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  • Freedom Truck Tour makes a stop in Bennettsville

    Freedom Truck Tour makes a stop in Bennettsville

    BENNETTSVILLE— Last week the Freedom 250 Truck Tour rolled into Bennettsville and parked behind the City Administration building so adults and children alike could reconnect, and maybe even learn something new about American history. The truck visited Bennettsville Thursday through Saturday and was open from 9 to 5 each day.…


  • MCSD teacher arrested in fraud case

    MCSD teacher arrested in fraud case

    FLORENCE, SC — Florence County Sheriff’s Office investigators have made a sixth arrest in an ongoing theft case tied to QVC, according to officials.


  • Murder trial moves forward in 2021 shooting

    Murder trial moves forward in 2021 shooting

    MARLBORO COUNTY — A Marlboro County man accused in the 2021 fatal shooting of Robert Lee Covington, who was also known as “Rabbit,” is on trial this week at the Marlboro County Courthouse, Fourth Circuit.


  • SC honors Marian Wright Edelman with official day

    BENNETTSVILLE — Following the South Carolina General Assembly’s passage of H. 5456, designating June 6, 2026, as Marian Wright Edelman Day, E3 Foundation | Educate, Empower, Elevate, the organization that authored the resolution, is convening leaders, legislators and local community members to recognize the Bennettsville native, pioneering civil rights attorney…


  • Bennettsville Crime Report August 22-24

    Bennettsville Crime Report August 22-24

    August 22


  • Bennettsville to host ‘A City Set Apart’

    Bennettsville to host ‘A City Set Apart’

    BENNETTSVILLE — The City of Bennettsville will host “A City Set Apart,” a 24-hour public Scripture reading and worship experience on the courthouse square, that will begin at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, and will continue through Saturday, Sept. 12 at 6 p.m.


  • Welcome home, JuJu!

    Welcome home, JuJu!

    MCCOLL— Julez’Leigh, or JuJu as she is affectionately known, was welcomed home to McColl from Columbia Friday as she continues to fight Ependymoma, a condition the Mayo Clinic describes as a “primary central nervous system (CNS) tumor that originates in the brain or spinal cord, specifically from ependymal cells that…


  • Dolly Parton, I will always love you!

    Dolly Parton, I will always love you!

    News announced Tuesday, August 25, of country singer Dolly Parton’s passing at the age of 80, sent the country into collective mourning. From one corner of this nation to the other, every man, woman, and child has a Dolly memory. For little girls, growing up in the south especially, it…


  • Bennettsville Crime Report

    Bennettsville Crime Report

    August 11


  • Looking good, McColl!

    Looking good, McColl!

    MCCOLL— It’s no secret in McColl that Councilwoman Brenda Barfield is a driving force behind efforts to beautify her hometown. Barfield has employed the help of numerous volunteers who are also eager to see McColl start fulfilling its potential— one colorful plantar at a time.


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