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• Florence One employees scheduled for 2 percent pay bump

  FLORENCE, S.C. -- Board members of Florence School District One got their first glimpse of the full budget draft Thursday night just an hour after the state Senate approved a $6.6 billion budget for the next fiscal year.

  05/24/2012 9:25 PM
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  Florence pet drive successful, but more need homes

  FLORENCE, S.C. – The shelter workers told him that cats know how to turn on the charm. As Steven Quick was about to adopt Elizabeth, a fluffy charcoal-colored cat, her neighbor caught his eye. Peter Marie, a beautiful orange cat, began looking at him, softly meowing and nuzzling his fingers through her cage.

  05/19/2012 10:45 PM
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  Florence Humane Society Pet Sale

  Florence animal shelter hold half-off cat sale to help with overcrowding during kitten season

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  Florence Humane Society Pet Sale

  Florence animal shelter hold half-off cat sale to help with overcrowding during kitten season

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  Florence Humane Society Pet Sale

  Florence animal shelter hold half-off cat sale to help with overcrowding during kitten season

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  Florence Humane Society Pet Sale

  Florence animal shelter hold half-off cat sale to help with overcrowding during kitten season

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  Florence Humane Society Pet Sale

  Florence animal shelter hold half-off cat sale to help with overcrowding during kitten season

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  Florence Humane Society Pet Sale

  Florence animal shelter hold half-off cat sale to help with overcrowding during kitten season

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• Women's education group comes to Florence

  FLORENCE -- A sorority convention of sorts will be descending on Florence this weekend. But unlike a group of 20-something co-eds, these women have a much bigger mission than creating a homecoming float - this group is charged with educating women.

  05/18/2012 4:05 PM
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  Florence-Darlington Tech grads take new degrees into job market

  FLORENCE, S.C. -- More than 430 students became Florence-Darlington Technical College graduates Thursday night at the Florence Civic Center, and not even damp caps and gowns after an earlier deluge dampened the group’s giddy spirits.

  05/17/2012 11:02 PM

• Florence Tech grads use education to shift, boost careers

  FLORENCE, S.C. -- It may be a quick walk across the Florence Civic Center stage for Florence-Darlington Technical College’s 500 graduating students Thursday, but for many of them the journey has been much longer. For one such student, Bradford Bristow, receiving his diploma will represent changing course mid-life to better his career prospects.

  05/16/2012 11:22 PM
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  Florence teacher readies for iPad arrival

  FLORENCE, S.C. -- Roberta Olmstead’s classroom at Briggs Elementary has few dull moments because she’s constant engaging her fifth- and sixth-grade students, who have language disorders, with hands-on activities.

  05/16/2012 11:18 PM
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  Tennis fans turn out for fundraiser for Florence school

  FLORENCE, S.C. -- More than 50 avid tennis players came out for Trinity Collegiate School’s first-ever tennis tournament and exhibition match fundraiser Saturday afternoon at Florence Country Club.

  05/13/2012 10:00 AM
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  Postal carriers picking up food Saturday in Florence

  FLORENCE, S.C. -- Mail carriers will be picking up more than late Mother’s Day cards from mailboxes across the state and nation Saturday. The 20th annual “Stamp Out Hunger” Letter Carriers Food Drive will have residents placing food donations in, on and around their mailboxes to be distrusted to local food banks.

  05/11/2012 8:57 PM

• Business leaders shine light on Florence charities

  FLORENCE -- A group of Florence business leaders are looking for a hand in helping local nonprofits through a charity drive called Project High Five.

  05/10/2012 5:38 PM

• Florence 1 recognizes top teachers, staff

  FLORENCE, S.C. -- Some of Florence’s top educators celebrated their accomplishments at an awards banquet Tuesday night.

  05/08/2012 9:53 PM

• Group files lawsuit against Florence 1 for board election issues

  FLORENCE -- Members of a community group initially angered by staffing changes at Wilson High School have filed a federal lawsuit against Florence School District One and its board and several other parties on grounds that voting district changes violated the 1965 Voting Rights Act for 2006, 2008 and 2010 board elections.

  05/07/2012 6:22 PM
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  FMU graduate balances supporting family, questing for knowledge

  FLORENCE -- Unlike most college students who spend the eve of their last day as an undergraduate at graduation parties, Debra Walters spent hers washing dishes and wrangling children.

  05/04/2012 5:25 PM
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  Pay raises anticipated for Florence One teachers

  FLORENCE, S.C. -- The Florence School District One Board got its first look at next year’s budget Thursday night and saw one notable difference over the past several years: The possibility of a raise for teachers.

  05/03/2012 10:45 PM
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  Chesterfield County Schools selects new superintendent

  CHESTERFIELD, S.C. – The Chesterfield County School Board has selected a new superintendent to take the place of its retiring longtime schools leader.

  05/02/2012 9:13 PM