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Sumter leaders look back on 9/11 attacks and how they changed their work

JIM McCAIN On 9/11, current Sumter County Council Chairman Jim McCain was living in Atlanta and manager of UPS

Rubio arrives in Latin America to push US counter-drug priorities with Trump-friendly leaders

BARRANQUILLA, Colombia (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio began a three-nation tour of Latin America on Tuesday, visiting U.S.-aligned conser…

Alex Murdaugh retrial will be moved to Sumter County, judge orders

In an eight-page court order released by Fourteenth Judicial Circuit on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 8, the court found that Sumter County will be “…

Sept. 11, 2001, by the numbers

19 terrorists who were members of al-Qaeda, an Islamist extremist network, hijacked four commercial airplanes 8:46 a.m. North Tower of World Tra…

2 in custody after fatal shooting on East Charlotte Avenue

Two men are in custody in connection to the fatal shooting of Leroy Bradford on Monday, Aug. 24. According to Tonyia McGirt, public information…

Sen. Darline Graham wins GOP primary runoff to replace her late brother in US Senate

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Darline Graham won the Republican nomination to replace her late brother Lindsey Graham on South Carolina

The US and Canada could pull back from an all-out trade war. It

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Canada have ramped up their trade war, hitting each other with steep new tit-for-tat tariffs. Despite the bravado…

Church news: Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026

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Sumter judge strikes Mayesville CDC

A Sumter judge struck Town of Mayesville Community Development Corporation

Israelis worry about weakening connection with younger Jewish Americans

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israelis across political and religious lines are worried about the weakening connection with younger Jewish Americans — who, a…

TikTok reaches $400 million settlement with US Justice Department over children

TikTok has reached a $400 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, ending a 2024 lawsuit alleging the company violated federal ch…

Brig. Gen. Thomas Sumter

SUBMITTED On Friday, Aug. 14, at Thomas Sumter Memorial Park in Dalzell, a joint effort between Sumter

Poland says it thwarted a Russian plot to kill an American citizen in Warsaw

WARSAW (AP) — A Russian plan to kill a Ukrainian American citizen in Warsaw was thwarted by Poland before it could be carried out, the Polish pr…

Ancient mummy DNA provides scientific evidence that colonization brought smallpox to the Americas

NEW YORK — Ancient mummy DNA recovered in Chile has yielded the firmest evidence yet that European colonization brought smallpox to the Americas…

Reflections by Sammy Way: Neill O

Reflections recalls the contributions made to Tuomey Hospital by Neill O

Remembering D-Day: Key facts and figures about epochal World War II invasion

OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — The D-Day invasion that helped change the course of World War II was unprecedented in scale and audacity. As veterans…