Sumter News

A 32-year-old Sumter woman has died after she was found unresponsive in her cell at the Sumter County jail.

Free Lunch For Sumter, Clarendon District Two Students Every child in Sumter and Clarendon District Two will receive free lunch next school year.

Authorities said a 65-year-old man was extremely intoxicated when he crashed his car in Sumter, killing himself and his 7-year-old grandson.

The 65th Carolinas Junior Boys' Championship will be held at the Camden Country Club in Camden, SC on July 29-31, 2014.

Graham Newman, formerly of Richard A. Harpootlian, P.A., has joined Chappell, Smith & Arden, P.A. Newman adds his experience to the Columbia-based firm's complex litigation practice team.

The two who were killed were riding in a 1997 Lincoln Town Car when it crashed in a head-on collision with another vehicle around 5:30 p.m. Sunday in the 1200 block of North Main Street, Sumter County Coroner Harvin Bullock said Sunday night.

Two of America's most significant events, the Revolutionary and Civil wars, played out across what is now Charleston County, home to both pivotal battles and earthen fortifications where no shots were ever fired.

A woman was arrested after she stabbed a man in the chest at their Sumter home early Saturday morning, deputies said.

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.