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Sumter Item
April 29, 2018
John D. McMillan, Edmunds High football coach, has been selected to be one of the South Carolina coaches in the North Carolina-South Carolina all-state game .... Sumter County's share of the PRT money has translated into more than $100,000 in grants for parks and recreation development since 1989.
charlestonchronicle.net
April 27, 2018
Things may or may not be getting better for schools in South Carolina's infamous 'Corridor of Shame' since the state's Supreme Court last December ... In recent weeks Sumter County School District officials announced closure of several schools in Sumter County and S.C. Department of Education officialsÃâà...
WIS
April 27, 2018
... according to Sumter Police. Smith's 2-year-old child was also found in the home uninjured. The father of the toddler, 50-year-old Alonzo Shaw, was taken into custody Wednesday night and charged with murder Thursday morning. The Sumter County Coroner's Office has notified Smith's next of kin and anÃâà...
Charleston Post Courier
April 23, 2018
Dick Jenrette, a former Wall Street executive and part-time South Carolina resident who became one of the nation's most ardent preservationists of historic properties, has died. He was 89. His death was ... Jenrette once called Millford Plantation in Sumter County “my Taj Mahal.” File/Robert Behre/Staff.
WACH.com
April 23, 2018
SUMTER COUNTY, SC (WACH) – Deputies with the Sumter County Sheriff's Office needs the public's help in finding a man wanted for criminal sexual conduct with a minor. Thirty-eight-year-old John Paul Rogers is wanted on charges of second degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor and resisting arrest.
The State
April 21, 2018
Though one person died during a shooting on Sunday, the lives of six young people will likely be cut short, leaving multiple families grieving. The first appearance hearing for Jaelon Jackson, 21, who is accused of fatally shooting 17-year-old Joshua Goodman during an attempted armed robbery on SundayÃâà...
WLTX.com
April 20, 2018
Sumter, SC (WLTX) - Sumter County deputies a looking for a15-year-old girl they say ran away from home. Zyarriah Myers was last seen at her home around 8:45 p.m. Wednesday, according to a report. She is described as being 5 feet 1 inch, weighing 150 pounds with black and blonde hair and brownÃâà...
The State
April 11, 2018
A South Carolina man was arrested and charged Wednesday for sexually assaulting a young girl. The Sumter man was arrested after the now-8-year-old girl reported him. Jason Allan Lynch, 37, was charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor, according to the Sumter County Sheriff'sÃâà...
WIS
April 10, 2018
Ernest W. Frierson, a minister living in Sumter County, would like to see one of the schools serve the community in another capacity. “The Superintendent has been talking about creating magnet schools in the rural areas,” said Ernest W. Frierson. “Since we house an alternative setting at Mayewood Middle,Ãâà...
The State
April 8, 2018
Sumter County authorities have charged a man in connection with an armed robbery and attack that left a convenience store clerk hospitalized. Chauncey Antonio Wright, 23, of Mayesville, was charged with armed robbery, according to a release Sunday morning from the Sumter County Sheriff's Office.
WACH.com
April 5, 2018
SUMTER COUNTY, SC (WACH) – The Sumter County Coroner's Office has identified the skeletal remains that were found in a wooded area on Gaines Rd. The department and Dr. Thad Vincent of Palmetto Family Dentistry say the remains are those of Michael Joseph Thomson. Thomson has been missing since Sept. ofÃâà...
WLTX.com
April 5, 2018
Sumter County, SC (WLTX) - Sumter County deputies say a missing 15-year-old has returned home, and is safe with his family. Quandell Harris had been missing since Friday, March 30 when he was last seen leaving the home of a family member, according to deputies. Deputies thank the public for theirÃâà...
The State
March 28, 2018
Law enforcement tried to pull over Midlands man, who turned out to be wanted, Monday, only to see him drive away. Although he eventually crashed his vehicle and ran away on foot, he was ultimately found hiding in his residence. Demetrius Johnson, 32, was located hiding in his attic by Sumter CountyÃâà...
WIS
March 26, 2018
SUMTER, SC (WIS) -. A school board meeting was held Monday evening at Crestwood High school to discuss the potential closings of three Sumter County rural schools. Across the board, many questioned the Interim Superintendent's proposal to close down the three schools. No decision was made at theÃâà...
Sumter Item
March 26, 2018
Francis Marion Dwight, M.D., 82, distinguished citizen and oldest physician in Sumter County, died at his home near Wedgefield. .... H. B. Richardson accepted the check from Dwight Holder, chairman, and Robert Hickman, director of the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, whichÃâà...
The Herald
March 23, 2018
The incident occurred March 10, when Coffey was playing in the yard and he heard someone cry out for help, according to the Sumter County Sheriff's Office. Coffey responded to the cries and discovered his neighbor, 65-year-old Allen Clemmons, trapped beneath a Ford Mustang which had fallen off of itsÃâà...
The State
March 12, 2018
After this school year, three low-enrollment schools would be absorbed by three larger schools in the district in a plan laid out by Debbie Hamm, according to multiple reports. The low-enrollment schools in question are Rafting Creek Elementary School, F.J. DeLaine Elementary School and MayewoodÃâà...
WACH.com
March 7, 2018
SUMTER COUNTY, SC (WACH) – Police in Sumter County need the public's help in finding three of four suspects involved in a shooting over the weekend that left one man injured. Twenty-six-year-old Jaqwon Danik Gagum, 25-year-old Janie Iraisha Johnson and 28-year-old Montez Johnson are all wanted on attemptedÃâà...
The State
March 5, 2018
... Burgess, 30, and Rodney Jermaine Burgess, 33. The boy who was shot was treated for his injury and released, according to the sheriff's office. Anyone with information is asked to call the Sumter County Sheriff's Office at 803-436-2022 or Crimestoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC, or click or tap here for the link.
WIS
March 1, 2018
(Source: WIS). SUMTER COUNTY, SC (WIS) -. Troopers with the South Carolina Highway Patrol are investigating a collision in Sumter County that killed one person. ... The Sumter County Coroner's Office has been identified as Ms. Cylest Gourley, 34, of Sumter. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The State
March 1, 2018
Eight students have been arrested in connection with fights at a Sumter County high school that were the subject of a viral video. The brawl happened in the parking lot of Lakewood High School on Feb. 20, the Sumter County Sheriff's Office said in a release. Video of the second fight was posted toÃâà...
The State
February 26, 2018
A video of a parking lot brawl outside of a Midlands high school has gone viral. The social media frenzy has caught the attention of law enforcement as well, and an investigation into the fight is underway. On Monday, the Sumter County Sheriff's Office said it is investigating fights that reportedly includedÃâà...
Sumter Item
December 31, 1999
... Ralph and Toye Canty, The Glenmore and May Sharp Trust and a grant from the Sumter County Cultural Commission which receives support from the John and Susan Bennett Arts Fund of the Coastal Community Foundation of S.C., the S.C. Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts.
WLTX.com
December 31, 1999
Sumter, SC (WLTX) A Sumter County school bus was hit by car that then left the scene, according to police. The collision happened a little after 8AM Monday on Pinewood Road near the intersection with McCrady's Mill road. The bus was heading to Lakewood High School. A preliminary investigation by theÃâà...
WACH.com
December 31, 1999
SUMTER, S.C. (WACH)-- The Sumter County Sheriff's Department is assisting the South Carolina Highway Patrol in solving three fatal hit-and-run incidents. Between September 2015 and February 2018 there have been a number of fatal hit-and-run incidents, three of which have gone unsolved in the Rembert area ofÃâà...
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