Lee County News

For the first time in several years, the city is going to have a Christmas parade.

The state and local unemployment numbers continue to climb. On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics in Washington, D.C., released the official unemployment figures for South Carolina, and the news caused experts to grimace.

Two Lee County schools will soon have new leaders. District Superintendent Dr. Cleo Richardson announced Tuesday that interim principals will be in place soon at Lower Lee Elementary and Dennis Intermediate schools.

A community group is asking the Lee County Board of Education to take an active role in saving the old Bishopville High School on North Main Street.

The Lee County Board of Education will receive a report from a group established to restore and save the old Bishopville High School when it meets at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the cafeteria at Lee Central High School.

Cotton is always king at the South Carolina Cotton Museum. However, cotton will share the spotlight with education for a couple of hours on Sunday afternoon as the cotton museum hosts an American Education Week Celebration at 3 p.m. Sponsored by the Lee County Education Association, District Superintendent Dr.

A 41-year-old man who was being sought for allegedly scamming businesses was taken into custody just before 6 p.m. on Friday, said Sumter police Capt.

Lee County residents are beginning to ask questions about the rezoning of 130 acres near Exit 116 on Interstate 20 from rural to heavy industrial.

Cassatt Water Co. issued a boil water order on Thursday for about 30 residents in the McGee Town community of Lee County.

A hundred 3- and 4-year-olds can make a lot of noise when they are playing with streamers and balloons.

South Carolina has begun the process of totally revamping the way it manages its food stamp program, officially known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP.

Bishopville Mayor Tom Alexander, 78, remained in the trauma care unit at McLeod Regional Medical Center Thursday after suffering a massive stroke Tuesday night.

A Georgia man was killed after a car that was being pursued by sheriff's deputies from Lee and Kershaw counties ran off Interstate 20 on Monday evening, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

A man was killed after a car that was being pursued by sheriff's deputies from Lee and Kershaw counties ran off Interstate 20 on Wednesday evening, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

A Lee County sheriff's deputy is recovering from injuries not considered life-threatening that he suffered when a car on Interstate 20 plowed into the back of his patrol vehicle on Monday morning.

The BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation presented a $70,000 grant to the Free Medical Clinic of Darlington County on Friday at Lawton Park in Hartsville.

Randy Burns / The Item Lee County Career and Technology Center Bryan DuRant steps off the new activity bus acquired by the school to transport students to field trips.

Firefighters in the tri-county area are spreading the message of fire prevention and safety as they visit schools and host special events at fire stations as part of Fire Prevention Month activities.

Lee County Council discussed extensive facility improvements needed at the various county-owned buildings at a workshop held Tuesday morning at the Lee County Courthouse.

A few friends of Bishopville High School attended Tuesday's City Council meeting to ask for support in their efforts to restore the old high school building.