Sumter County News

Gina Vasselli / The Item Mick Mulvaney answers questions about his run for Congress on Wednesday.

A former Lakewood High School teacher was arrested Thursday and charged with engaging in sexual activity with a fifteen year-old girl.

Sumter County Deputies haveA five suspects in custody charged with manufacturing methamphetamine afterA searching a home Thursday at 1030 Pearson Road.

A Lakewood High School teacher has resigned as officials investigate a possible sexual relationship between him and a 16-year-old female student.

About 1.5 million women and about 835,000 men are assaulted by a partner each year.

Sumter deputies are looking for three men who robbed a Kentucky Fried Chicken at gunpoint Sunday afternoon.

A woman who was hit by a car Wednesday afternoon while crossing North Washington Street died Friday morning from her injuries.

Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 7:28 p.m. Last Halloween a 12-year-old Sumter boy, his 9-year-old brother and his father went trick-or-treating when things turned deadly.A Police say a gunman fired nearly 30 shots at the family.A Several of those bullets hit the pre-teen, killing him.A The scary situation last Halloween continues to spook some Sumter ...

A cab driver was shot early Thursday on Hannah Street but managed to drive back to the cab stand on South Main Street, officials said.

Although Sumter County passed its $34-a-year fee for solid waste almost five months ago, residents came out in droves to the County Council meeting Tuesday.

Questions continue to swirl about whether the South Carolina Highway Patrol tested the sobriety of a driver involved in a wreck that killed a pregnant teenager.

A Dalzell man was arrested after he was stopped at a driver's license checkpoint at Westbury Mill and Cotton Acres roads Saturday night, according to the Sumter County Sheriff's Office.

A 21-year-old Sumter man died Saturday after handling an electrical device that apparently shocked him.

Sumter County deputies are investigating who broke into a Pinewood Road home and cut a 13-year-old boy's hand during a robbery attempt.

Sumter County deputies say two wigged women scammed another out of jewelry and 401K plan information at a grocery store on October 20, 2009.

"Like father, like son." That's an adage most people are familiar with. It might be time to invent a new one just for Charlene Avant and her son David Mullen.

Two men were shot in two separate incidents over the weekend. Both both men's injuries were not life-threatening, police said.

Freezing temperatures in the Sumter area on Monday morning could be a preview for the type of weather residents can expect this winter.

Photo Provided Salem Black River Presbyterian Church will celebrate its 250th anniversary on Oct.

Saturday, the Sumter County Sheriff's Department will join forces with folks from the south Sumter area to make sure that the junk on their streets doesn't lead to criminals in their backyards.