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Wednesday, June 05, 2013  A woman has been hit by a train on East Old Marion Highway in Florence County, according to deputies with the Florence County Sheriff's Office.

Friday, May 31, 2013  The Florence County Sheriff's Office says since May 1, 2012 it's responded to 2,148 calls for service originating from within the town limits of Timmonsville.

Thursday, May 23, 2013  Florence County Sheriff's Deputies and bloodhounds are looking for two men involved in an apparent home invasion on Twin Church Road in Florence County.

Friday, April 26, 2013  For the past week, the Florence County Sheriff's Office and 20 other local, state and federal agencies have been patrolling interstates 95 and 20 in search of illegal drugs, illegal guns and the people who traffic them.

Monday, April 22, 2013  Kaleb Cabbagestalk, 21, filed a lawsuit against the Florence County Sheriff's Office, Florence County Solicitor's Office, Florence County Detention Center and the SC Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, saying he was falsely imprisoned for seven months at the Florence County Detention Center after armed robbery charges against him were dropped.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  Florence County deputies arrested Deron Jardell Myers, 24, Thursday for two counts of Attempted Murder in connection with the double shooting and stabbing in the early morning hours of Sunday, April 7 at the Down Beat Club on Karisma Road near Coward.

Monday, April 08, 2013  Darlington County deputies have found the suspect they were looking for in connection with an attempted break in at a home in the area off Mechanicsville Road.

Sunday, April 07, 2013  Early Sunday morning Florence County Sheriff's Office responded to a shooting at Down Beat Club in the Coward area.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  Narcotics investigators with the Florence County Sheriff's Office arrested four people Wednesday in connection with a prostitution operation in Florence County.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  Tuesday night a home on Hoffmeyer Road near Quail Pointe Drive in Florence burned.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  Florence County Sheriff's Office investigators have filed additional charges against two men in connection with a door-to-door sales scam that occurred in February in the Lake City, Timmonsville and Florence areas.

Saturday, March 09, 2013  A fight at a nightclub in Timmonsville led to the a shooting and stabbing, according to Captain Mike Nunn, the spokesman for the Florence County Sheriff's Office.

Thursday, January 24, 2013  Deputies say four women got into a fight at Virginia College on David McLeod Boulevard in Florence just before 6:45 p.m. Thursday.

Monday, January 21, 2013  West Florence Fire crews responded to Cherry Johnson Road in Effingham around 1:20 Monday morning.

Friday, January 11, 2013  Deputies canvassed Plantation Drive and Candy Lane in the Tara Village community in Florence County after a man was shot Friday night.