Two Month Cocaine Investigation Nets One Arrest

WLTX-TV Columbia - Sat Nov 07

Sumter County deputies Friday arrested a 25-year-old man following a two-month-long investigation into whether or not the man sold cocaine.

Surgery helps S.C. woman see after 12 years in dark

Myrtle Beach Online - Fri Nov 06

On June 9, Cynthia Dicks woke up, a patch was taken off her eye and she opened it.

Armed robbers steal $2.5k from Dalzell woman, sketches released

WIS-TV Columbia - Fri Nov 06

Police in Sumter have released sketches of two people who kidnapped and robbed a Dalzell woman at gunpoint.

Man charged in Sumter robbery faces similar Manning charges

The Item - Thu Nov 05

A Manning man is in custody at the Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center after being arrested Sunday for an Oct.

Man gets 27 years for robberies

The Item - Thu Nov 05

A 30-year-old Sumter man was sentenced to 27 years in prison Wednesday after authorities said he robbed the same bank twice, but noted that $330,000 taken from the second heist has never been recovered.

Man, 24, wanted in connection with home invasion arrested

The Item - Thu Nov 05

A 24-year-old man wanted in connection with an Oct. 21 home invasion was arrested Tuesday and is facing numerous charges.

Graham, Clyburn feted for racial harmony

Myrtle Beach Online - Wed Nov 04

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn and Sen. Lindsey Graham, both sons of the segregated South, grew up in parts of South Carolina that were much farther apart than the mere 175 miles between them.

South Carolina Man Sentenced for Robbing Same Bank Twice

Federal Bureau of Investigation - Wed Nov 04

United States Attorney W. Walter Wilkins stated that Deonta Lamont Carpenter, age 30, of Sumter, South Carolina, was sentenced to 328 months in federal prison court for two armed robberies of the Bank of America at 1141 Broad Street in Sumter.

Downtown preparing for Veteran's Day parade

The State - Wed Nov 04

Details are taking shape for the city's 31st Veteran's Day Parade. The parade begins at 10:50 a.m. Wednesday, with participants beginning to gather after 8 a.m. on Sumter Street.

District 17 talks administrative office space

The Item - Tue Nov 03

Several ideas on providing office space for Sumter County's consolidated school district were presented Monday evening, including taking out a bond referendum to build a new administrative headquarters.