Happening Now
Abortion-rights activists protest after the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, left, and anti-abortion activists celebrate after the decision, right, outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Friday. The Supreme Court has ended the nation's constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
In this Feb. 17, 2021 file photo, Rep. Justin Bamberg, D-Bamberg, speaks against an abortion bill at a news conference in the Statehouse in Columbia.
S.C. to hear from public before altering state's abortion law
BizTalk: Construction on Wedgefield Road in Sumter for new car wash
Dollar General plans new Manning location
Sumter man shot near First Water near Manning; 1 arrested

Johnson guilty of murdering Sharee Bradley, 5-year-old daughter Nevaeh Adams, in Sumter in 2019

Daunte Johnson, 30, sits at the defense table in Sumter County on Friday, June 24, as his guilty verdict is read.
Nearly three years after a Sumter woman was stabbed to death and part of her 5-year-old daughter’s body was found in a landfill, a jury decided the man charged is guilty of murder. The jury …
Past Polemarch of the Hartsville Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Inc. Kevin N. Brown is seen at left with other volunteers, and lunch was provided by a concerned group who wanted to help during the Darlington Soup Kitchen Demolition Project.
Hartsville fraternity chapter helps with soup kitchen demo project
IVEY
Year-end review data before Sumter Liberty STEAM board Monday
Robert A. McFadden Sr. asked Interim Director of the Clarendon County Voter Registration and Elections Office Shiquita Black for voting totals in the June 14 Democratic Primary during a Thursday Protest Hearing that was held at the Clarendon County Courthouse. McFadden protested the voting totals in the race for the District 1 seat on Clarendon County Council when the certified vote totals in the race showed McFadden losing to incumbent Billy Richardson by a vote of 247 to 463, respectively.
Former Clarendon County Council District 1 candidate McFadden takes protest to state Democratic Party

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Sumter Today: InfraGard Cyber Camp Comes to Sumter

InfraGard is a partnership between the F.B.I. and members of the private sector to protect critical components of the U.S. infrastructure. Last week was the first annual Sumter, SC InfraGard Cyber …

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SPORTS
Paolo Banchero hugs family and friends after being selected No. 1 overall by the Orlando Magic in the NBA basketball draft on Thursday in New York.
Banchero arrives in Orlando a day after becoming No. 1 pick in NBA draft
Manning Post 68 vs. Dalzell Shaw Jets 6.23.22
AMERICAN LEGION
Manning-Santee Post 68, Dalzell-Shaw game postponed until Tuesday
South Carolina closer Matt Price, front, and catcher Robert Beary celebrate after winning the 2011 national championship over Florida. Price closed out the Game 2 victory on the mound. This fall, the Gamecocks' career saves leader will be inducted to the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame.
HALL OF FAMER: Former Gamecock Price reflects on magical run at South Carolina ahead of induction
Tennessee Titans tight end Chig Okonkwo takes part in a drill at the NFL football team's practice facility in Nashville, Tennessee, on June 2. Okonkwo has a really good reason not to be working with the rest of the Titans' rookies as they wrap up their offseason at the team headquarters. Okonkwo, the rookie who ran the fastest 40-yard dash among tight ends earlier this year at the NFL Combine had somewhere better to be: Tight End University.
Tight ends gather in Nashville to learn from NFL's best
South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley celebrates with her team after a college basketball game in the final round of the Women's Final Four NCAA tournament against UConn on April 3 in Minneapolis. South Carolina won 64-49 to win the championship. The number of women competing at the highest level of college athletics continues to rise along with an increasing funding gap between men's and women's sports programs, according to an NCAA report examining the 50th anniversary of Title
Title IX: NCAA report shows stark gap in funding for women
Fact Checks From The Associated Press

Boxes of the drug mifepristone line a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. The drug is one of two used together in "medication abortions." On Friday, June 17, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming medication abortions are dangerous.

