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Boone powers Patriots past Cougars in four sets

on Monday, 26 September 2016. Posted in News, Local News, Sports

FLORENCE, SC – Senior middleblocker Caroline Boone tallied 15 kills, five blocks, and three service aces to power Francis Marion University past Peach Belt Conference foe Columbus State University in four sets (25-10, 31-29, 19-25, 25-15), Friday evening

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FMU runners place 3rd and 6th in the Low Country

on Monday, 26 September 2016. Posted in News, Local News, Sports

JAMES ISLAND, SC – The Francis Marion University men's and women’s cross country teams posted finishes of third and sixth at Saturday’s (Sept. 24) 36th-annual Will Wilson Citadel Invitational Meet held on James Island. For the second consecutive

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Upset-minded FMU falls to #8 Nighthawks

on Monday, 26 September 2016. Posted in News, Local News, Sports

FLORENCE, SC – A young Francis Marion University squad put up one of its best defensive efforts of the year against eighth-ranked University of North Georgia on Saturday afternoon (Sept. 24), but the Nighthawks scored twice in the final five minutes to

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Nighthawks hold off Patriot Men 2-1

on Monday, 26 September 2016. Posted in News, Local News, Sports

FLORENCE, SC – Sophomore Oliver Drakenhammar scored a goal in the 55th minute, but despite 12 other second-half shots it was not enough as Francis Marion University fell to the University of North Georgia 2-1, Saturday night (Sept. 24), in Peach Belt

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Patriot Volleyball sweeps past Falcons 3-0

on Monday, 26 September 2016. Posted in News, Local News, Sports

FLORENCE, SC – Senior middleblocker Caroline Boone registered a match-high 12 kills to go along with a .476 attack percentage, while sophomore setter Carrie McGinnis directed the Francis Marion University offense to a .319 team hitting percentage as the

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Lindy Hop and Swing Dance Lessons

on Friday, 23 September 2016. Posted in News, Arts & Culture, Local News

The Florence, SC Swing Dance Association will hold Lindy Hop and Swing Dance lessons at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Beth Israel Congregation. Learn a few moves and enjoy a lot of dancing. All skill levels are welcome. Donations are welcome to help offset the

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Education Reform Student Advisory Committee Meeting

on Friday, 23 September 2016. Posted in News, Local News

Education Reform Student Advisory Committee Meeting

Pictured with Chairwoman Rita Allison in no particular order - Jerome Polite (Allendale), ZaTaveya Williams (Bamberg 2), Eddie Ramize McKenzie (Chesterfield), Quadri Bell (Clarendon 2), Tyler Baker (Clarendon 3), Marnija Lewis (Dillon 4), Zateashma Blue (Florence 2), Amber Keefe (Florence 3), Titus Echols (Florence 4), Tonatzi Noriego (Jasper), “Jami" Reese Darling (Laurens 55), Kennedy Corley (Lee), Leah Knight (Lexington 4), Leah Anthony (McCormick), Erikqua Dash (Orangeburg 5), Mary Grace Lake (Saluda), and Kerry Singleton, Jr. (Williamsburg).

Event: On Friday, September 16, House Education and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Rita Allison (District 36-Spartanburg) met for the second time with the Education Reform Student Advisory Council (ERSAC) at Francis Marion University in Florence.

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Parkinson's Disease Support Group Meeting

on Friday, 23 September 2016. Posted in News, Local News

A meeting of the Florence area Parkinson's Disease Support Group will be held Tuesday, October 11, 2015, between 5:30 pm and 6:30 pm at 121 E. Cedar Street, Florence. Margaret Barnett, Parkinson’s Disease-Advocates, will speak on Living Well with Parkins

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Florence Sailor serves aboard guided-missile destroyer in Pearl Harbor

on Wednesday, 21 September 2016. Posted in Good life, News, Local News

Florence Sailor serves aboard guided-missile destroyer in Pearl Harbor

By Lt. Jill Ryan, Navy Office of Community Outreach JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM A 2009 South Florence High School graduate and Florence, South Carolina native is serving in the U.S. Navy aboard the guided-missile destroyer, USS O'Kane. Petty

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Romeo Company and Citadel Cadet McKay earns 2016 Pearlstine Award

on Wednesday, 21 September 2016. Posted in News, Education, Local News

CHARLESTON, SC (09/16/2016)-- The Milton A. Pearlstine Award is presented annually by The Citadel Alumni Association in honor of Milton A. Pearlstine, Citadel Class of 1919 and past president of the CAA, to the cadet company achieving the highest freshman

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Mariachi Band

on Tuesday, 20 September 2016. Posted in News, Arts & Culture, Local News

The Children’s Services Dept. of the Florence Library will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a performance from Mariachi Band Sabor Latino from Atlanta, on Thursday, Sept. 29 at 3:30 p.m. for grades 5K-5th.

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Conversations on Faith, Science

on Tuesday, 20 September 2016. Posted in News, Faith, Local News

Father Athanasios Haros of the Transfiguration of Our Savior Greek Orthodox Church will join Dr. Daniel Buxhoeveden, director of the Religion and Science Initiative at the University of South Carolina, to discuss Faith and Science: Friends or Foes? in

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Circle of Unity Day on Saturday

on Tuesday, 20 September 2016. Posted in Good life, News, Local News

The North Florence Concerned Citizens, in conjunction with the Florence Housing Authority, Florence Police Department, Parks and Beautification and the community at-large, will host a Circle of Unity Day on Saturday, Sept. 24, in Iola Jones Park on

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FDTC receives steel from NUCOR

on Tuesday, 20 September 2016. Posted in Good life, News, Local News

FDTC receives steel from NUCOR

FDTC STUDENTS, INSTRUCTORS POSE WITH THE STEEL FROM NUCOR

NUCOR Steel in Darlington, donated 24,146 pounds of steel to Florence-Darlington Technical College’s (FDTC) Welding Department on Sept. 9. The generous donation will allow FDTC’s students to get hands-on training on a wider variety of steels. FDTC usually

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Church historian to speak

on Tuesday, 20 September 2016. Posted in News, Local News

Join Live@Central on Wednesday, Sept. 21, in welcoming church historian Bill Segars of Hartsville. Bill will present a PowerPoint presentation about his new book: Churches in South Carolina that were burned during the American Revolution. The program

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