My daughter "Kate" is 22 and just recently graduated from college. She has been dating her boyfriend for five years. I love this young man like he was my own. The problem is, I just found out Kate has ...

Library Appreciation Week may not be until April 19-24, but that did little to deter three friends from showing their ...

Sumter School District's fiscal 2025 audit report by its outside auditor and a quarterly Title I report for high-poverty ...

To correct any information or to make a submission to Around Town, email pressrelease@theitem.com with Around Town in subject line. City of Sumter is accepting applications for its Summer Youth ...

Fifty-two students from across Sumter School District put their reading skills to the test during the annual Reading Rumble held Saturday, March 14, at Sumter High School. Students representing Alice ...

Barbara Jean Kranz Rosinski, age 88, beloved wife of 69 years to Thomas Rosinski Sr., died on Thursday, March 19, 2026, at ...

Chuck Norris, martial arts master and actor whose toughness became internet lore, dies at 86 Chuck Norris, the martial arts ...

Sally Kay Broadway, age 78, of Ridgeway, S.C., passed away on Thursday, March 19, 2026. Born on Dec. 10, 1947, in Sumter, Sally, daughter of the late John and Margaret Broadway, was a ...

After mold testing by an experienced consultant in December at Bates Middle School showed no elevated levels, a firm representative said future mold testing there should only occur if there is a ...

James Webb Jr., 60, affectionately known as Bebe, son of James (Bernard) Webb and Mary Anthony (John) Lewis, was born on July 5, 1965, in Sumter County. He departed this life on Friday, March 20, ...

In recognition of Women's History Month, Jacqueline Kay Hutchinson Hughes will be the guest speaker at the Sumter County Genealogical Society Membership meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, March 23, in the ...

Sumter County Sheriff’s Office charged a man and woman in connection to a fatal shooting that occurred Wednesday night.  Deputies responded to a residence along U.S. 15 at about 9:26 p.m.