The South Carolina Forestry Commission is issuing a Red Flag Fire Alert for 33 counties across the Midlands, Pee Dee and ...

The U.S. has launched another round of retaliatory strikes against the Islamic State in Syria following last month's ambush ...

K-Pop Warriors Live Show to bring global music to Patriot Hall Sumterites will soon have the opportunity to experience a ...

South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster has proclaimed January as Radon Action Month, and the South Carolina Department of ...

U.S. forces boarded another oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea, according to the U.S. military on Friday, as the Trump ...

Best of Sumter is back again, celebrating 26 years of awarding Sumter's favorites in 2026. Nominations for The Sumter Item's ...

Stacker compiled a ranking of the coldest Januarys in South Carolina since 1895 using data from the National Centers for ...

About 60 area K-12 teachers, administrators and retired educators attended the Kids First Mind Brain Education Professional ...

NASA canceled its first spacewalk of the year and may bring its crew back early from the International Space Station due to ...

'One Battle After Another' dominates SAG's Actor Awards with 7 nominations "One Battle After Another" dominated nominations ...

After the winter holiday break, Sumter school board gets back on its regular two-meetings-per-month schedule on Monday, but it is a relatively light agenda following public participation. Public ...

Wesley Phillip Hayden, age 62, died on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, at his home.  Services will be held at a later date.  You may go to and sign the ...