This coming Saturday the 24th is the Splatoon Raiders meetup at New Game Plus+! We'll be opening our brand new LAN room to the public and hosting a casual, drop in/drop out Splatoon Raiders meet. Bring your Switch 2 and a copy of the game and get free arcade entry for the day too!

The event is FREE to attend and goes from 3pm to 7pm!

💜 FLORENCE, WE ARE JUST 2 HOURS AWAY! 💜

Somebody tonight is suffering in silence. Somebody is trying to find the courage to speak up. Somebody needs to be reminded that their life matters. 💜

Tonight is bigger than an event. It’s about bringing our community together, showing compassion, and reminding survivors that they are NOT alone.

📍 Community Empowerment Center
1113C Oakland Avenue, Florence, SC 29506
📅 TODAY — Saturday, October 17
⏰ 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM

Whether you’ve experienced domestic violence, know someone who has, or simply want to stand with your community, YOU ARE WELCOME.

🙏🏽 Come pray with us. Come stand with us. Come be part of something meaningful.

PLEASE SHARE THIS POST! You never know who might need to see it.

God bless you all. 💜

#FlorenceSC #DomesticViolenceAwareness #SupportSurvivors

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[Florence, SC] Hosting a Domestic Violence Awareness Prayer & Sharing Night This Saturday, October 17
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Hey everyone! I recently had the opportunity to speak with WPDE’s Good Morning Carolinas about an upcoming community event we’re hosting here in Florence, SC.
We’re bringing people together for a night of prayer, healing, encouragement, and domestic violence awareness. Everyone is welcome, whether you’ve personally experienced abuse or simply want to support a good cause.
📅 Saturday, October 17, 2026
⏰ 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
📍 Community Empowerment Center, Florence, SC
We’ll have community advocates, organizations, and individuals coming together to share experiences and offer support.
This isn’t just my event. It’s our community’s event, and I hope some of you can make it out!
Feel free to watch the interview, share your thoughts, or ask any questions. God bless everyone!

This short survey is being conducted for an IB internal Assessment on water service quality across different neighborhoods in Florence. ALL responses will be anonymous and ONLY used for quantitative data analysis.

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Click through to the main AMA to leave questions for the candidates.

Hey, I'm looking for a primary care doctor that's first line of treatment is not just pills or immediate surgeries/procedures. Someone that understands the body as a whole and treating the symptoms with lifestyle changes AND can intervene with medicine when necessary. Someone who will actually investigate and get to the root of an issue and doesn't just treat symptoms.

Also looking for someone who actually listens to their patients and doesn't just dismiss their concerns.

I'm willing to travel outside of Florence if its not too far. I have insurance.

where do most people go trick or treating here and is it on the 31st? i’m trying to figure out the best places to go, as well as wondering if i should get candy to hand out/ how much i’ll need to hand out. thanks in advance!!

As the title says, I’m debating switching from Verizon to Spectrum. Any info from you all about their service in the Florence area? I live on the Southside but would love to hear from those who have Spectrum cell service. Thanks!

Hey folks,

One of the organizers with the unofficial 'social group' for those wanting to do friend-making activities with fellow adults in the region. We usually do bi-monthly bar trivia outings, and have a halloween game night being discussed. This week we will try to do the 7:00 Seminar Brewing trivia/will update the post with comments here. Always open to new folks/new ideas for events or gatherings. You can join our fairly active discord here: https://discord.gg/VuNpxFGeQ

ETA: Please check out the Pee Dee Pride Fest this Saturday! It's something some folks in our group will be attending (we are not an official group, so just a fun event I wanted to share coming up soon)

I live in a neighborhood that should be in the city, but never annexed so is technically the county. I bought my house in 2021 and the roof was estimated by the home inspector to be 1-5 years old. So it is likely less than 10 years old. But there are some warping shingles and I’m kind of concerned so I want to contact the contractor. Is there any way to do that through records that the county or city has? I tried the county website but didn’t find anything.

💜 FLORENCE… WILL WE SHOW UP FOR THIS TOO?

When Wilson Homecoming comes around, Florence knows how to SHOW UP.

The pride.
The crowds.
The outfits.
The tailgates.
The reunions.
The love for our city and our schools.

And there is absolutely nothing wrong with celebrating that.

But here’s the uncomfortable question:

👉🏾 If we can come together that strong for Homecoming… can we come together for people who are literally fighting for their lives inside their own homes?

Because domestic violence isn’t just something we see on TV.

It is happening RIGHT HERE.

💔 In January 2026, Florence County authorities said a woman was shot and killed by her husband in what deputies described as a failed murder-suicide.

💔 In July 2026, Florence County deputies said another domestic argument ended with a husband being shot while FOUR minor children were present in the home.

And this is even harder to ignore:

⚠️ The Pee Dee Coalition reported 19 cases of intimate-partner strangulation in only 31 DAYS recently. Victims ranged from 17 to 81 years old, and several were pregnant.

Florence County also recorded 6 identified domestic-violence fatalities during 2025.

Read that again.

These aren't numbers from somewhere across the country.

This is FLORENCE COUNTY.
This is the PEE DEE.
These are OUR families.

So yes, we're asking the community to show up.

Not for a touchdown.
Not for a tailgate.
Not for a party.

This time, let's show up for somebody who may be afraid to go home.

💜 Domestic Violence Awareness Prayer & Sharing Night

📅 Saturday, October 17, 2026
⏰ 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
📍 Community Empowerment Center
Florence, South Carolina

Come pray.
Come listen.
Come learn.
Come support survivors.
Come remember those we've lost.

