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Local news for Sumter, SC continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

16 hrs ago | The Item

Young's on Oswego Highway Robbed

Chris Moore / The Item Sumter Police officers and investigators talk with the clerk of the Young's Food Store on Oswego Highway on Thursday morning following a robbery at the convenience store.

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Related Topix: Sumter Metro, Sumter County, SC

Yesterday | The Item

Townhouse development gets initial approval

Sumter City-County Planning Commission approved a 64-unit townhouse development on eight acres of Rast Street land at its Wednesday meeting, among other actions.

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Related Topix: Sumter Metro

Yesterday | The Item

'All of a sudden, it's gone'

Keith Gedamke / The Item Lance Cpl. Alexander Richardson checks what was a Ford Ranger after a train collided with the truck at the intersection of St.

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Related Topix: Sumter Metro, Wedgefield, SC, Train Disaster

Wed Jul 23, 2008

The Item

Donations for veterans collected

The Sumter chapter of Disabled American Veterans met Tuesday night for a meeting atypical of its usual monthly meetings.

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Related Topix: Columbia, SC, Sumter Metro

The Item

More than $30,000 in counterfeit items netted

Photo provided Some of the counterfeit items nabbed in and undercover operation by the Sumter City-County Drug Team are seen.

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Related Topix: Bishopville, SC, Chester, SC, Sumter Metro, York, SC

The Item

Unanimous OK given on penny sales tax list

Keith Gedamke / The Item Members of Sumter County Council listen to the public's input on the capital penny sales tax during their meeting Tuesday.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter County, SC, Sumter Metro

Tue Jul 22, 2008

The Item

Hydrant tests to be performed Wednesday

The city of Sumter will be performing fire hydrant flow tests on Wednesday in the following areas: Myrtle Beach Highway from Liberty Street to the U.S. 76/378 bypass, Craig Road, Mims Road, Radical Road, ...

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Related Topix: Sumter Metro

Mon Jul 21, 2008

The Item

Robbery suspect apprehended

Keith Gedamke / The Item Sumter Police officers converge outside Domino's Pizza on Miller Road shortly after 5 p.m. Monday after a robbery there.

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Related Topix: Sumter Metro

WIS-TV Columbia

Man arrested in connection with Sumter murder

Sumter police say they have arrested a man in connection with a Friday morning murder.

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The Times and Democrat

Amazing cargoes manufactured in Orangeburg every day

Orangeburg a small agricultural city? No way. Of the 10 biggest manufacturing plants in central South Carolina, it's the only one, including Columbia, which can claim two.

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Related Topix: South Carolina, Newberry, SC, University of South Carolina System, Sumter (University of South Carolina System), Elloree, SC, Opinion

Sun Jul 20, 2008

The Item

Read Now

What happens after you toss your trash? Some may think it stinky, smelly and sordid, but it's a job that must be done.

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Related Topix: Sumter County, SC, Columbia, SC, Sumter Metro

The Item

Suspected shooter arrested

Chris Moore / The Item William A. McKenzie, 23, was found lying in the road at this address on Highland Avenue about 12:30 a.m. Friday with a gunshot wound to his chest.

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Related Topix: Sumter Metro, Violent Crime

WLTX-TV Columbia

Police Investgating Shooting Death in Sumter

Sumter Police are investigating a homicide which took place early Friday morning.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime

Sat Jul 19, 2008

The Item

Man killed on Highland

Chris Moore / The Item William A. McKenzie, 23, was found lying outside 123 Highland Ave.

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Related Topix: Sumter County, SC, Sumter Metro

Fri Jul 18, 2008

WACH-TV Columbia

Sumter Deputies say man kills wife and then himself

Friday, July 18, 2008 at 4:08 p.m. Sumter County Deputies are investigating what they are calling an apparent murder suicide in a Dalzell home involving a middle aged married couple.

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Related Topix: Dalzell, SC, Sumter County, SC

WIS-TV Columbia

Sumter police investigating after man shot, killed

Sumter police say a man was shot and killed early Friday morning. A news release states that at around 12:30am, officers from the Sumter Police Department responded to Highland Ave.

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WLTX-TV Columbia

Sumter Shooting Deaths Ruled Murder-Suicide

Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis says the shooting deaths of a man and woman in Dalzell was an apparent murder-suicide. Dennis told The Item of Sumter that it appears 52-year-old Kurt Edward Kern shot ...

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Related Topix: Sumter County, SC, Dalzell, SC, Violent Crime, Suicide

Thu Jul 17, 2008

WIS-TV Columbia

Sumter authorities investigating potential murder-suicide

Sumter County officials are investigating two deaths in an apparent murder-suicide. Sheriff Anthony Dennis says sheriff's deputies received about a woman who hadn't been heard from in 2 days.

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Related Topix: Sumter County, SC

Wed Jul 16, 2008

The Item

Clyburn to speak at transit center opening

Keith Gedamke / The Item New and improved: Sumter's transportation center is the largest public transit restoration project in the state.

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Related Topix: Santee, SC, The College of New Jersey, The College of Wooster, The College of Idaho, The University of Findlay

Tue Jul 15, 2008

WLTX-TV Columbia

Suspect Stabs Brother, Turns Self In, Deputies Say

Sumter deputies have arrested a Wedgefield man, after they say he stabbed a 33-year-old Sumter man in the stomach four times, and turned himself in Monday evening.

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Related Topix: Wedgefield, SC, Sumter County, SC

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Sumter, South Carolina is located in Sumter County and is part of the Sumter Metro Area. Zip codes in Sumter, SC include 29154, 29153, and 29150.

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