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  Masterworks Choir Concert Celebrates 40th Anniversary

  Tuesday, 14 May 2019

  Sunday, May 19 is the final concert of the season celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Masterworks Choir. The performance will feature the world premiere of a work written for this occasion by Houston composer Terre Johnson entitled “The Gift to Sing,”

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• 27 Patriots students-athletes earn degrees

  Tuesday, 14 May 2019

  Twenty-seven current or former student-athletes at Francis Marion University earned diplomas at the May 2019 commencement exercises: Matthew Bainbridge (men's soccer); Liverpool, England; BBA degree in management - supply chain (magna cum laude) Rickii B

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• Standing out by reaching out

  Tuesday, 14 May 2019

  Connor Graham feels like a regular student at Francis Marion University. Sometimes her fellow students feel differently. She is their president, after all. “I was in Waffle House,” Conner said, “and an FMU student came up to me and said, ‘Oh, my God! You

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  Bottom row left to right: Tony Everhart, Preston Lood, Derek Penvose, Aaron Pettry, Anthony Fuster, Brandon Kubik, and Payton Gibson. Middle row left to right: Tristan Watson, Ryan Krauss, Medgar Patten, James Llewellyn Jr., Matthew Dandridge, Nicolae Toma, and Christopher Pugh. Back row left to right: Andrew Anderson, Drew Cunningham, Patrick Mejia, Timothy Gilbert, Paul McEachern, Mitchell Hinton, Connor Mayes, and Adam Rocafort.

  State Fire Academy graduates 22 in May

  Tuesday, 14 May 2019

  The South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation’s South Carolina Fire Academy graduated 22 recruits, Thursday, May 9, from its eight-week firefighter candidate school in Columbia. These firefighters underwent a 320-hour training program o

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• Drug support, addiction education resources available

  Tuesday, 14 May 2019

  Narconon New Life Retreat would like to remind families to stay educated on the signs and dangers of drug abuse. Methamphetamines and opioids are on the rise in both rural and city areas. Learn the signs and protect your loved ones from drug abuse and add

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