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked …

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Sumter police identify 3 people as suspects after bicycle rider given ride, stabbed
McLeod Health Clarendon recertified as Acute Stroke Ready
Covenant Place sold the senior living community to a for-profit company, which hasn't yet been identified.
Sumter's Covenant Place retirement community sold to for-profit after COVID-19 challenges
Daunte Johnson sits Thursday during his trial in the double killing of Sumter mother Sharee Bradley and her 5-year-old daughter, Nevaeh Adams, on Thursday at Sumter County Judicial Center.
Prosecution in 2019 double killing: Sharee Bradley stabbed 14 times, 5-year-old Nevaeh Adams' waist never found
DENNIS
Bond denied for 4 arrested in fatal Summerton graduation party shooting

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Landon DeLavan pitched for the Sumter P-15's.
P-15's can't muster up the offense in 4-1 loss
Sumter American Double AA Team.
Dixie Youth Baseball championships Friday
Sumter P-15 Lady Storm Maliah Wright pitches a stellar three-hit game while also scoring a homerun against Bishopville on Tuesday.
Legion action continues with wins for Lady Storm, Manning, losses for Bishopville, Dalzell-Shaw
From left, Curtis Johnson, Sumter High School athletic director presents, Gary Nelson a plaque naming the Sumter Athletic Training Room after him. A retirement party was held at Patriot Park for Nelson, who retired after 38 years.
Sumter School board wants input on renaming facilities after Sumter's Nelson, Norris
Cameron Baker celebrates with his team after pitching a no-hitter.
Manning's Cameron Baker pitches no-hitter en-route to big win

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Arts & Entertainment

Things to do in Sumter this weekend, June 24-26: Shaw's Freedom Bash, Sumter museum's Pirate Day, 4th Fridays downtown

Summer is in full swing with a calendar full of events around town, from Independence Day celebrations to live music or a chance to become a pirate for a day. Here is a roundup of things to do with the family this weekend. Fourth Fridays Join …

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Nation & World
President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022.
Congress sends landmark gun violence compromise to Biden

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House sent President Joe Biden the widest-ranging gun violence bill Congress has passed in decades Friday, a measured compromise that at once illustrates progress on the long-intractable issue and the deep-seated partisan …

A person walks past Planned Parenthood on Friday in St. Louis. Most abortions are now illegal in Missouri after a U.S. Supreme Court decision that ended a constitutional protection for abortion.
With Roe dead, some fear rollback of LGBTQ and other rights The U.S. Supreme Court's decision allowing states to ban abortion immediately stirred alarm Friday among LGBTQ advocates, who feared that the ruling could someday allow a rollback of legal protections for gay relationships, including the right for …
European tour bans LIV golfers from Scottish Open
MUNICH (AP) - The European tour banned golfers who competed in the Saudi-backed breakaway LIV series from three upcoming tournaments, including the Scottish Open, on Friday and fined them $120,000. The tour said any players who took part in the …
Amazon's Alexa could soon mimic voice of dead relatives
Associated Press Amazon's Alexa might soon replicate the voice of family members - even if they're dead. The capability, unveiled at Amazon's Re:Mars conference in Las Vegas, is in development and would allow the virtual assistant to mimic the …
Persistent heat wave breaks records, spirits From the normally chilly Russian Arctic to the traditionally sweltering American South, big swaths of the Northern Hemisphere continued to sizzle with extreme heat as the start of summer more resembled the dog days of August with parts of China and …

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State News
S.C. Republicans set to further restrict abortion post Roe

After the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, lawmakers are poised to further restrict abortion rights in Republican-controlled South Carolina - which is not one of the 13 states with "trigger laws" banning abortion. Shortly after …

Former U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham talks to the media at the Park West Recreation Complex on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Mount Pleasant.
S.C. Democrat seeks age limit for 'geriatric' politicians CHARLESTON - Democratic gubernatorial nominee Joe Cunningham is proposing an age limit for South Carolina politicians - a cap that would cut off the 75-year-old incumbent Gov. Henry McMaster - and making a veiled argument that even fellow Democrats …
Voters cast their ballots at the McCrays Mill 1 precinct on Tuesday, June 14, in the 2022 primary election.
Turnout down for South Carolina's 2022 primaries COLUMBIA (AP) - About the same number of people voted in this year's South Carolina Republican primary as voted in the last midterm primary in 2018. But Democrats had about 60,000 fewer voters in their primary this year, according to state Election …
20 S.C. airports to share nearly $19M in FAA grants CHARLESTON (AP) - Twenty airports in South Carolina will receive a share of nearly $19 million in federal grants to help pay for terminal upgrades, runway repairs and other improvement projects. More than two-thirds of the money will go to the …
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley
Trump weighs another run as GOP rivals eye own campaigns NASHVILLE (AP) - As religious conservatives gathered this week at a sprawling resort near the Grand Ole Opry House, Nikki Haley pressed the Faith and Freedom Coalition's "Road to Majority" crowd to look to the future. "It's up to us to deliver a …

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Obituaries
RUTH WILSON

Ruth Wilson, wife of Ernie Wilson, entered eternal rest on Thursday, June 23, 2022, at McLeod Hospice House, Florence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Wilson Funeral Home, 403 S. Main St., Bishopville.

