The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to halt a ruling ordering the rehiring of thousands of federal workers ...

Randolph Randy Perry Sr., 59, widower of Chrystal Michelle Boyd Perry and son of the late Johnie Williams and Amanda Perry, ...

George Purdy Jenkins Jr., 72, died Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at PruittHealth of Columbia. Born Oct. 6, 1952, in Sumter County, he was the son of George Purdy Jenkins and Mattie Marie Pollard.

Pearl Elizabeth Cooper Harrison, 88, died Saturday, March 22, 2025, at Lake Marion Nursing Facility in Summerton. She was born Aug. 20, 1930, in New Zion, a daughter of the late ...

Rosa Mae Green Johnson, 70, passed away on Monday, March 17, 2025, in North Carolina. Services have been entrusted to Clarendon Funeral Home LLC of Summerton.

Archie Marcellus LeGrand Jr., 95, husband of Laura Kennedy LeGrand, died Saturday, March 29, 2025, at National Healthcare ...

Sumter Police Department responded to call for service late Monday morning that resulted in a police chase and lockout of a ...

Sumter art organizations, awarded $25,000, thank community for supporting creativity at Inspire! Festival "Thank you," expressed four Sumter art organizations to community members ...

NATO on Wednesday clarified comments that Secretary-General Mark Rutte made earlier in the day, when he suggested that four U ...

A Sumter woman was arrested and charged after she was observed by deputies to be shooting out the window of a moving vehicle.

Veronica Laverne Robinson Nickens was born on Jan. 26, 1967, in Killeen, Texas, to the late John Henry Robinson and Mary ...

PHOTOS BY ZAC HOOKS / THE SUMTER ITEM On March 21 and 22, attendees got their fill of pork and chicken wings, while listening ...