Lee County News

Husband and wife Jerry and Beth Dubose walked away Tuesday from their respective state jobs after providing a combined total of 60 years of service.

A teenager was captured at his home in Lee County on Wednesday morning in connection with the June 17 shooting death of a 37-year-old man, and authorities named another teenager as the fourth suspect in the slaying.

The tough economy has the city of Bishopville cutting back on their fire services.

Retired teacher Deborah Bright-Austin will serve as Lee County's newest magistrate.

For 15 years, the Rev. Eddie Thomas and the Good Samaritans for All People have been distributing food, clothing, school supplies and household items to the needy in Lee, Sumter, Clarendon, Kershaw, Darlington, Florence, Chesterfield, Marlboro and Williamsburg counties.

Chamber officials hope the Fourth of July celebration at Butters Field will become a popular tradition.

Randy Burns / The Item Volunteers with the Salkehatchie Summer Service Program make repairs to a Lee County home recently.

Funeral services for Johnnie S. Dority, Jr. 83, of West Columbia, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, June 29, 2009 at Trinity Baptist Church.

Randy Burns / The Item Buddy Ward is the owner of the new That Ward's Bar-B-Q & Rib House in Bishopville.

The Lee County School District will save money in administrative salaries for 2009-10 by not replacing a principal and a district administrator.

Randy Burns / The Item Campers with the South Carolina Cotton Museum learned more about horses Thursday from members of the Sunset Riders club.

Photograph depicting a young, 17-year-old Davis standing near the site off Browntown Road where he says he was attacked.

Two murder suspects, who are being sought in conjunction with a Wednesday night shooting on DuBose Siding Rd.

Police have made no arrests in the case of a 37-year-old Sumter man shot to death Wednesday.

A Hartsville man is dead following a fatal car crash. It happened Wednesday night at 9:25 on Kelly Bridge Road, which is about 10 miles east of Bishopville.

Sumter County has received about $40,000 in stimulus funding for emergency food and shelter programs.

Enough Lee County voters turned out Tuesday to support Lee County Council's plans to establish a sewer collection system near Interstate 20.

The Lee County Board of Education has given the go-ahead for Bishopville Primary School to carry out a voluntary uniform program in 2009-10. The pilot program, recommended to the board by Principal Lei Knight, had broad-based support from students, parents and faculty at the school, said District Superintendent Dr.

Joseph Edward "Joe" Atkinson, Jr., age 80, passed away on Tuesday, June 9, 2009, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Randy Burns / The Item Big Brothers and Big Sisters Bikers Club President Tony Wilson and members Diane Reddick and Don McQuillar talk about plans for the Youth Fun Day in the Park slated for Saturday at Garrett Field on East Church Street in Bishopville.