Alcolu News

The Sumter Police Department's Financial Crimes Unit is seeking several people accused of committing crimes.

A 20-year-old man was killed Thursday evening after he was struck by a pickup truck while walking along Hotel Road, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

It's been 65 years since a Clarendon County jury said 14-year-old George Junius Stinney Jr.

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.

Two Pee Dee women have been arrested in connection with separate neglect cases. A Palmetto Pee Dee Behavior Health employee was arrested Thursday after investigators said she fractured a patient's arm, Florence Police Maj.

Two Pee Dee women have been arrested in connection with separate neglect cases. A Palmetto Pee Dee Behavior Health employee was arrested Thursday after investigators said she fractured a patient's arm, Florence Police Maj.

One Clarendon County school is rallying to raise money, saying they need $50,000 to stay open.

Published on 7/28/2009 Written by Scott Harper Georgetowna TMs Mitney Project will receive a $99,000 federal grant, it was announced Tuesday.

Eight South Carolina communities and agencies are receiving a total of $1 million in federal recovery money to help start or expand rural businesses in rural areas.

Chris Moore / The Item Texting and talking on cell phones are some of the many distractions teenage drivers face today.

A 25-year-old Alcolu man died Tuesday afternoon after a pickup truck he was driving ended up colliding head-on with another pickup truck on Players Course Road near the Wyboo Golf Club, police said.

April Lee Evans of Greenville and Andrew Walker Orr of Greenville were married at 5 p.m. May 30, 2009, at Clarendon Baptist Church in Alcolu.

Thieves have hit the Clarendon County town of Alcolu, but they weren't looking for cash or jewelry.

It wasn't that thieves broke into M&M Enterprises and stole seven commercial lawn mowers that was attention-getting. It was how they did it, and the trouble they went to just to get to the property, that amazed Mike McGee, owner of M&M, at 2927 Sumter Highway .

A 9-year-old Alcolu girl was pronounced dead Thursday after a two-car wreck on U.S. 301 near Plowden Mill Road in Alcolu.

A 9-year-old Alcolu girl died Thursday in a two-car collision in Clarendon County.

A collision two miles north of Manning sent four people to the hospital and claimed the life of one child Thursday afternoon.