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It was Lainey Wilson 's night, in many ways. She took home female artist of the year and the top prize of entertainer of the year at the 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards. "I've been in Nashville …
Sumter's arts and entertainment community is always looking for fresh, new faces to add to carry on its …
Reba McEntire is hosting Thursday's Academy of Country Music Awards, promising a night of memorable …
Flower power was in full bloom as Sumterites turned out to the annual Sumter Microbrew Hippie Fest on …
NEW YORK - Tom Selleck starts his memoir in the middle of a car crash. He is 17 and in the passenger seat …
Central Carolina Community Foundation’s Board of Trustees has selected Georgia Mjartan …
Time flies when you're having fun. The bittersweet part about it is at some point, it has to come …
The Thursday, May 2, installment of Homegrown, the annual concert series benefitting The Sounds of …
NEW ZION - Country recording group Sawyer Brown will be the featured entertainment at the 2024 …
Zac Efron and Jeremy Allen White starring in the family wrestling dynasty in "The Iron Claw" and …
CAIRO (AP) — The 35 American and other international doctors came to Gaza in volunteer teams to help one of the territory's few hospitals still functioning. They brought suitcases full of …
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A former Boeing manager who raised safety questions about the aircraft maker and was found dead after several days of depositions in South Carolina took his own life, …
Mr. Bryant Lee Thomas, 45, died on Thursday, May 16, 2024, at St. Joseph's Medical Center, Paterson, New Jersey. He was born on Thursday, Aug. 31, 1978. The family will receive visitors from 4 …
Ernest James Porter Sr., 102, widower of Rosa Lee Levon Porter and Hattie M. Porter, died Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at Sumter Health and Rehabilitation Center, Sumter. Born in Sumter on March 27, …
Rebecca Sueann Jones, 63, died Thursday, May 16, 2024, at McLeod Hospice House in Florence. Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, she was a daughter of the late Lewis Jones and Elaine George Jones. …
Katherine Emmalean Abrams, 78, wife of Leslie Doyle Abrams, passed away Wednesday, May 15, 2024, after a valiant fight with cancer. Emmalean, as she was affectionately known to her family, was …
Mrs. Deborah Camilla Billie Wilson, 73, of 893 Club Lane, Sumter, entered into eternal rest on Friday, May 10, 2024, at her residence surrounded by her loving family. Funeral services will be …
Geraldine Knox, daughter of Lizzie Knox Neely and the late Simon Jenkins, was born July 8, 1953, in Sumter. She departed this earthly life on Sunday, April 28, 2024. Geraldine received her elementary …
DEAR ABBY: My mom always catered to my dad when I was growing up. I was left to pretty much raise myself. Their drinking and social life were …
DEAR ABBY: Today I ironed and folded my late husband's lucky fishing shirt and placed it into a box going to Goodwill. Continuing with the task, …
DEAR ABBY: I recently married "John," the love of my life. I have a great relationship with my mother-in-law, "Sarah." She and my father-in-law …
DEAR ABBY: I have read that you have a sweet tooth. I do, too. That's why I'm interested in your recipe booklets, particularly if you have …
Claire is a calm and gentle soul looking for her forever home. This sweet girl is pleasant as can be, always content to lounge quietly and soak up the love from the volunteers. At 43 pounds and 4 to 6 years old, Claire is the perfect size for …
Reflections revisits an event marking the removal of an old Sumter landmark, a 226-foot-tall smokestack, once located on South Main Street. The stack was struck by lightning and subsequently became a hazard to the buildings it once served. The …
Sumter will celebrate its 82nd Iris Festival at Swan Lake Iris Gardens this Memorial Day weekend, with …
Reflections revisits two pavilions once located at Second Mill (Sunset Lake) and Pocalla Springs. …
Reflections revisits Morris College and discusses the opportunities it offered to Black children in the …
Reflections remembers one of the most important aspects of assisting and providing recreational and other …
Reflections remembers one of Sumter's most beautiful and upscale jewelry stores to open in the …
This issue of Reflections takes a look at photos taken across the Sumter area through the decades.
Reflections recalls the movie "A Guy Named Joe" filmed in 1943 with various scenes being shot in …
Reflections celebrates Women's History Month by remembering the women who flew airplanes during …
Put your hatred aside and think... Who do you think Iran, China, North Korea, Hamas, Hezbollah, etc., want to see in the White House for …
One day Satan, the old devil, will identify as God. 2 Thessalonians 2:4 (KJV) says concerning Satan (appearing as the antichrist after the …
Back when my son, Jimmy, was about 7 years old, he asked to go to his grandmother's house. We lived on Boulevard Road in Sumter, and Mama, …
Who knew that the party of John Kennedy and Bill Clinton would morph into the party that seems to be taking its lead narrative from a large …
I am amazed how the county's chairman and the city's mayor sleep at night while a large number of Sumter citizens are struggling to survive and …
Many thanks to Kathleen Kreklau for her letter concerning the disruptive protests on college campuses. It could not have been better said. Now, …