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đź“° A look at our top headlines for the Weekend edition.
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"It has been an emotional roller-coaster ride trying to get through this year without her. This [Pink in the City] is her baby. It's like you're raising the child of somebody else. But we did it, and I think we really pulled it off."
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One great big pumpkin, several cozy porches and plenty of food and fun for everyone.
That was the scene as the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce and its Hospitality Hosts welcomed a sold-out crowd to the annual Porches of Sumter.
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đź“°A look at our top headlines for the Wednesday edition.
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Area 4 was new to the board in 2022 after board representation was changed from seven single-member districts to nine in Sumter County.
Two candidates filed and are in the race: incumbent Tarah Cousar-Johnson and challenger the Rev. Daryl McGhaney.
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It may be fall, but, according to Nat Bradford, watermelon season isn't quite over yet.
Bradford Watermelon Farm is back in season and will be available for purchase starting Monday, Oct. 12.
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Clarendon County Coroner Jacqueline Blackwell defended her office's workload, staffing and budget before county council at the Sept. 14 meeting, arguing that a more than $142,000 budget cut has hindered her ability to serve grieving families.
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One of Sumter's oldest, local independent restaurants that has always had a local nostalgic theme is "back and here to stay," as its new owner has worked to restore it to its glory days.
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Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chief Hampton Gardner led a news conference on Thursday, Oct. 8, providing an update on the fatal shooting of two men at a county Dollar General.
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Sumter County Department of Social Services is celebrating the opening of a new trauma-informed space in partnership with Lily Pad: A Soft Place to Land.
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Sumter County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that resulted in the death of two men, ages 19 and 20.
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A judge has thrown out Town of Mayesville Community Development Corporation's response in its legal battle with the town and its Mayor Chris Brown after it ignored a court order.
The nonprofit has now filed a motion to reopen the case.
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Environmental advocates say they are grateful Clarendon County adopted a moratorium on data centers, but want the county to close a loophole and be more transparent about the project already in the pipeline.
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University of South Carolina's four regional Palmetto College campuses continue to be recognized among the state's top community colleges in the newly released 2027 Niche Best College rankings.
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Gregg will serve a three-year term that began earlier this month. In the role, she will help provide guidance on the vision, mission and activities for the statewide network of more than 1,200 local councils.
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đź“° A look at our top headlines for the Weekend edition.
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Third Circuit Judge R. Ferrell Cothran sentenced Larry White to three life terms without the possibility of parole for his involvement in South Carolina’s deadliest prison riot at Lee Correctional Institution in 2018.
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A year after the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Jamayah Jones, Sumter County Sheriff’s Office has charged one man in connection to her death.
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Lee County Sheriff’s Office announced the mother of a suspect, who was previously charged, has been also arrested in connection to the killing of 18-year-old Ra’heem Mack.
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MANNING — McLeod Health welcomes Deanne Wirth, MD, to the medical staff at Palmetto Adult Medicine in Sumter.
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