Sumter County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man who reportedly pointed a weapon at firefighters attempting to extinguish a fire ...

East Clarendon head coach Larry Cornelius, center, is joined by Crosby Timmons, left, and Picasso Brown at the Hines Furniture Football Media Day on Saturday. The Sumter Item welcomed all 12 local ...

A Summerton man was sentenced to two decades in federal prison after being convicted on drug and weapons offenses.  Everett Sabb, 37,of Summerton, was sentenced to 20 years in federal ...

Clarendon County Sheriff’s Office released the names of the three suspects charged in connection to the death of Homero “Meadow” Dario Zunun Gonzalez. According to the agency, Tykeem Davon ...

Hazel Budden, 88, widower of Caroline Dubose Budden and son of the late Willie Budden Sr. and Daisy Johnson Budden, was born on Feb. 23, 1938. in Sumter, South Carolina. He departed this life on ...

Burnette Mouzon Singleton, 81, wife of Obie Singleton Sr. and daughter of the late Alfonso Mouzon and Wilhelmenia Fleming Mouzon, was born on May 5, 1945, in Manning, South Carolina.  She ...

I am in a relationship with my hot-and-cold fiance. I caught him cheating after we moved in together. He had been courting someone at work. I eventually forgave him. That was five years ...

Three athletes from Sumter traveled across the country to represent Sumter Speed in the USATF National Junior Olympic ...

Conductor returns home to launch Sumter Symphony Orchestra; debut concert is Aug. 29 It's a question natives and newcomers ...

One man is critically injured and another is in custody after a fight-turned-shooting occurred at a Pinewood Road convenience ...

Alice Lucielle Garrett Osborne, widow of Charles “Chuck” Thomas Osborne, passed away Monday, July 27, 2026, at her home in ...

Leo Wilson Barnes, 91, of Augusta, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026, with his family by his side.Leo was born ...