Charleston Gospel Choir coming to Sumter for Christmas on Dec. 5 Charleston Gospel Choir is coming to Sumter for Christmas at ...

Chester Everett Phillips, 96, widower of Elinor Gillmeister Phillips, died Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. Born Dec. 7, 1929, in ...

It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish. The old adage was certainly true for Wilson Hall on Friday night against Northside Christian. The Barons’ first play of the game was a trick play ...

Manning Early Childhood Center students spent a perfect fall day at Dorr Farms on Wednesday, Oct. 28. Mrs. Jordan and Ms.

This year's HopeHealth Golf Classic returns for the 10th year Thursday, Nov. 19, to Wyboo Golf Club. This one-day, four-man ...

Sumter To make a submission to our events list, email pressrelease@theitem.com with EVENTS in the subject line. SUMTER COUNTY ...

Daylight saving time ends on Sunday, November 1 and the American Red Cross of South Carolina, encourages everyone to TEST ...

Sumter City Councilman Colin Davis joined Cherryvale Elementary School Principal Christine Carnes to be principal for a day ...

Frankie Lee Smith, 67, son of the late James Smith and Lila Gaymon Smith, was born on Jan. 31, 1959, in Sumter. He departed this life on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, at MUSC Health Columbia Medical ...

Sumter High senior Jaylen Berry made the trip to River Hill Golf and Country Club on Monday and Tuesday for the last round of ...

A Sumter man has been arrested in connection to a fire at a Sumter motel.  On Friday, Oct. 23, a travel trailer caught fire ...

As Halloween brings bats into the spotlight, Clemson University bat ecologist Ben Neece separates fact from fiction, ...