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Lou Emma Gregg Crayton, 91, widow of George Baker and daughter of the late Willie Gregg and Pearline McCoy Gregg, was born on July 31, 1932, in Sumter. She departed this life on Saturday, April 20, …
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4/25/24 05:00 PM
Josephine T. Sanders, affectionately known as “Joe or Queen Josephine”, was born June 20, 1941, in Hagood to the late Leroy Hickman Sr. and Sinna Thomas Gilliard. She departed this …
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4/25/24 05:00 PM
DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines will limit hiring and stop flying to four airports as it copes with weak financial results and delays in getting new planes from Boeing. Both Southwest and …
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4/25/24 04:29 PM
NEW YORK (AP) — For millions of American workers, the federal government took two actions this week that could bestow potentially far-reaching benefits. In one move, the Federal Trade …
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By CATHY BUSSEWITZ and MAE ANDERSON
Associated Press |
4/25/24 11:45 AM
BEIJING - The hunt for the origins of COVID-19 has gone dark in China, the victim of political infighting after a series of stalled and thwarted attempts to find the source of the virus that killed millions and paralyzed the world for months.
The …
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By DAKE KANG and MARIA CHENG
Associated Press |
4/24/24 06:00 AM
Glenn Mack Sr., son of the late James Mack and Annie Charles Mack, was born on July 31, 1953, in Sumter. He departed this life on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, at Prisma Health Baptist Hospital in …
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4/23/24 12:13 PM
Pregnant employees have the right to a wide range of accommodations under new federal regulations for enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act that supporters say could change workplace culture …
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By ALEXANDRA OLSON and CLAIRE SAVAGE
AP Business Writers |
4/22/24 07:49 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is marking Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal grants for residential solar projects serving 900,000-plus households in low- and middle-income …
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4/22/24 07:40 AM
Long considered a manufacturing community, Sumter County's concentration of manufacturing jobs is 17.2%, well above state and national averages. Health care and social assistance, retail, accommodation and …
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BY BRUCE MILLS
bruce@theitem.com |
4/19/24 06:00 AM
A total of 50 years in operation will classify any business as a Sumter classic, and Frasier Tire Service just celebrated its 50th anniversary locally in March.
Julian Frasier, now 86, is the business owner, and a key to the company's success, he …
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Wendell Rose, 43, son of Carrie Rita Mae Green Rose and the late Alfred John Rose, was born on April 8, 1981, in Sumter County. He departed this life on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Sumter.Public …
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4/18/24 05:00 PM
Vanessa Karine Finerson Brown, 68, wife of David Eugene Brown and daughter of the late Willard E. Finerson and Karine Adams Finerson, was born on March 1, 1956, in Norfolk, Virginia. She departed …
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4/18/24 05:00 PM
When are we going to trust our fellow Americans again? When are we going to allow qualified individuals with responsibility to make decisions without consulting detailed rulebooks and formal procedures?
Those are questions New York lawyer and …
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BY MICHAEL BARONE |
4/17/24 06:00 AM
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. - In a large, empty parking lot outside Atlanta, one car slowly careened around parking spaces. From the passenger seat, driving instructor Nancy Gobran peered over large sunglasses at her student, a 30-year-old Syrian refugee …
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By SHARON JOHNSON
Associated Press |
4/17/24 06:00 AM
NEW YORK - Americans boosted spending at a hotter-than-expected pace in March, underscoring how shoppers remain resilient despite inflationary pressures and other economic challenges.
Retail sales rose 0.7% last month - almost double what …
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By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
Associated Press |
4/17/24 06:00 AM
WASHINGTON - After several difficult years, the Army and Air Force say they are on track to meet their recruiting goals this year, reversing previous shortfalls using a swath of new programs and policy changes. But the Navy, while improving, expects …
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By LOLITA C. BALDOR
Associated Press |
4/17/24 06:00 AM
Ray’Quan Dontrell Lamont Durant, 20, son of Reginald Lamont Durant and Tarkisha Semon Howard, was born on June 3, 2003, in Sumter. He departed this life on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in …
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4/15/24 05:00 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has reached an agreement to provide up to $6.4 billion in direct funding for Samsung Electronics to develop a computer chip manufacturing and research …
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4/15/24 02:32 PM
Post and Courier
April 6
Loftis' performance should earn a spot on S.C. ballot - but not for reelection
South Carolina's elected state treasurer made quite a spectacle of himself on Tuesday, demonstrating far better than state senators ever …
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4/13/24 06:00 AM
MIAMI - Having fled economic and political chaos in Venezuela, Luisana Silva now loads carpets for a South Carolina rug company. She earns enough to pay rent, buy groceries, gas up her car - and send money home to her parents.
Reaching the United …
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By PAUL WISEMAN, GISELA SALOMON and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Associated Press |
4/13/24 06:00 AM