Lynchburg News

Lee County Council discussed extensive facility improvements needed at the various county-owned buildings at a workshop held Tuesday morning at the Lee County Courthouse.

The Sumter Police Department's Financial Crimes Unit is seeking several people accused of committing crimes.

Photo Provided Salem Black River Presbyterian Church will celebrate its 250th anniversary on Oct.

For 42 college students who graduated from high schools in the area, the Palmetto Fellows Scholarship is paying for a significant portion of their in-state tuition.

A 41-year-old Gable man was sentenced Wednesday morning to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter for the December 2006 shooting death of a 48-year-old Lynchburg man.

Randy Burns / The Item DJJ juveniles, student volunteers and adult volunteers clean up the parks in Lee County as part of a DJJ sponsored community service initiative.

Randy Burns / The Item Henry Wilson of Elliott and Jessie Slater of Lynchburg are ready to greet fellow bikers to the Strikers of South Carolina 7th Annual Bike Rally in St.

Lynchburg is once again receiving state revenue from the Office of the State Treasurer.

More than 20 people attending Wednesday's meeting of the Lee County Crime Stoppers heard encouraging reports from the Bishopville and Lynchburg police departments.

Crime sprees in rural communities such as Bishopville and Lynchburg are often the work of one or two people.

A man who was placed on Sumter's Most Wanted list on Friday has turned himself in to the Sumter County Sheriff's Office.

The Sumter County Sheriff's Office added two alleged drug dealers to its Most Wanted list on Friday.

Three men were arrested Thursday in connection with the June 24 armed robbery of a 27-year-old man at a North Main Street ATM, according to the Sumter County Sheriff's Office.

The largest jackpot in the history of the MegaMatch 6SM game was claimed on Monday.

Emily Beth Hobbs and Bryan Thomas Frye were married in a ceremony July 25, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. at the Daniel Island Club, Charleston, S.C. The Rev.

South Carolina grain prices reported Friday by the USDA-SCDA. Prices delivered to country elevators, processors, or export elevator.

Three men were arrested Thursday in connection with the June 24 armed robbery of a 27-year-old man at a North Main Street ATM, according to the Sumter County Sheriff's Office.

Twenty-two people were arrested on July 24 in a series of raids led by the Sumter County's Sheriff's Office.

Sunday, July 26, 2009 at 5:28 p.m. Dozens ofA people are in jail after a Sumter County drug bust.

A St. Charles farmer has won the T-Bone Moore Memorial Cotton First Bloom Contest, sponsored by Clemson Extension Service.