Central Hotel Florence circa 1909

Ladson (Laddy) Hardesty is a very happy little boy, full of laughter and joy. He loves to play cars and trucks with his five-year-old brother, Zander. His mother, Nikki Milligan, is a first-year veterinarian with Windsor Animal Hospital of Florence. His d

The 9th Annual Youth Mentors of the Pee Dee (formerly Big Brothers Big Sisters) Barbecue Cookoff Festival will take place April 12 and 13 in the parking lot behind Palmetto Peddlers on the corner of Hoffmeyer Road and Darlington Street. Executive Director

The Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), will host a three-hour Doing Business with Government workshop on Monday, April 15th at the Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce (located at 100 Wes

WHO: The Junior League of Florence and Florence Women in Philanthropy WHAT: Junior League of Florence and the Florence Women in Philanthropy will partner to host a finale to the Junior League Little Black Dress Initiative. The initiative is a poverty aw

Florence, SC – Summer is the time for fun in the water. Enroll your kids in H2O Camp at the Florence Family YMCA. Participants ages 8 to 14 will learn a new water sport or skill each day, such as SCUBA and snorkeling, water polo, Jr. guarding and persona

Christian Gage Godwin, a junior at Hannah-Pamplico High School, won a first place award at the South Carolina State Leadership and Skill Competition held March 14-16 in Greenville, while the school’s automotive teacher received the state’s top honor for a

Francis Marion University’s Arts International Festival, the Pee Dee’s annual celebration of arts and culture, returns to the FMU campus on Saturday, April 13. On that day, FMU’s campus will become the world’s stage as it hosts international entertainers,

For young Jeff Camper, there was no better time growing up in (then) rural Aurora, Illinois than those summer days when the big mowers came by to cut the fields behind his house. The big machines were exciting, the smell of the newly mown grass intoxicati

The Carolina Region Show Jumping Rally and Tetrathlon Rally competitions of The United States Pony Clubs were held in Clemson, on March 15-17, at the T. Ed Garrison Arena. Palmetto Pony Club had twelve members compete in Show Jumping and one member compe

Limestone College senior Reme Cortes (Madrid, Spain) was named the Conference Carolinas Women’s Bimonthly Golfer of the Month for the second time this season as announced by the conference office on Wednesday, March 27. Cortes, who was also honored back i

After having earned the distinction earlier in the month, Limestone College senior Filip Sandberg (Orebro, Sweden) swept both Conference Carolinas Men’s Bimonthly Golfer of the Month honors during March as announced by the league on Wednesday, March 27. S

GREENVILLE—The South Carolina Football Hall of Fame (SCFHOF) has posthumously named Harold White its 2019 Humanitarian of the Year Award recipient. The annual honor is presented to encourage the type of behavior we want to see more of in our community. Th

The National Stuttering Association, a non-profit organization headquartered in New York City, is establishing a local chapter for the residents of Florence County. The monthly meetings will be held on the first Monday of every month from 6-7:30 p.m. at F

Museum of the Moon is a touring artwork by UK artist Luke Jerram. Measuring 23 feet in diameter, the moon features 120dpi detailed NASA imagery of the lunar surface. At an approximate scale of 1:500,000, each centimeter of the internally lit spherical scu