A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to reinstate probationary workers let go in mass firings across multiple ...

A Sumter man linked through an investigation to the sale of significant amounts of methamphetamine in the Sumter community is in custody and charged, according to a news release from Sumter Police ...

Lonnie A. Hancock, 43, of 354 Niblick Drive, died Satur 8, 2025. The family is receiving friends at the home 354 Niblick Drive,  Sumter. Services have been entrusted to the staff and ...

To ensure  students receive the instructional time required, Lee County School District has designated Friday, March 21, 2025 ...

Law enforcement is searching for a missing man with dementia after he was last seen early Monday morning, March 10, according ...

Dr. Johnnie Boone McCrea, 75, widow of Freddie Howard McCrea and daughter of the late Elijah Boone and Louise Andrew Boone, ...

Ruth Ann “MeMa” Brown, 92, widow of William Heyward Brown, passed away Monday, March 10, 2025, at Prisma Health Richland in ...

Dorothy Mae Parrott Jackson, 83, widow of George Edward Jackson and daughter of the late Joseph Parrott and Parline Wells Parrott, was born on Feb. 24, 1942, in Sumter. She departed this life on ...

Does the grocery store scare you? What about buying eggs? Do you dread driving to Walmart? Do you remember a day when it was ...

What to stream: 'Moana 2,' John Mulaney, 'Confessions of Octomom,' Amanda Seyfried and 'Dope Thief' "Moana 2," the ...

The Sumter County Middle School Conference recognized their all-conference players on Thursday. The girls team included, ...

The Sumter Item's Next Gen News Editor Alaysha Maple sat on a panel with four other accomplished journalists, including Caleb ...