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FIRST ROW: Yeneneh Betru, 35, Carrie R. Blagburn, 48, Angelene C. Carter, 51, Sharon A. Carver, 38, Bernard C. Brown II, 11 and Sara M. Clark, 65. SECOND ROW: Julian Theodore Cooper 39, Asia Cottom, 11, Ada M. Davis, 57, James D. Debeuneure, 58, Rodney Dickens,11, and Eddie A. Dillard, 54, THIRD ROW: Johnnie Doctor, 32 Jr., U.S. Navy, Technician Amelia V. Fields, 46, Sandra N. Foster, 41, Cortez Ghee, 54, Brenda C. Gibson, 59, and Diane Hale-McKinzy, 39. FOURTH ROW: Carolyn B. Halmon, 49, SSG. Jimmie I. Holley,54, Peggie M. Hurt, 36, SGM. Lacey B. Ivory, 43, Brenda Kegler, 49, and Samantha L. Lightbourn-Allen, 37. FIFTH ROW: OS2 Nehamon Lyons IV, 30, Ada L. Mason-Acker, 50, MAJ. Ronald D. Milam, USA, Jr., 33, Odessa V. Morris, 54, MAJ. Clifford L. Patterson, Jr.,33, and Scott Powell, 35. SIX ROW: Marsha D. Ratchford, 34, Cecelia E. (Lawson) Richard, 41, Judy Rowlett, 44, SGM. Robert E. Russell, 51, Janice M. Scott, 46, and Antionette M. Sherman, 35. SEVENTH ROW: Edna L. Stephens, 42, Hilda E. Taylor, SGT. Tamara C. Thurman, 25, LCDR. Otis V. Tolbert, 39, SSG. Willie Q. Troy, 51, LTC. and Karen J. Wagner, 40. EIGHTH ROW: SSG. Maudlyn A. White, Sandra L. White, 44, MAJ. Dwayne Williams, 40, Kevin W. Yokum, 27 Edmond G. Young, Jr.,22, Lisa L. Young, 37, and Donald M. Young, 41.

Twenty years after the September 11 attacks, the faces and stories...

September 10, 2021

They were accountants, college-educated professionals, high-ranking military officers with Purple Heart medals, husbands, wives, mothers, fathers...

Former Florence City Councilman Billy D. Williams

The Pee Dee Community Loses A Major Voice: With The Loss of ...

September 9, 2021

Billy D. Williams, a member of the council representing District one for over 22 years, from 1988-2010, and one of the first African Americans to...

Dr. Germina Suffrant, an OB/GYN

MUSC’s Dr. Suffrant Says We Must Help The People of Haiti

September 9, 2021

Dr. Germina Suffrant, an OB/GYN at MUSC Health Florence Medical Center in Florence, South Carolina, knows first-hand what Haitians have experienced...

A Grateful Community Remembers Former Florence City Councilman...

September 7, 2021

Billy D. Williams, a member of the council representing District one for over 22 years, from 1988-2010, and one of the first African Americans to...

President Joe Biden

Vote Like Your Life Depends On It, Because It Does!

September 3, 2021

While civil rights organizations such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the National Urban League, Black...

FBI: Hate Crimes Rise in U.S. Spike, Highest in 12 Years

September 3, 2021

According to the FBI, the number of hate crimes in America rose 6 percent from the previous year in 2020. The increase was the highest level in 12...

Pressley Stutts, SC Tea Party Republican Leader

South Carolina Tea Party Republican Leader Dies From Complications...

September 3, 2021

Several conservatives have died of complications of COVID as the Delta variant rages through the southern part of the U.S. Many of them have...

Thousands March On For Voting Rights, D.C. Statehood

September 3, 2021

“Our country is backsliding to the unconscionable days of Jim Crow,” - Martin Luther King, III Like the suppressive bills passed and on the...

Class of 2021 Emerging Leaders Summer Institute joined by City of Florence Mayor Teresa Myers-Ervin

2021 Florence Chamber of Commerce Emerging Leaders Summer Institute...

September 3, 2021

Florence Chamber of Commerce’s Emerging Leaders Summer Institute’s 6th annual graduation ceremony took place on Wednesday, September 1st at the...

Black Women Most Likely To Feel Discriminated Against Or Face...

September 3, 2021

The Urban Institute’s Coronavirus Tracking Survey, a nationally representative survey of adults ages 18 to 64, found that Black adults were more...

DHEC Supports Awareness And Education During National Sickle Cell...

September 3, 2021

Sickle cell disease is a serious genetic disorder that impacts many families around the country and around the world. The South Carolina Department...

To Labor Day And Labor Days Ahead

September 3, 2021

In 1882, a union man, Peter J. McGuire, founder of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and an early supporter of the creation of the American...

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster

More Qualified African Americans Need To Run For Local Offices To...

August 27, 2021

As we face the battle over the freedom to control whether it is necessary to wear masks in our schools, government buildings, and local businesses,...

Florence 4 School Board In Negotiations With Esteemed Attorney...

August 19, 2021

Members of the Florence 4 School Board say there are a number of questions that need to be answered in regard to who is actually managing their...

Third-grade Michelle Lloyd, a third-grade teacher at Lamar-Spaulding Elementary School, is the Darlington County School District’s 2021-22 District Teacher of the Year.
Patrick Williamson, a teacher assistant at Pate Elementary School, is DCSD’s inaugural 2021-22 Support Staff Person of the Year.

Our Community In Photos

August 19, 2021

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