Sumter News

A 61-year-old Lee County man is getting two years' probation after pleading guilty to four counts of the ill-treatment of 1,000 animals.

Workers move a Civil War cannon into position at Fort Moultrie on Sullivans Island, S.C., on June 10, 2013 after the gun was conserved.

Officers with the Lexington County Multi-Agency Narcotics Enforcement Team on Tuesday, June 11 seized a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory that was being operated at a home on Blackville Court near Gaston.

A Rock Hill boy and an elderly couple die in the same hotel room, less than two months apart.WBTV's news partner CN2 is reporting that an 11-year-old was found dead inside the Best Western Officials say they discovered carbon monoxide in a Boone hotel room where a preteen boy died from asphyxia two months after an elderly couple was found dead in ... (more)

The Sumter School District has recently come under fire for its testing practices at Sumter High School.

Lexie Kinder solves problems during math class, earns gold stars from her teacher and jokes with classmates at her elementary school.

Forbes blogger Kashmir Hill remembers a speech that National Security Agency general counsel Rajesh De made at Georgetown in February.

The Item of Sumter reports that Tuomey Healthcare System this week asked U.S. District Judge Margaret Seymour to consider granting a new trial.

The Item of Sumter reports that Tuomey Healthcare System this week asked U.S. District Judge Margaret Seymour to consider granting a new trial.

The number of housing markets that are improving grew nationwide this month, while momentum in some areas of the state slowed.

The Item of Sumter reports that the State Law Enforcement Division agreed to investigate the school after the Education Department found problems with the test given in April that students must pass to get a diploma.

Sumter Police are searching for a 27-year-old Sumter man believed to be involved in a shooting that took place Monday night.

A Sumter man has been ordered to a state mental facility after saying he burned his house down because it was full of witches.

The 20-year-old grandson of a Sumter couple is accused of setting the fire that killed them in their home.

The Item reports on the story, and on the fact that the man "was deemed not guilty by reason of insanity by 3rd Circuit Judge R. Ferrell Cothran." State mental health authorities had concluded the man was insane, and the prosecutor agreed that "Clark burned the house down because he believed witches were in the home." I think this might well be a ... (more)

In January of this year James Quiggle reported a story to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud which describes an act of insurance fraud, but worse, an unspeakable act, the betrayal of friendship.

The Sumter County Fire Department and the Sumter County Sheriff's Office responded Saturday to 1324 Barnwell Drive in regards to a house fire with possible entrapment.

Sumter Police is asking for the community's assistance in locating a Sumter man believed to be involved in a shooting incident that took place Thursday night.

Senators have advanced a bill allowing seventh- through 12th-graders to take more courses through South Carolina’s virtual education program.

Several developments have occurred that will affect the defense of the state's military bases and defense industries, worth $16 billion annually.