HENRY PENDERGRASS JR.

Henry Pendergrass Jr., 81, husband of Letia Polk Pendergrass, was born on Oct. 17, 1940, in Kingstree, a son of the late Henry Sr. and Doshia Chandler Pendergrass. He departed this life on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at Prisma Health Richland Hospital …

MARTIN

BARBARA ARDIS MARTIN

Barbara "Sis" Ardis Martin, 79, died on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, at Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital. Born on Sept. 3, 1942, in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Joseph McDuffie Ardis and Amber Ida Ardis. She attended New Start Community …

SCRIMGEOUR

JEANANNE EVANS SCRIMGEOUR

Jeananne Evans Scrimgeour, 89, wife of the love of her life, John Smith Scrimerour, died on Friday, June 24, 2022, at her home. Born on June 19, 1933, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, she was a daughter of the late Richard David Evans and Mildred …

MELTON

ROBERT COOPER MELTON III

NEW ZION - Robert "Robbie" Cooper Melton III, 67, husband of Nancy Hodge Melton, died on Thursday, June 23, 2022, at his home. Born on Dec. 16, 1954, in Manning, he was a son of Virginia Osborne Haley and the late Robert Cooper Melton Jr. Mr. …

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Faith
Church News: Friday, June 24, 2022 First Baptist Missionary Church, 219 S. Washington St., announces: - Sunday - Annual Men's Day at 8:45 a.m. This will be an outdoor service. Brother Levon Kirkland, former NFL player with the Pittsburgh Steelers, will speak. All are invited to …
CLAY SMITH
Sumter Pastor Clay Smith: Under construction I am out at our Pocalla Campus building site for a meeting. Outside the job trailer, there is the noise of generators, lifts and steel being cut. We've gone in a few short months from bare ground to a slab, to a steel frame, to framed-up walls and …
Church News: Friday, June 17, 2022 Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 325 Fulton St., announces: * Sunday, June 19 - Men's Day / Brotherhood anniversary worship celebration will be held at 10:45 a.m. Elder Dameon Duffie will speak. Refreshing Springs Kingdom Outreach …
SMITH
Sumter Pastor Clay Smith: Desperate prayer ... There was a very troubled time in my life when all I had was desperate prayer. Desperate prayer is the prayer you pray when there is no one else to turn to. If God does not come through for you, you are going to be up a creek without a paddle, a …
Celebrations
MR., MRS. ANTHRIEST HILL
Hills celebrate 60 years of marriage Mr. and Mrs. Anthriest Hill celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on March 3, 2022. A special dinner with family and friends was held in their honor at Travinia Italian Kitchen in Columbia. Their three children are Angela Hill Harmon of …
Ernest J. Porter Sr. celebrates 100th birthday Sgt. Ernest J. Porter Sr. celebrated his 100th birthday on Sunday, March 27, 2022. He was born in Sumter and currently resides at Sumter East Health and Rehabilitation Center. He is a U.S. Army veteran, having served in World War II and in …

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Dear Abby
Pets for adoption
Sumter SPCA's Rocky is an outgoing boy with a sweet disposition

LEFT: Rocky is a housebroken 1-year-old tricolored male Rottweiler mix. He is wonderful with children and other dogs. Rocky has a very sweet disposition and is an outgoing boy who is active, playful and affectionate. He would make a fun-loving …

Weddings
MRS. SETH WAGGONER
Cromer-Waggoner Madeline Rose Cromer and Seth Daniel Waggoner, both of Sumter, were united in marriage at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 21, 2022, at Church of the Holy Comforter in Sumter. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Paul Cromer III, the granddaughter …
DR. AND MRS. JOHN E. JAMES IV
Flynn-James COLUMBUS, Georgia - Sara Carter Flynn and Dr. John Evans James IV, both of Columbus, Georgia, were united in marriage at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 28, 2022, at St. Thomas Episcopal Church. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Lewis Flynn …
MRS. CODY CLEPPER
Zilch-Clepper Mary Peyton Zilch and Cody Scott Clepper, both of Sumter, were united in marriage at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 11, 2022, at Trinity United Methodist Church in Sumter. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Dwayne Chase and Mr. and Mrs. …
MRS. DUSTIN LEE
Andrews-Lee FLORENCE — Laura Arden Andrews of Florence and Dustin Randall Lee of Timmonsville were united in marriage at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 9, 2022, at Christ Church. Pastor Rusty Kehl performed the …

