Sumter News

Deborah Tallent could get her mail delivered to her house, but she likes stopping by the LeNoir Store, so she pays $44 a year to rent a post office box instead.

For Sumter County and state economic development officials, one company's decision to set up a manufacturing operation in the Midlands is a all kinds of Au'Some. "This manufacturer could have put this plant anywhere," said Greg Thompson with the Sumter Economic Development Committee.

Sumter, SC - More economic development is coming to Sumter County, as Gov. Nikki Haley announced Friday Au'Some Candy Company will call Sumter its new home.

One of America's Founding Fathers will join his son and the first African American state Chief Justice in the South Carolina Hall of Fame on Monday.

The firm announced in January that it would invest $6 million and bring 120 jobs to its first and only North American manufacturing plant in the central South Carolina site.

The firm announced in January that it would invest $6 million and bring 120 jobs to its first and only North American manufacturing plant in the central South Carolina site.

Julie Jemerson, foreground, and other members of the St. John 'A' Baptist Church rehearse for a concert of African-American spirituals Sunday at St.

Several Democratic senators are accusing state Superintendent Mick Zais of truancy in what the Republican schools chief calls a blatant partisan attack.

Friday, after more than a year of anticipation, the wrapping will be taken off one of Sumter County's newest manufacturing facilities, bringing with it new jobs and millions in investments during the next few years.

To commemorate Black History Month, we continue our intermittent series of profiles of African-American South Carolinians.

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. The official South Carolina Hall of Fame board of trustees have announced the 2012 inductees, one contemporary and one deceased.

Read more: Local , News , Military , Politics , Phil Leventis , South Carolina State Senate , South Carolina General Assembly , South Carolina Politics , Sumter , Lee Counties , Tony Barwick , South Carolina Senate District 35 , Election 2012 The 66-year-old Democrat has represented Sumter and Lee counties in the senate since 1981, when the ... (more)

Sumter, SC - Sumter police have arrested two suspects and are searching for four others they say killed one man and wounded another at a convenience store.

Every year it seems as if the Burnt Gin Hare Scramble in Sumter, South Carolina is the unofficial season opener for the East Coast Offroad Racing scene.

PowersportGrafx-RidePG.com riders Steward Baylor and Michael Lafferty smoked this past weekend's Sumter Enduro - the opening round of the AMA National Enduro Series in Sumter, South Carolina.

WP Racing USA-backed brothers Steward and Grant Baylor turned in stellar performances at the opening round of the AMA National Enduro Series in Sumter, South Carolina, this weekend, with 17-year-old Steward claiming his first-ever national win, while 14-year-old Grant finished an impressive 12th.

SUMTER, SC - The Sumter Police Department is requesting assistance in identifying the people responsible for the robbery of a pizza delivery driver on Saturday night.

Sumter Police Deputy Chief Alvin Holston said that three men stopped a Domino's pizza delivery man and posed as customers before stealing his money and pizza Saturday night at a home on Love Street, in the southwestern part of the city.

For the better part of the past century, Charles McCreight has made a living out of sketching grand plans.

Continental Tire the Americas' plans to invest $500 million in a new factory in Sumter County, expand its U.S. headquarters and create 1,700 jobs earned the S.C. Department of Commerce second-place honors for economic development from Business Facilities magazine.