Wedgefield News

GEORGETOWN, SC One person is dead following a fatal accident in Georgetown County Saturday night.

One person has died as a result of a one-vehicle crash this afternoon in Georgetown County, according to highway patrol officials.

A single-vehicle accident claimed the life of a Georgetown woman Sunday afternoon.

A year after the projects were approved, some in the community are wondering what's happening with their penny.

Traci Quinn / Special to The Item Halloween morning boasted perfect weather for a tour of Sparkleberry Swamp.

Four people were injured in a drive-by shooting Sunday morning outside the Blue Mist nightclub, 330 Rast St.

The Sumter County Sheriff's Office has added a suspect to its Most Wanted list. O'Brian A. Spann, 23, whose last known address was 6105 Waco Court in Wedgefield, is wanted in connection with the armed robbery of a man at 11:40 p.m. July 14.

A moped driver was found dead in Sumter County on Sunday afternoon, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

A 46-year-old man was found dead off Deschamps Road at 12:30 p.m. Sunday after crashing his moped sometime Saturday night.

Our 45th wedding anniversary was going to be a special celebration with an elegant dinner at the Rice Paddy in Georgetown.

The Horry County Zoning Board of Appeals turned down an appeal by a group of residents concerned about a fox pen being built in their neighborhood, after the six members present locked in a tie twice.

The S.C. Ports Authority is hoping to get a $4.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to make upgrades to the port of Georgetown's terminal.

Sumter police officers say Joseph Falcone has scammed people by towing their cars and charging them all over the county.

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

For the first time since it began meeting in April, a group studying school attendance zone boundaries heard from a member of the public during its meeting Thursday.

A 44-year-old man was arrested Friday after police said he was illegally towing cars parked near Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

CSX train officials say several cars in a 90-car train derailed in the town of Wedgefield on Monday.

This week's edition of Reflections travels to Wedgefield to visit one of South Carolina's oldest state parks, Poinsett.

Five more people were arrested recently in connection with a methamphetamine lab bust earlier this month in Wedgefield by the Sumter County Sheriff's Office.

A methamphetamine lab was shut down by law enforcement Friday evening, Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis said.