Local crime, high school sports, county politics, events tonight, and business closings — the daily Pee Dee report from HERE Florence.
Events
FLORENCE, S.C. — The SC Pecan Music and Food Festival returns to downtown Florence on Saturday, and organizers expect roughly 50,000 people to fill a footprint that stretches across 11 blocks. Festival chairman George Jebaily put the yearly economic impact on the city at about $3 million. This year brings…
Business
FLORENCE, S.C. — Man 2 Man used its fifth yearly mayoral and leadership luncheon in Florence to outline wider help for dads who owe child support and a school pilot that coaches teens on setting goals. Roughly 100 civic guests filled the Florence Housing Authority event, among them mayors, teachers,…
From Merger Monday
A month ago the debate over the two leading AI labs was whether they were worth $1.5 trillion or $2 trillion. This week the debate moved lower. OpenAI closed $11 billion at a $1.25 trillion valuation, below the price it first sought and far short of the $30 billion it…
From Merger Monday
A joint venture of PGIM, Stiles Corp. and Hensler Development refinanced Peabody Union, a new mixed-use tower in downtown Nashville, Tenn., with a $310 million bridge loan from Blackstone’s real-estate debt business. Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies provided the loan, which has a three-year term and two one-year extension options. A…
Traffic
FLORENCE, S.C. — Drivers heading east on Hoffmeyer Road in Florence will need another route next week, when the city shuts both eastbound lanes between West Evans Street and Five Points for the second phase of its sewer repair work. The closure runs Monday, Nov. 9, through Friday, Nov. 13,…
Traffic
FLORENCE, S.C. — In Florence County, Interstate 95 drivers heading over the Great Pee Dee River will lose a lane in each direction overnight early next week while state crews look over and maintain the bridges. The South Carolina Department of Transportation plans to shut the left lane on the…
Traffic
FLORENCE, S.C. — Two people suffered critical injuries early Friday when two pickup trucks met head-on on East Palmetto Street in Florence County, and the South Carolina Highway Patrol has taken over the investigation. The call came in at about 12:10 a.m., and the county fire service, Florence County Fire…
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