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Saturday, December 21st, 2024

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Good morning, Florence. Here's your local news at a glance for Saturday, the 21st of December.

COMMUNITY NEWS

  • The third annual 'Sophia's MUSC Hot Cocoa Stand' aims to surpass last year's $1,000 fundraising, supporting families and heart patients at MUSC during the holidays.  WPDE

CRIME NEWS

  • Florence police are seeking assistance to locate a man implicated in the theft of alcohol from a local liquor store's van.  WMBF News
  • A Hartsville property manager was arrested for allegedly defrauding tenants of over $10,000 by directing rent payments to her personal account.  WBTW
  • An inmate in South Carolina was sentenced to life in prison for taking a Department of Corrections employee hostage and committing sexual assault.  WPDE

EDUCATION NEWS

  • Zachary Gamba, leveraging his experience as a National Guardsman and combat medic, graduated from Francis Marion University with a nursing degree and will start his career in the behavioral health ER at Greenville Memorial Hospital.  SCNow

GOVERNMENT NEWS

  • The Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence assigned South Carolina an 'F' grade for its gun laws in 2024, indicating a decline from the previous year's 'D', amid debates on the impact of permitless carry on public safety.  WPDE
  • The Supreme Court of South Carolina disqualified Judge Paul M. Burch from overseeing cases from his son's office after the latter was elected as the 4th Circuit Solicitor.  The Post and Courier

SPORTS NEWS

EVENTS

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  • Stepping Into the New Year's Eve Party in Florence, SC

    Celebrate the arrival of 2025 with a live performance by Mark Clark Jr. and over 1,000 attendees at the ECA Fairgrounds.

    Tue, 12/31/24

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