For decades, all that separated the U.S. from Mexico was barbed wire. Now, after a massive infusion of cash from Congress, President Donald Trump's administration is swiftly building ...

Rescuers pulled a 43-year-old security guard alive from a collapsed basement early Thursday, ending a grueling dayslong operation that became a symbol of hope after ...

The FBI has asked its field offices across the country to dedicate more than 200 staffers to its investigation of the 2020 election in Georgia's Fulton County. A memo obtained ...

Iran prepared Friday for the dayslong funeral of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with banners across Tehran urging the public to rise up in support of the ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 10,000 people over a five-day period at the end of June, marking a major push by the agency tasked with carrying out the Trump ...

Malik Tillman stepped up for a free kick with a bloody sock and a new right boot after being stepped on by an opponent as the ...

Honey Hive on Main employees make preparations in their new dining area on Wednesday, July 1, for the restaurant's opening.

John Johnson Jr., 86, son the late John Johnson Sr. and Christine Crim Johnson, was born on Nov. 1, 1939, in Sumter, South Carolina. He departed this life on Monday, June 29, 2026, at Prisma Health ...

Richard Lee Weathers, 69, son of the late Jessie Williams and Maryalice Weathers Williams, was born on Dec. 1, 1956, in ...

ABIGAIL PITTMAN / THE SUMTER ITEM Longtime friends run this fireworks stand on Alice Drive across from Walmart in Sumter on ...

Shirul Ann Pearson Ford, 86, widow of James Ford Sr. and daughter of the late Robert Pearson Sr. and Mary Rock Pearson, was ...

Leola Isaac Andrews, 98, departed this life on Saturday, June 27, 2026, at her home with her children.  Born on Oct. 26, 1927, to the late Annie B. Fairly Isaac and Dennis Isaac Sr.,  Leola ...