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Sumter mayoral candidate David Merchant checks the voting results as they come in downtown at the old courthouse on Tuesday, Nov. 17.
David Merchant wins runoff for Sumter mayor
James Blassingame awaits results at the old Sumter County courthouse Tuesday night. He won the runoff for Sumter City Council Ward 2.
James Blassingame wins Ward 2 runoff on Sumter City Council
From left to right, Calvin Hastie, David Merchant, James Blassingame, Talitha Harrison
Election 2020: Sumter runoff results for mayor, city council Ward 2

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Efforts by Shaw Air Force Base to remove harmful "forever chemicals" known as PFAS are underway in May 2023. A trenching site on base is one component of those efforts to "intercept the contamination, capture it, clean it up and reinject clean water into the ground," said Wendell Williams, chief of Environmental Programs at Shaw.
SCDHEC shares plans to protect nearly 2 million affected by PFAS after EPA announces new drinking water standard
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Sumter School District Superintendent Wright lays out replacement school model to Master Plan Committee
Mayor Chris Brown, second from left, is now suing the town council members seated around him during a March 12 council meeting. They are, from left, Roteshia Benjamin, Jasaad Ricks and Cynthia Massingill.
Mayesville mayor sues town council members and town clerk
Sumter School District held its annual Celebration of Excellence ceremony on Tuesday at Crestwood High School. From left are the district's Teacher of the Year finalists, Terri Johnson, Rachel Pressley and Octavia Green.
Commitment to excellence: Sumter School District honors campus teachers of the year and 3 finalists for district teacher of the year
An excavator is used to tear down a dilapidated home at 10 Brent St.on Oct. 10, 2019, as part of a Community Development Block Grant awarded to Sumter County by the S.C. Department of Commerce. The city is in the process of using more grant money to tear down dozens of abandoned homes, mainly in south Sumter.
Sumter city officials talk budget, annexation and dilapidated home demolitions through grants

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NOBLE SYLVESTER TIMMONS JR. GRAYSON, Georgia — Noble Sylvester Timmons Jr., age 93, beloved husband of 40 years to the late Gladys Virginia Thames Timmons, died on Thursday, April 11, 2024, at Benton House Senior Living …
JOHN A. WOODS JR. OMAHA, Nebraska — Senior Master Sgt. John A. Woods Jr., "Jay," 42, husband of Viktoria Mueller-Woods, died Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at Chi Health Lakeside Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska. He was …
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EDWARD BROOKS WILKINSON JR. Edward Brooks Wilkinson Jr., 66, husband of Shannon Milkie Wilkinson, died Thursday, April 18, 2024, at Prisma Health Tuomey. Brooks was born in Sumter on March 3, 1958. He was brought home to 9 …

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