Sumter Metro News

Chris Moore / The Item William A. McKenzie, 23, was found lying outside of 123 Highland Avenue about 12:30 a.m. Friday with a gunshot wound to his chest.

Gina Vasselli / The Item Anna Murphy reads with her children Hannah, 4, and Will, 2. Anna was recently diagnosed with a brain deformation and will have brain surgery in September to correct it in hopes of ...

Motorcyclists, along with drivers of other two-wheel vehicles, have been given the green light to run red lights under certain circumstances by a recently enacted state law.

A Sumter man was killed Saturday morning while changing a trailer tire when the trailer - and the boat it was carrying - fell on him after the tire jack apparently collapsed.

Colonel Horace D. Harby, 93, of Scottsdale, Arizona, passed away peacefully at home July 2, 2008, surrounded by love.

Crime cost the county - and subsequently taxpayers - 34 cents of every dollar the county spent during its 2007-08 fiscal year, meaning unlawful activity demanded more than one-third of the county's total ...

The most commonly stolen vehicles in South Carolina in 2007 were: 1. 1994 Honda Accord 2 . 1990 Chevrolet C/K 1500 3. 1997 Ford Explorer 4. 1997 Ford F150 5. 1996 Ford Taurus 6. 1991 Chevrolet Caprice 7. 1998 ...

Authorities are investigating armed robberies that occurred at two Sumter businesses, both in city and county jurisdiction, within a five-hour span on Monday.

Nine children and their 19 family members are homeless after a Saturday lightning strike started an apartment fire on Houck Street in Sumter.

Sumter police detectives have identified a man they say has been conning local businesses out of hotel rooms and meals by having the businesses bill Alice Drive Baptist Church or promising payment at a later ...

Chris Moore / The Item Sumter firefighters work to contain a blaze at Houck Street Apartments just after 1 a.m. Saturday.

Sumter firefighters responded to a 4-unit apartment fire shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday at Houck Street Apartments off Houck Street.

Keith Gedamke / The Item A state law enforcement division helicopter circles over a wooded area near the intersection of U.S. 378 and Interstate 95 on Tuesday afternoon as authorities look for an individual ...

The city of Sumter will host a "womanless beauty pageant" at 7 p.m. today at the Sumter Opera House.

Fire safety education and smoke alarm installation programs are under way in Sumter and Lake City, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control announced recently.

Aiken deputies seek man after bar fight Suspect's identity still unknown in BB&T attempted robbery Friday afternoon's attempted robbery at the BB&T in Lexington is still under investigation with the suspect's ...

Sumter School District 2 will enact its annual two-week summer shutdown the first two weeks in July.

Community Bankshares Inc. and First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Inc. said today they plan to merge.

Keith Gedamke / The Item Christy Pittman, foreground, and Dana Hill have been racing in the women's racing division at Sumter Speedway for months.

The city of Sumter will perform fire hydrant flow tests Wednesday on U.S. 521 South from U.S. 15 South to Patricia Drive.