Summerton News

The Clarendon County Chamber of Commerce honored four county residents Thursday during the organization's annual dinner.

Clarendon County sheriff's deputies arrested two Manning men Monday thought to be involved in no less than six burglaries at homes throughout the county.

A 49-year-old Summerton man was killed early Saturday morning in a single vehicle wreck on Elliot Road, officials said.

A little more than a month after a similar endeavor was undertaken in Summerton, Manning Lions Club members will come together at the Wyboo Plantation Community Center on Monday to march for diabetes awareness.

Robert Baker / The Item People of all ages enjoy Clarendon Hall's Boo Mania and Laurence Manning Academy's Cat Fest during the weekend.

The Beach Company's new Cantey Bay Plantation development will not be annexed into the town.

Robert Baker / The Item Gov. Mark Sanford told employees of Select Labaratories LLC that he appreciated their efforts at supplying affordable testing to rural physicians and patients.

Clarendon School District 1 officials said that if a bus driver had followed policy, a 5-year-old girl said to be a student at Summerton Early Childhood Center would not have been left alone on a bus after it was parked for the night.

Summerton, S.C. Jenean Richardson didn't get home from school Tuesday night until 8:30. The 5-year-old was left on a bus all alone in the parking lot of Scott's Branch High School in Summerton.

At the most recent Sumter city and county council meetings, both councils gave approval to a resolution dealing with a regional wastewater service agreement.

A Summerton man is in stable condition after being shot Thursday morning. Officials with the Orangeburg County Sheriff's Department said Friday that the 33-year-old man was treated for a gunshot wound to the side at Regional Medical Center of Orangeburg and Calhoun Counties after being shot near a convenience store on S.C. 6. According to reports, ...

For the 11th year, the Clarendon County Habitat for Humanity will host its author luncheon, and this year it's Friday at noon in the fellowship hall of Manning United Methodist Church, 17 E. Rigby St.

Clarendon County Council will move its regular meeting temporarily to the Clarendon School District 1 Office in Summerton at 6 p.m. Monday.

A pair of teenagers who were reported missing near the Clarendon County town of Summerton have been found.

The students, faculty and staff of Scott's Branch High School in Summerton read almost 1.9 million pages this past summer.

A Summerton resident and deacon of a Davis Station church is in jail after being accused of having sexual relations with a minor.

An arts grant, awards for students and employees, and updating tobacco policies were among the topics discussed at the Clarendon School District 1 Board of Trustees' regular meeting.

The defendants charged with felony murder in the death of a Northeast Philadelphia woman whose body was found on a rural dirt road in Mansfield earlier this month have been extradited to New Jersey.

Almost a month after discussing a measure commonly known as the "Saggy Pants Ordinance" in an open forum with community leaders, Clarendon County Council decided this week to abandon the measure.

Lynchburg is once again receiving state revenue from the Office of the State Treasurer.