Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Sumter coroner predicts fatal overdoses to rise again throughout 2019

Coroner Robbie Baker is seen at the Sumter County morgue in 2018. Baker predicts the number of deaths because of drug overdoses will rise this year.

Sumter County Coroner Robbie Baker gave a grave outlook for 2019 on a projected increase of opioid-related deaths during a review of 2018 at Sumter County Council's meeting Tuesday. The coroner's office worked a total of 745 deaths in the county …

Sumter County gets clean audit with drop in revenues

Sumter County spent $4.2 million more than it earned in 2018 but remains in a surplus, according to auditors who presented their 2017-2018 budget review during the Sumter County Council meeting Tuesday. Webster Rogers LLP's unmodified opinion did …

A true and courageous leader: U.S. Army Central headquarters at Shaw Air Force Base holds Martin Luther King Jr. observance

Retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Allen J. Jamerson talks to an audience Wednesday at U.S. Army Central headquarters at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter about the leadership values Martin Luther King Jr. demonstrated that can be translated to the military.

When Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have Dream" speech in 1963, the U.S. military had been desegregated by public policy for 15 years. There was still work to be done. On Wednesday, that speech that was delivered to an estimated …

Sumter United Ministries offers help to kerosene users

Kerosene requests at a Sumter emergency relief services nonprofit have been surging in recent days as the winter's low temperatures are dipping. Sumter United Ministries Crisis Relief Ministry Director Kevin Howell said kerosene heaters are …

Sumter committee to consider plans for Main Street property

FROM STAFF REPORTS Sumter Historic Preservation Design Review Committee will meet at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday in Sumter City Council Chambers, fourth floor of Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St., to consider approval of a request for facade …

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Crime & Courts

South Carolina Department of Corrections Director Bryan Stirling pauses while addressing the media in April 2018 in Columbia in response to a deadly riot at Lee Correctional Institution where seven inmates died during what is said to have been a dispute over contraband and territory.

Crime does pay? Thoughts from a crime and courts reporter about S.C. inmates getting tablets to stream movies, call home

Sumter Police Department concerned about repeat drug offenders in area

Barbed wire coils line the gates at Lee Correctional Institution Bishopville in April 2018.

South Carolina inmates to get tablets for movies, calling to combat illegal cellphones

Government

Sumter County Council to hear audit report on Tuesday

Sumter County Council will hold a special called meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday in County Council Chambers, third floor of Sumter County Administration Building, 13 E. Canal St., to receive an initial presentation of the county's external audit by …

Education

Science and a Slinky

PHOTO PROVIDED Wilson Hall fifth-grade students Stirling Tindal and Braylon Stewart conduct an experiment in physics in their science class taught by Frances James. Studying Newton's First and Second Laws of Motion, the students used a Slinky to …

Business

Chris Hardy, president and CEO of the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce, speaks during the Chamber's annual retreat at Hilton Head.

Celebrating Sumter: Annual Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce retreat focuses on growth, successes and how to move forward

Amid a weekend snowstorm that slammed the Northeast, nearly 200 of the community's top leaders escaped to the beach to examine Sumter's growth and determine the next steps needed to continue the trend up. The Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce …

Clarendon News

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. acknowledges the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial for his "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963. On Saturday, Historic Liberty Hill AME Church will host a prayer breakfast in King's honor.

Clarendon Sun Briefs: Jan. 19, 2018

MLK Memorial Prayer Breakfast is Jan. 19 SUMMERTON - Historic Liberty Hill AME Church, 2310 Liberty Hill Road, will host the MLK Memorial Prayer Breakfast at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Donations for the breakfast will be $5. American Bass Anglers …

4 candidates vie for Clarendon School District 2 superintendent position

MANNING - The search for a new superintendent for Clarendon School District 2 schools was narrowed down …
Laurence Manning Honors Lists

2018 Headmaster’s ListSECOND GRADETerri Floyd — Mason McLaughlinMeg Martin — Lyla …
Clarendon briefs: Jan. 11, 2019

MLK Memorial Prayer Breakfast is Jan. 19 SUMMERTON - Historic Liberty Hill AME Church, 2310 Liberty …

Harvest Community School moves back into renovated Clarendon County facility and could expand

SUMMERTON -- Harvest Community School's enrollment has grown by more than 250 percent since the …
Harvin Clarendon County Library welcomes author Bemis

MANNING - The author of The Wooden Prince and The Nine Pound Hammer, John Claude Bemis, will read …
Former Manning Police Chief Blair Shaffer arrested by FBI

MANNING – Blair Shaffer, the former police chief in Manning whose firing made headlines …

Opinion

Who benefits from Democratic control?

Why I joined lawsuit to stop seismic testing off S.C. coast

Editorial cartoon: Jan. 23, 2019

Trump is an almost inexpressibly sad specimen

At age 70, time to rethink NATO

Public Record

Public Record: Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018

Marriage Licenses - Adam Lee Jalbert and Anne Kristin Baker - Christopher D. Osborne and Kathleen Deanna Gallishaw - Kyle Lydick and Vanessa Stanfield of Dalzell - Thomas Colton Shotwell and Olivia Christine Magee - Wallace Wilson and …

Public Record: Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018

Meetings

Support Groups: Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018

AA, AL-ANON, ALATEEN: AA - Monday-Friday, noon and 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m., 1 Warren St., (803) 775-1852. AA Women's Meeting - Wednesdays, 7 p.m., 1 Warren St., (803) 775-1852. AA Spanish Speaking - …

Public Agenda: Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019

GREATER SUMTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Today, noon, chamber office SUMTER CITY-COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION Today, 3 p.m., fourth floor, Sumter Opera House, Council Chambers SUMTER COUNTY DEVELOPMENT BOARD Thursday, 7:45 …

Public Agenda: Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019

Public Agenda: Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019

Public Agenda: Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019

Public Agenda: Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019

Support Groups

Support Groups: Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019

Pets

Silvia, a gorgeous girl, is a huge lump of sugar

Silvia is a gorgeous young lady who weighs 49 pounds and is approximately 4 years old. She is very friendly and gets along with the other dogs at animal control. Silvia has ended up in this situation through no fault of her own. She is very …

Redd is a lovable, good-natured boy, who deserves to be spoiled

This big lovable Labrador mix is Redd. He was dumped at Walgreens on Broad Street and was living on the streets for more than a month, too afraid and confused to let anyone get near. He was waiting on his people to come back for him. Redd must …

FYI

Are you a member of Sumter High School Class of 1974?

Sumter High School Class of 1974 will hold a 45-year reunion Friday-Saturday, Aug. 30-31. Follow Sumter High Class of 1974 on Facebook. Email sumterhigh1974@gmail.com or call Mechelle at (803) 840-0329 for details. The DAV will have volunteers to …

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