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 ...

An 11-year-old boy crashed a pickup truck into a group of monks on a pilgrimage walk in northeastern Thailand on Thursday, ...

The FBI has discounted some of the ransom notes that surfaced after the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie as nothing more than ...

I've been married for 20 years and have three kids: 19 (in college), 17 and 15. My wife and I sleep in separate beds and haven't had sex in more than five years -- her choice, not mine. We ...

Sumter High announced a change in leadership for its baseball program on Wednesday, as Joe Norris steps down from the post. Norris originally accepted the job on June 3 but is stepping down due to ...

Kenneth Johnson, 57, son of Albert Brown and Evelyn Johnson, was born on Oct. 18, 1968, in Clarendon County, South Carolina.  He departed this life on Thursday, June 25, 2026, at his residence.

Tourists from Chattanooga check into beach resorts in Cancun. Canadian auto parts feed factories in the American Midwest — and vice versa. Happy hour revelers raise glasses of ...

New Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh said Wednesday that the central bank would remain independent and seek to bring down inflation, likely foreclosing the rate cuts President ...

George Lee Madison Jr., the husband of the late Mae Etta Shannon Madison was born Aug. 3, 1940, in Pinewood to the late George Lee and Mary Taylor Madison Sr. George transitioned from ...

Daniel Enoch Neville, age 69, beloved husband of 20 years to Ginger Lynn Neville, passed away on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, at his home in Sumter, South Carolina.  A memorial service will be held ...