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Engagements
MR. HARDY, MISS DuRANT
DuRant-Hardy Dr. Eddie C. DuRant Jr. of Wedgefield and Ms. Debbie Bramlett DuRant of Sumter announce the engagement of their daughter, Dixie Gloria Bell DuRant of Sumter, to Travis Allen Hardy of Sumter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore A. Hardy also of …
MR. AMICK, MISS BURNETT
Amick-Burnett Mr. and Mrs. Brian Franklin Amick of Sumter announce the engagement of their son, Brian Franklin Amick Jr. of Aiken, to Grayson Dodd Burnett of Southport, North Carolina, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Luther Burnett III of Southport, North …
MISS BROWN, MR. MILLS
Brown-Mills Mr. and Mrs. Robert Roy of Wedgefield and Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Brown Jr. of Oswego announce the engagement of their daughter, Virginia Brown of Whitney Point, New York, to Todd Mills of Whitney Point, New York, son of the late Edward Mills, Shari …
MISS BROGDON, MR. WATFORD
Brogdon-Watford Mr. and Mrs. William Turner Brogdon III announce the engagement of their daughter, Kendall Morgan Brogdon, to Samuel Larand Watford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Benjamin Watford, all of Sumter. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. Lillis …
Reflections
Claremont Hotel is seen in 1914. It once occupied the corner of Bartlette and South Main streets.

Reflections by Sammy Way: Numerous landmarks mark Sumter's history, part II

A landmark is "any prominent feature of the landscape, as a tree or building, serving to identify a particular locality, an event, discovery, etc. considered as a high point or turning point in the history or development of something." (Webster's …

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Yesteryear
Gail Weatherly of the Milton Road playground curls up beside the "Old Woman in the Shoe" entry for the Trolley Parade on Aug. 13, 1972, held by the Sumter Parks and Recreation Department.
Yesteryear by Sammy Way: Trolley Parade held at Memorial Park; Kiwanis celebrates 75 years 75 YEARS AGO - 1947 Dec. 1 - 7 - The Sumter chapter of the Reserve Officers Association held its monthly meeting Tuesday night at the Ford Motor Co. in New Zion. A fish supper was served, after which combat films were shown by Capt. Wright. It …
Capt. Ira Hester, 363rd Field Maintenance Squadron commander, and his red-and-black bathtub craft won the first bathtub regatta at the Shaw Air Force Base Recreational Area on Lake Wateree in August 1972. The captain completed two laps around a mile-and-a-quarter course in 5 minutes, 54.1 seconds.
Yesteryear by Sammy Way: Clemson college becomes USC Sumter; Amoco service station torn down 75 YEARS AGO - 1947 Nov. 24 - 30 - Nathan Addlestone of Sumter was elected president of the Carolinas Scrap Dealers, succeeding W. Alec Rawls of Rocky Mount. Addlestone was also elected to the organization's national board of directors. - …
Team representatives from the championship softball teams in Sumter display trophies won during the summer 1972 season and tournament on July 28, 1972. They are from left, Charlie Spivey, NBSC; Walter Mixon, Mixon's Billiards; Gene Watts, Palmer, Elliott and Roland; Linda Robinson; and Natalee Baker, Manning Products.
Yesteryear by Sammy Way: Sumter featured in book on S.C.; Sumter Catholic closes doors 75 YEARS AGO - 1947 Nov. 17 - 23 - Thoroughly soaked from head to foot, but not minding it in the least, was a smiling Larry Weldon, who was walking around in the Orangeburg Armory last Friday night. The time was about 10:10, and his Gamecocks …

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From the opinion pages
Columnists
 Editorial cartoon: Friday, June 24, 2022
DURHAM
Sumter Pastor Joey Durham: God's Word is the only light we can place our trust in
GERMAINE
Sumter Rabbi Josef Germaine: Issue of abortion belongs in medical, religious communities, not court
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