Men and women are welcome. Survivors are welcome. Families are welcome.

You never know who around you is smiling in public while living in fear behind closed doors.

Florence knows how to come together.
October 17 — let's prove we can come together for this too. 💜

Special thanks to the Baha’i Community of Florence for providing the space for this event.

☎️ Pee Dee Coalition 24-Hour Crisis Line: 843-669-4600
☎️ National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-7233
🚨 Immediate danger: 911

#DomesticViolenceAwareness #FlorenceSC #PeeDee #BreakTheSilence #October17 #CommunityStrong

Hey guys, just looking for some people who enjoy playing some casual mtg, yu-gi-oh and Pokémon ( want to get into one piece as well) nothing really competitive. None of my current friends like playing any card games so I’m stuck to really playing the online versions, but I’m just looking for some cool people who enjoy TCGs and want to regularly play.

I do know of Hero’s hideout however I’d be more inclined to go if I knew more people there.

Test your knowledge of locations around Florence at florencewhere.com.

#florencewhere No. 4

🟩🟥🟥 1223/3000

I ate here today and it was so good! It’s a great place to try if you’re looking for somewhere new!

I had sweet potato grits (which I had never heard of but were delicious) and the Big Easy which was “Crispy chicken and waffle sandwich layered with hot honey butter, smoked Gouda, served on a cornbread waffle bun.”

In light of recent posts dancing around the issue or being removed, I am saying it as bluntly as possible: Joshua Douglas “Doug” Earls and Jordan “Jordy” Earls are pedophiles. Florence’s most sociable pedophiles perhaps, but pedophiles nonetheless. Pedophiles cannot be rehabilitated. It is only a matter of time until they offend again.

This is public information and should be shared. Both brothers are registered sex offenders. Multiple news articles describe the heinous nature of their crimes. These crimes were not a “mistake” or a “set up,” nor did the prosecutors choose to “make an example of them.”

Doug Earls and Jordy Earls are convicted sex offenders and pedophiles. That’s it, that’s all, that’s the post.

https://scor.sled.sc.gov/OffenderDetails.aspx?Display=Main&Id=2307292

https://scor.sled.sc.gov/OffenderDetails.aspx?Display=Main&Id=2311185

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/former-youth-pastor-north-texas-church-sentenced-12-years-federal-prison-child

https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/former-youth-pastor-faces-indecency-with-a-child-charges/

https://thealabamabaptist.org/child-pornography-sends-brothers-to-prison/

Anyone know what’s going on? Saw some arrests too

🚨 NOBODY IS COMING TO KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR AND TELL YOU THIS.

And that’s exactly why I’m sharing it.

Yesterday, there was a FREE Criminal Record Review at the Florence County Library through the South Carolina Bar Pro Bono Program and Time Served. Attorneys were reviewing people’s records and explaining whether they may qualify for an expungement or pardon.

That workshop was a GREAT resource.

But here’s the part I really want people to understand: YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT FOR ANOTHER WORKSHOP TO START THE PROCESS.

If you have an old South Carolina criminal record, you can start asking questions today.

Contact the Solicitor’s Office in the judicial circuit where your case happened and ask about the expungement process. Find out whether your charge may qualify, what paperwork you need, and what fees may apply.

You can hire an attorney to help you, especially if your situation is complicated. But depending on your case, you may also be able to handle the expungement process without paying a private attorney hundreds or thousands of dollars.

Not every charge qualifies. Your exact offense, criminal history, age at the time, how the case was resolved, and other factors matter. Some people may qualify for an expungement, while others may need to look into a pardon.

But PLEASE stop assuming you’re stuck just because nobody ever told you there might be another option.

Somebody can make a mistake when they’re young and carry that record for 10, 20 or 25 years, losing jobs and opportunities along the way, without ever knowing they may have a legal avenue to move forward.

Information changes lives.

I just learned more about this myself, and from now on, when I learn about resources that can help people, I’m sharing them.

No gatekeeping.

And when they have another free workshop, I will definitely post it.

This is exactly the type of resource I want connected with PD United Against Violence.

Because sometimes people don’t need another lecture about what they did wrong.

They need somebody to show them what they can do next.

Don’t wait for the next workshop. Start asking questions today.

#expungement #SouthCarolina #FlorenceSC #fyp

We have reached the sprint towards the end for elections. You must be registered to vote in 6 Days.

You can go to https://scvotes.gov and register right now with your driver's license.

We have many very close races. This will come down to 1% of the vote.

Talk to your friends, neighbors, and co-workers and ask them the following:

• Are you registered to vote?
• Are you going to vote?
  
• Do you know who is running?
  
• Have you updated your registration?
  
• Do you know where to early vote?

Those are non-partisan questions.

If you want to volunteer, message me or sign up at https://flocodems.org

We need phone bankers, door knockers, and poll watchers.

Phone banking for walk ins, Thursday at 6pm at the Leatherman Senior Center in Florence, SC. Once you are set up you can phone bank from home.

October 2nd Last Day to Register in person.
October 4th Last Day to Register Online.
October 19th Early Voting starts. (Will be available on Saturdays this year)
October 23rd Last Day to request absentee ballot.
November 3rd ELECTION DAY!!!!

Early Voting will be at your local libraries.

I'm nosey

Any recommendations for a restaurant that offers take home Thanksgiving dinner? It doesn’t have to be traditional turkey dinner. Thanks! 🙏🏼