Dalzell, South Carolina

In a bizarre turn of events, standup comic, actor and aspiring rapper Katt Williams [ click to read ] was required to undergo a psychiatric evaluation over the weekend in South Carolina.

In Sumter, a community said goodbye to a man who devoted his life to helping others.

The Sumter Fire Department is reeling from the loss of a beloved chaplain who was killed Tuesday afternoon in Dalzell when the motorcycle he was riding was struck by a car on Black River Road.

The chaplain of the Sumter Fire Department was killed in a motorcycle wreck Tuesday afternoon.

Keith Gedamke / The Item Backers of the penny sales tax watch the returns at the City Centre on Tuesday evening.

Dalzell United Methodist Church celebrates its 100th anniversary today. The sanctuary, built in 1908 by church members, has weathered a century of weather.

The West Columbia Police Department is asking for help in locating a man wanted for breaking into a vehicle.

Keith Gedamke / The Item Hard hats are seen at Wednesday's groundbreaking ceremony for Olympic Steel's Sumter expansion.

Downtown looks to tax to make it 'special place' Keith Gedamke / The Item City officials hope to continue revitalization efforts in downtown Sumter with funds generated by the penny sales tax.

Oct. 9, 2008 -- About one in six people living in the U.S. under the age of 65 had no health insurance in 2005, but closer to 1 in 3 Hispanics were uninsured, newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau ...

Lock your car doors. That's the message from the Sumter County Sheriff's Department after 36 car break-ins have been reported in Dalzell.

Authorities have made an arrest in a recent rash of vehicle break-ins in the Dalzell area.

Authorities have charged four Lee County men and a Sumter County man with various drug possession and distribution charges as a result of a surveillance operation conducted Friday in the Woodrow community.

Keith Gedamke / Item photo illustration Judge Jeffrey Young works in a cramped courtroom at the Family Court in Sumter.

Sumter County authorities are hoping the public can provide leads that will help get two murderers off the streets.

Keith Gedamke / The Item Seven intersections are slated for improvements if the capital penny sales tax initiative passes.

Investigators are considering sexual assault as a possible motive for Thursday's fatal shooting in Dalzell, and bond has been denied for the suspect.

A 26-year-old Dalzell man was shot to death Thursday night, and his 28-year-old brother-in-law has been charged with murder.

Sumter County deputies have arrested a man they say shot and killed another man.