Sumter County 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.

On May 24, 1772, William Moultrie took a break from surveying the South Carolina-North Carolina border to visit little Charlotte Town, which he described as having five or six houses, "very ordinary built of logs." Nearly 240 years later, Charlotte has a few more houses.

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.

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.

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)

A fugitive on the run from Florence County since Aug. 20 -- and charged in connection with two Sumter County slayings -- was arrested, hiding in a closet, at a Grovetown, Ga., home by US Marshals.

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.

Authorities say DNA linked a man currently in jail on a burglary charge to an unsolved killing in Sumter County three years ago.

Authorities say DNA linked a man currently in jail on a burglary charge to an unsolved killing in Sumter County three years ago.

Sumter County Coroner Harvin Bullock said Ruth Coard, 41 died when her 2008 Chevrolet pickup truck hit a tree in the westbound lane of U.S. 378 on the east side of Sumter County about 8:10 p.m. Bullock said she died from blunt-force trauma to the chest.

Business Facilities magazine has awarded the S.C. Department of Commerce with second place in the 2011 Economic Development Deal of the Year competition.