All flights into and out of one of the United States' busiest runways were halted for a time Tuesday due to a bomb threat, ...

Kathryn Lee Hodge Holloman, 78, affectionately known as “Kak,” wife of Melvin Holloman, passed away Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, at ...

My sister is cheap. She's also not good at choosing gifts for people. Often, the things she gives are worse than if she'd ...

The Scott’s Branch football team made quick work of Military Magnet on Friday, running away with a 44-0 victory. The Eagles ...

The Laurence Manning football team had plenty on the line when they hosted Porter-Gaud on Friday. The Swampcats and Cyclones ...

We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Dr. Cynthia Smith Jones, who transitioned on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, at Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia. She was the beloved daughter of the ...

Mary Louise Jenkins Woods, 77, wife of Levi Woods, died Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. at her home in Sumter.  Born June 4, 1948, in Sumter,  she was the daughter of  the late Steven Jenkins ...

Bernetha Johnson Cooper, 60, wife of Maurice Cooper and daughter of the late Roosevelt Johnson and Martha Ann Murphy Johnson, was born on July 31, 1965, in Darlington.  She departed this life on ...

Henry Ray Carroll, 94, passed away on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, at Prisma Health Tuomey in Sumter. Born Feb. 21, 1931, in Cherokee County, he was a son of the late Irby Hemphill Carroll and the late ...

Frances Carolyn Hudson, 88, died at Lexington County Community House-Agape Care on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. Born in Oswego on Oct. 19, 1937, she was a daughter of the late Ambrose H. Baker and the late ...

Patrick Kershaw, 52, died, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, at Grand Strand Medical Center, Myrtle Beach.  Born Nov. 7, 1972, in Sumter,  he was the son of  the late Andrew Kershaw and Geneva ...

Sumter County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that occurred during a children’s birthday party, leaving three ...