SUMTER COUNTY Each year at Christmas, Swan Lake Iris Gardens sparkles with 1 million lights, and this year is no different.

SUMTER COUNTY Each year at Christmas, Swan Lake Iris Gardens sparkles with 1 million lights, and this year is no different.

Sumter Police Department released information to The Sumter Item regarding an ongoing investigation of a hit-and-run of a ...

A Sumter man is in custody after deputies recovered a stolen firearm during a traffic stop. At about 9:30 p.m. on Dec. 16, a ...

ABIGAIL PITTMAN / THE SUMTER ITEM.Scott’s Branch hosts the Crestwood men’s and women’s basketball teams on December 16, 2025.

A South Carolina Department of Corrections officer and a Sumter woman were charged after reportedly working with an inmate to ...

Retired SFC Stevie Randy McCall, “Big Mac”, 57, passed away on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, at Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center ...

My 58-year-old husband recently shared a bed in our camper with a 21-year-old family friend. The friend is female. This ...