S.C. Department of Commerce.

The status of Williamsburg County School District Superintendent Ralph C. Fennell Jr.’s employment remains in limbo following the school board’s most recent meeting.

Authorities are investigating an early afternoon shooting in Williamsburg County. Two men reported the back windshield of a two-door hatchback was shot out near Hemingway, but no one was injured.

A Williamsburg County man has been sentenced to seven years in prison on a federal gun charge. U.S. District Judge Bryan Harwell sentenced 42-year-old Billy Joe Moon of Andrews for being a felon in possession of firearms.

Two small communities nestled on the border of Clarendon and Williamsburg counties will no longer be dependent on wells for suitable drinking water, thanks to a $545,200 federal grant. The funds will pay for a public water infrastructure to be established in parts of the two counties.

Police are investigating a possible scam after a group stood at a Kingstree intersection Thursday and collected about $4,000 for a New Orleans church they claim was flooded during Hurricane Katrina, Kingstree Police Maj Joseph Shaw said.