Mayesville News

Belton White / The Item A woman passes out fliers while walking the 2009 Christmas Parade route on Saturday.

A 15-year-old boy is in serious but stable condition after bring shot in the stomach late Friday night, and his 19-year-old cousin is in jail and facing charges.

A Sumter County teenager is charged with assault and battery with intent to kill after deputies say he shot his 15-year-old cousin.

A 23-year-old Sumter County man led officials on a high-speed chase down Broad Street early Monday, police said.

The Sumter Alzheimer's Support Group will have its next monthly meeting at a new location.

Clarendon County sheriff's deputies have arrested two men thought to have helped another man already charged with burglary last week.

The Sumter County Sheriff's Office added a Mayesville man to its Most Wanted List on Monday.

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

Two men are in custody and facing charges after police said they broke into a Broad Street business early Thursday morning.

Clarendon County sheriff's deputies are looking for two men believed to have helped another man who was charged with burglary Tuesday.

"Educator and Humanitarian" Mary McLeod Bethune was born into a family of former slaves and sharecroppers.

Randy Burns / The Item Elizabeth Dixon looks at a portrait of Mary Pinder, the first student enrolled at the first school established by Dr.

Deputies say a suspect in Sumter was caught with his pants down--literally. Over the weekend, deputies say 24-year-old Marcus Govan tried to break into a home in the town of Mayesville.

Keith Gedamke / The Item William Phillips, 15, spoke out Wednesday at the City Centre on issues facing children in Sumter.

"She was born on a Saturday, July 10, 1875, the 15th of 17 children to former slaves, in a one room wooden house in Mayesville, South Carolina.

The annual Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Birthday Celebration is slated to begin at 6 p.m. on Friday with a walkathon as part of this year's theme: health and fitness.

For the first time, the town of Mayesville's annual celebration of the life of its most famous resident, Mary McLeod Bethune, will feature a walkathon.

Eric Henry Goza, 66, husband of Sandra Blackwell Goza, died Saturday, June 13, 2009.

The 2009-10 budget for Sumter County took another step forward in the process Tuesday night at the regular County Council meeting, even as council made and discussed the need for further changes.

A 21-year-old man was added to the Sumter County Sheriff's Most Wanted list on Thursday, and is considered to be armed and dangerous.