Sumter Fire Department is known around town for its Christmas light displays, and 2025 is no different. Firefighters build ...

Lena McNeill Phillips, a cherished resident of Lynchburg, South Carolina, peacefully departed this world on Tuesday, Dec. 23, ...

President Donald Trump said Thursday night that he'd launched a "powerful and deadly strike" against Islamic State forces in Nigeria, after he spent weeks decrying the ...

A court in Russia on Thursday convicted a pro-war activist and critic of President Vladimir Putin of justifying terrorism and sentenced him to six years in prison. Sergei Udaltsov, the leader of the ...

A bomb exploded during prayers at a mosque in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri on Wednesday night, killing five people in what police described as a likely suicide ...

Istanbul police launched scores of simultaneous raids on Thursday, detaining over a hundred suspected members of the militant Islamic State group who were allegedly planning attacks ...

While attending a friend's family barbecue, "Willa," a young mother of four, drank too much and became ill. Drugs may have been involved. Understandably, the three older children became ...

The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources has partnered with the free Hunt Regs App to provide the public with a ...

Karel is a delightful 4- to 5-year-old girl weighing 52 pounds of pure sweetness. This well-mannered lady enjoys spending ...

Meet Curtis! He is 36 pounds, 6 to 8 months old and very handsome and playful. Curtis is an adorable puppy who steals hearts ...

Ernie is a 7-week-old male kitten ready for a new home for the holidays. Come to the Sumter SPCA to meet him. The Sumter SPCA ...

Santa Claus is the late Hubert Duvall Osteen, longtime editor/publisher/owner of The Sumter Item. He's holding the Wednesday, ...