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Friday, May 17, 2013  Crews with the West Florence Fire Department are on the scene of wreck, involving two cars, on Hoffmeyer Road at Vintage Drive.

Friday, May 03, 2013  A Florence man was able to escape a fire at his home on Dixie Street in West Florence Friday morning.

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

Sunday, February 24, 2013 

Friday, January 25, 2013  Florence County Coroner Keith Von Lutcken says an autopsy on the body of Victoria Carter Redden, 51, of Lake City shows that she more than likely died from a medical condition, but he's still waiting on more tests to confirm it.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013  Florence County 911 dispatchers say a car wreck at David McLeod Boulevard and West Evans Street knocked out power to homes and businesses in West Florence when a car hit a utility pole.

Sunday, January 20, 2013  A Lake City woman died after crashing her car into a lake Sunday afternoon. It happened near the intersection of Knollwood Road and South Cashua Drive in Florence.

Wednesday, December 05, 2012  A fire that damaged a mobile home on Cale Yarbrough Highway in Timmonsville has been contained.

Friday, September 21, 2012  An unattended candle burned a home on Mockingbird Circle in Florence County just after one a.m. Friday

Wednesday, September 05, 2012  Wednesday night, Florence County Sheriff's deputies got a call about a burglary at the Family Life Church on Highway 76 in Florence.

Monday, August 20, 2012  West Florence High School was evacuated as firefighters put out a small fire in the kitchen.

Wednesday, August 08, 2012  The West Florence Fire Department responded to a scrap metal yard on North Pecan Drive at 12:04 p.m. Wednesday to find a crane on fire.

Saturday, June 30, 2012  About ten people living at Pee Dee Gardens on West Palmetto Street are displaced after high temperatures in the attic set off a fire alarm and sprinklers Saturday afternoon.

Monday, June 25, 2012  Florence police were called to West Florence High School Saturday to find a storage building behind the track field vandalized.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012  Firefighters from Timmonsville-Sardis and West Florence fire departments responded to a house fire on Mount Carmel Road just outside of Timmonsville, Wednesday afternoon.