Red Dot Hookah Lounge owner's business license suspended after unlawful alcohol sale

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A top marine dealer has entered the Sumter market after purchasing the former McLean Marine on Liberty Street earlier this summer. Father-and-son co-owners Troy and Hal Baird and Sales Manager Zach Robertson of Cove 2 Coast Marine spoke recently …

UPDATE: Sumter Walmart Supercenter reopens after power outage Sumter Walmart Supercenter is closed until further notice.  Customers were turned around at the doors of the 1283 Broad St. location on Friday morning, Aug. 16, as employees shouted the …

Yucatan is celebrating 25 years in Sumter Yucatan Mexican Restaurant owner Hector Reyes called it "the opportunity of a lifetime" when he was able to buy the former San Jose Restaurant in Gateway Plaza in 1999 and make it his own. Fast-forward to now, and Reyes says he has been able to …

All in the family: Myson's Tires grows and changes, but family business retains values, hard work and Tire Man on Broad Street Men often salute military memorials, and the full-scale Tuskegee Airmen's P-51 Mustang Red Tail at Sumter Veterans Park is no exclusion. Those men are usually not made of tire. An original Tire Man welcomed motorists to Sumter for years in front …

Why Trump's and Harris' proposals to end federal taxes on tips would be difficult to enact Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris agree on one thing, at least: Both say they want to eliminate federal taxes on workers' tips. But experts say there's a reason Congress hasn't made such a change already. It would be …

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Pocalla Elementary School held Grits with Grand Friends for third- through fifth-graders this week, welcoming grandparents and friends to the school for breakfast.

Wilder Elementary School wins library initiative and 1,000-book donation In the world of children's literature, it doesn't get much bigger than "Dog Man," and community leaders celebrated with Wilder Elementary School on Friday as the school was recognized with a major award from multiple groups. Little Free Library, …

Morris College's president Sewell names 2 more leaders Morris College new president Said Sewell has recently added two more members to his leadership team. On Aug. 19, James Tyson was named interim chief development officer and director of institutional advancement for the college and Danita Pearl …

Open letter from new Sumter school board Chairwoman Bonnie Disney On Aug. 26, 2024, the Rev. Ralph Canty resigned as Sumter School District's Board of Trustees chairman. As the 2022 elected trustee for Area 9 and current trustee elected to be the vice chair, I, Bonnie Disney, now am the chairwoman of the SSD Board …

Revving up education: Sumter shows great interest in CCTC’s ‘Pit Stop with A Pro’, college’s future The excitement of NASCAR was in the air on the afternoon of Thursday, Aug. 29 - mix in the revving of engines as Central Carolina Technical College hosted its "Pit Stop with a Pro" featuring NASCAR driver Kyle Weatherman, and it was deemed a major …

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Since the 1980s, activist Lottie Spencer has lived in her tiny home on Hospital Circle. Spencer loves her house. She loves her community and her neighborhood, but in the past four years, there is one thing that has threatened the neighborhood she …

Sumter County Council members defer rule change document for second time A special called Sumter County Council meeting Tuesday, Aug. 27, was dedicated solely to working through a new document that, if passed, would change rules regarding the conduct of business in county …

Sumter Planning Commission discusses new hotel, apartment building and a sentimental private road Sumter Planning Commission approved two new large constructions and denied a name change for a privately owned road at a planning commission meeting Wednesday, Aug. 28. Another Hilton has been approved to come to Sumter at 2581/2587 Broad St. The …

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To correct any information or to make a submission to Public Agenda, email pressrelease@theitem.com with Public Agenda in subject line. CLARENDON COUNTY COUNCIL Monday, Sept. 9, at 6 p.m., Administration Building, Council Chambers, 411 Sunset …

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To correct any information or to make a submission to Public Agenda, email pressrelease@theitem.com with Public Agenda in subject line. SUMTER CITY COUNCIL Tuesday, Sept. 3, at 1 p.m., Sumter Opera House, 21 N. Main St. SUMMERTON PLANNING …

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