Medicaid cuts latest challenge for Lake City hospital

07/18/11 Dr. Stephen W. Askins told members and guests at a July 15 meeting of the Lake City Rotary Club that Medicaid cuts will cause the hospital to lose more than $350,000 a year. The hospital has already lost $1.8 million dollars from the state as a result of funding cuts to rural hospitals across the state.

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First Financial Holdings, Inc. Reclassifies $155 Million of Loans as Held for Sale at June 30, 2011

07/18/11 CHARLESTON, S.C. -- First Financial Holdings, Inc. announced today that the company reclassified approximately $155 million of certain nonperforming and performing loans to loans held for sale as of June 30, 2011.

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Fayetteville Falls to Wilmington, 6-3, in Final Game Before All-Star Break

07/18/11 FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - Zach Stephens hit a two-run homerun in the top of the ninth inning to lift the National All-Stars over the American All-Stars, 3-2, at J.P. Riddle Stadium in Fayetteville on Monday night.

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Balloting to determine which park will win $175,000 from Coca-Cola

07/18/11 Three Georgia parks and one from Tennessee are at the top of the list of favorite parks across the country that Coca-Cola will use to determine who gets $175,000 in grants.

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Blue Ridge Parkway land near Asheville to be preserved through $2.7 million scenic byways grant

07/18/11 Land seen from the Heffner Gap Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway will be preserved with a grant from the Federal Highway Administration's National Scenic Byways Program.

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Gaffney to face Goose Creek in American Legion tournament

07/18/11 Gaffney will play the host team in prime time Saturday for the opening round of the American Legion baseball state championship tournament.

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Gaffney to face Goose Creek in Legion finals opener

07/18/11 Post 109 ready for American Legion State Finals Tournament this weekend in Charleston.

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SC court: Victim's testimony allowed at new trial

07/12/11 The testimony of a now-deceased crime victim should be read at a new trial for a man charged with stabbing the man with a screwdriver and killing his wife, South Carolina's Supreme Court ruled Monday.

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Miss SC Tells Extreme Weight Loss Story On 'Today Show'

07/12/11 Miss South Carolina, who once weighed 234 pounds, tells her story on the 'Today Show'

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FCSO unveils Operation Safe Summer

07/11/11 Sheriff Kenney Boone and deputies with the Florence County Sheriff's Office and surrounding law enforcement agencies are now activating this year's "Operation Safe Summer."

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Magician 'Magic Marc' wows kids at Olanta library

07/11/11 Fluffy the Bunny, held by magician Magic Marc, gets a kiss from Carson Windham, 5, of Turbeville, SC. Carson was at Magic Marc's performance at Olanta library Monday, July 11, 2011, with her grandmother and other kids in the library's summer reading program.

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Florence intersections get some touch-up paint

07/10/11 FLORENCE, SC -- A construction crew from Oglesby Construction of Sanford, Fla., took advantage of Sunday morning's lack of traffic downtown Florence to put down traffic markings at several intersections, including Palmetto and Dargan Streets.

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Real estate transactions

07/09/11 The transactions listed below include properties sold for $150,000 or more and recorded between May 16-20. Francis J. and Nancy Q. Cunnane sold 1337 Lieben Road, Copahee View to Robert and Cayci Gorlitsky for $299,900.

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Phelps Back On Top Of 'Fly Ranks

07/04/11 Olympic and world champion cruises back to the helm of the world rankings with a 51.32 win over 100m 'fly at the Canada Cup on cusp of final honing for world-title defence; Scottish and Swiss nationals conclude; the trouble with love in NZL

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Miss SC and Miss SC Teen Debut on News19

07/04/11 Columbia, SC   Newly crowned Miss South Carolina Bree Boyce of Florence,  and Miss South Carolina Teen Caitlen Patton of Summerville make thier first TV appearance in the Midlands on News19. 

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Child killed in Florence County ATV accident

07/04/11 The Florence County Sheriff's Office is investigating an ATV accident which claimed the life of an eight-year-old Monday morning.

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Miss SC lost 110 pounds before winning pageant

07/04/11 Miss South Carolina is telling people a pretty big secret. She lost 110 pounds before taking the beauty pageant crown.

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Pee Dee counties face down budget storm

07/03/11 The storm that was the budget process for counties across the state has come to an end, and while some emerged from the ordeal bruised and battered, administrators and finance directors across the Pee Dee all managed to pass balanced budgets.

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Blowfish Beat USC Alumni 7-5

07/03/11 Columbia, SC (WLTX) - The Columbia Blowfish beat the University of South Carolina Alumni team 7-5 on Sunday night at Capital City Stadium in the fifth annual Gamefish Cup. The Blowfish have now beaten the Alumni in four straight years and lead the series 4-1.

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Top 50 - 2008

06/09/11 Hickory, NC Year founded: 1966 President/ceo: David A. Stansfield Website: www.ifh.com 2 distribution centers 8,846 accounts 93% commercial, 7% noncommercial 15,000 SKUs 85% national brands 15% group label COP & specialty products : Fresh meat (beef, lamb, veal, poultry) fresh fish, fresh produce, gourmet cheese, E&S, san-jan Other news: Opened Florence, SC ...

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