Sumter News

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.

Sumter, SC Two military ordinances were found nestled among some thrift store donations at the Goodwill store in Sumter early Wednesday.

A Bishopville Police Department corporal who was involved in a fatal crash in January will not be charged after the Solicitor said there was no criminal intent by the officer.

Sumter, SC Sumter police are looking for three men who tried to get away with stealing a dozen iPads early Thursday morning.

In light of the recent drama involving Tourmey Hospital in Sumter, they brought the community together to bring awareness to breast cancer.

Where the War of Southern Independence erupted Over the next few weeks, MacLeod and Jerry Bellune will take you along on their adventures to exciting places where history was made in our state.

This undated photo provided by Sumter Police Department, Terrayne Truett holds up a stop sign at an intersection, while a mother walks with her son in Sumter, S.C. Truett recently completed her 25th year as a crossing guard, 15 of which were spent at Alice Drive Elementary School helping little ones cross busy roads.

Sheila Gallagher and Tom Thompson, the two Democratic runoff candidates for state superintendent of education, will debate tonight from 7 to 7:30 p.m. on ETV.

Lockdown Lifted at Shaw Air Force Base Shaw Air Force base has been placed on lockdown Monday.

Emily Ruth Huggins and David Zade Liptak both of Newberry, SC were married Saturday, June 14, 2014 at Central United Methodist Church in Newberry.

Julia Walsh Krafnick of Winston Salem, NC and Brian Keith Voss of Clemmons, NC were married June 7 at Salem College.

Double Dutch Teams Compete in World Invitational Teams from across the globe compete in Sumter at the World International Championship Check out this story on WLTX.com: http://www.wltx.com/story/news/local/midlands/2014/06/13/double-dutch/10489725/ Sumter, SC - The Double Dutch Forces team filled the bleachers and floor at the Sumter Civic Center ... (more)

Sumter Shooter. Victims Were Childhood Friends Sumter, SC - The man accused of shooting two other men and injuring a woman in Sumter County Wednesday morning was arrested.