Sumter News

Yes, he has his elves, the reindeer and even Mrs. Claus to lend a hand as Christmas Day nears, but this job is special, and only someone properly equipped can take on this huge responsibility.

At 11:48 EST this morning I was alerted by MRFF clients of a nativity scene that had been placed aboard Shaw Air Force Base, next to Memorial Lake.

Continental Tire's plant east of Sumter started making tires to be sold to consumers in October, three months ahead of its January target date, according to plant manager Craig Baartman.

This weekend is opening weekend for Saluda Shoals Park Holiday Lights on the River, which features more than 400 themed, animated light displays on a 2-mile drive-through loop of the park.

Continental Tire's plant east of Sumter started making tires to be sold to consumers in October, three months ahead of its January target date, according to plant manager Craig Baartman.

The Batman behind this Batmobile is Philip Latham, 51, a dermatologist with Dermatology & Skin Care on Broad Street.

These days, when New York City chefs wax poetic about things like chow chow and pigs' feet and mustard greens, and lard's popularity has peaked for at least the third time , it can be hard to remember a time when Southern food was frowned upon - if it was considered at all.

Continental Tire's plant east of Sumter started making tires to be sold to consumers in October, three months ahead of its January target date, according to plant manager Craig Baartman.

The Rev. Leon Winn, a Republican black preacher and pastor of Rock Hill Baptist Church in Manning, S.C., says he believes many blacks, like him, are more in tune with the tenets of the GOP than they realize.

If you haven't gotten pecans for the holidays, you had best get cracking. Heavy rains earlier this year have put a big dent in South Carolina's pecan crop, and prices are likely headed up.

Continental Tire the Americas LLC's new manufacturing facility in Sumter, South Carolina, has received approval from central headquarters in Hanover, Germany to start production of passenger and light truck tires.

The Item of Sumter reports that the first test tires produced at the new facility were displayed on Friday.

A law enforcement raid on a suspected dogfighting operation in Sumter County has led to animal seizers and over a dozen arrests.

Spend an evening at Tapp's Art Center Thursday to benefit a children's advocacy center.

The Item of Sumter reported that 36-year-old Michael Paul Buckmon of Sumter and 23-year-old Matthew Trey Bolen of Williston are facing multiple charges in the death of 56-year-old Donna Dempsey.

Brian Davis took this photo of the Orion Nebula from a driveway in the suburbs of Sumter, S.C., over 3.5 hours on Jan. 1, 2012 using a QSI 583wsg camera, Stellarvue SVR105 4" APO Refractor telescope, mounted on a Celestron CGE.

Although the official launch is weeks away, workers are already making tires at Continental Tire the Americas ' new plant in the heart of South Carolina.

Company representatives are making eight stops throughout the state this week with a simulator that lets visitors try to send a text while behind the wheel.

SUMTER -- Authorities have identified a 2-year-old boy who drowned in a Sumter County pond.

When Bernie Pringle started farming at age 16, the United States was neck-deep in the Great Depression; Jim Crow had black America by the throat and the struggle to survive left little time to imagine the startling changes time would bring.