Sumter News

The City of Sumter got a $400,000 grant from the US Department of Transportation on Wednesday, a city official said.

Nina Lambert says a man fatally shot her dog on Thursday for no reason, but he told police it was in self defense Woman Says Stranger Fatally Shot Her Dog at Park Nina Lambert says a man fatally shot her dog on Thursday for no reason, but he told police it was in self defense Check out this story on WLTX.com: ... (more)

Sumter police are investigating the incident, and told The Sumter Item that the man drove to the police station after the shooting to report it.

A group of girls are proving that Legos aren't just for boys. All- girl STEM campers learn about engineering.

"From his humble beginnings in Sumter, South Carolina to his prominence on the Washington, D.C. political scene as the third highest-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives, U.S. Congressman James E. Clyburn has led an extraordinary life.

Victims Identified in Fatal Sumter Crash The two men killed in a fatal collision in Sumter County Wednesday afternoon have been identified.

Next month drivers in Sumter will have to find an alternate route to your destination if you have to drive over the Lafayette Drive Bridge.

In this July 8, 2014 photo, Betty Brown, 73, right, works with tutor Sharome Henry in the Student Learning Center at Central Carolina Technical College in Sumter.

Sumter County Democratic Party chairman Allen Bailey says the public is invited to Saturday's event beginning at 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

Sumter Man Accused of Cigarette Thefts Sumter, SC A man who has been targeting conveniece stores to steal Newport cigarettes has been arrested.

The Supreme Court of South Carolina has taken away a document assumed to be public and hidden it from view: The autopsy.

The public gets a chance to weigh-in on the midnight bar ordinance Thursday that's proposed for downtown Charleston's entertainment district.

Walmart Care Clinic is the company's first venture into medical clinics in its stores in South Carolina.

The justices ruled 4-1 Wednesday that autopsies are medical records and fall under privacy provisions of the state's open records law.

Sumter Bridge Replacement Delayed Columbia, SC A plan to replace a bridge in Sumter county is delayed.

Baak revisited the airport recently, not for the first time since his April 27 crash left him trapped in the cockpit for more than five hours while his friends at the airport searched for his home-built Zenith 601XL for miles around, even as he sat in the wreckage in a wooded area near the landing strip.

The Long Beach Museum of Art opened its latest exhibition on July 10 entitled The Paternal Suit: Heirlooms from the F. Scott Hess Family Foundation.

More than four years ago, a man drove from Myrtle Beach to Sumter to meet friends and fraternity brothers for homecoming weekend.

You may follow their footsteps on weekend adventures of your own. Fort Sumter, S.C. More than 40 years after my promise to go with MacLeod to Fort Sumter, I kept my word.

This photo shows "The Flag of Sumter, Oct. 20, 1863," a painting by Conrad Wise Chapman, from the exhibit "Chapman's Charleston, 1863-1864," opening Saturday and lasting through Jan. 18 at the S.C. State Museum in Columbia.