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 ...

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

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

Theodore Goodman, 59, died Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2025, at MUSC Medical Center, Charleston. Born in Florence on April 18, 1966, he was the son of the late Rosana Fullwood and Will Henry Goodman Sr.

Jerry Allen Hyatt, 84, passed away peacefully Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025, at McLeod Hospice House in Florence. Jerry was born Nov. 11, 1941, in Marlboro County. He was the son of the late Mary ...

I reviewed most of the articles in The Sumter Item regarding the hiring of a new superintendent for Sumter School District. A word that is stated often is unity. In my military, professional and ...

Eugene McCutchen, son of the late Mary Idell Moore and Freddie McCutchen, was born on March 2, 1964, in Kingstree. He departed this life on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, at Oak Hollow Rehabilitation ...

My family lives in Stafford Meadows. My husband, Christopher Bartholomew, attended the Sumter City Council hearing on Nov. 18 and spoke out against the school being built next to our subdivision. Like ...

My wife's family is rather enmeshed. They have never really accepted me and are rude and unkind toward me. Recently, her father's attitude has shifted from rude to downright hostile. He has tried to ...

In keeping with many years' custom, The Item is pleased to reprint this classic Christmas column, which first appeared in the Sept. 21, 1897, edition of The (New York) Sun and was written by one of ...

Meet Bear, an 8-month-old, male chocolate Lab mix. He is available for adoption at Sumter SPCA. The Sumter SPCA is located at 1140 S. Guignard Drive, (803) 773-9292, and is open 11 a.m. to 5:30 ...