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'We believe in redemption.' Sumter city officials review grounds for business license denial, revocation, suspension
Back in September, Sumter City Council passed an amendment that added some verbiage to the city's business license ordinance that...
Bryn Eddy
Nov 8, 2023
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'We have no plans of going anywhere': Sumter couple changes their street name to make their house a home
When you're out by Plowden Road in Sumter County, there are only a few sounds you'll hear on occasion. A braying donkey, mooing cows,...
Bryn Eddy
Oct 6, 2023
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Column by Sumter Item newsletter editor and reporter Bryn Eddy: Happy National Newspaper Week. Here's how we work to make you happier.
About 30 years ago, my older brother ate a plate of spaghetti at an event put on by the local fire station. He was a toddler and got...
Bryn Eddy
Oct 5, 2023
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Sumter City Council taking more time to consider chicken rules as residents voice concerns
Cara and Christopher Koehler's backyard in Sumter's historic district seems to be its own little ecosystem. It has a few chicken coops...
Bryn Eddy
Sep 29, 2023
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City of Sumter passes new First Amendment policy that has potential issues, expert says
City of Sumter officials passed a resolution during a city council meeting earlier this month related to the First Amendment, but parts...
Bryn Eddy
Sep 23, 2023
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Between no-nonsense and sweet as can be: Sumter County juvenile justice employee retires after decades on the job
A 10-year-old boy broke into a car in Sumter decades ago. He couldn't even reach the pedals, so he had his baby sister push them with her...
Bryn Eddy
Sep 20, 2023
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Sumter VFW Post 3034 may be haunted. Ghost hunters came to verify
Amid the clinks of liquor bottles - Jameson, Jim Beam, Tito's, Smirnoff - and in front of some wood-paneled walls original to the 1950s...
Bryn Eddy
Sep 19, 2023
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Sumter City Council now has full team for the 1st time in months
Sumter's Ward 1, which covers areas north of Broad Street, down Main Street to Morris College and other areas of the city, now has...
Bryn Eddy
Aug 31, 2023
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USC Sumter professor and poet remembered as brilliant, fiery by friends and family
Poetry can find the common thread among seemingly unrelated topics. It stitches together parts of the human experience into lyrical...
Bryn Eddy
Aug 22, 2023
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USC Sumter professor and poet remembered as brilliant, fiery by friends and family
Poetry can find the common thread among seemingly unrelated topics. It stitches together parts of the human experience into lyrical...
Bryn Eddy
Aug 22, 2023
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'Get fresh produce into people's hands': Master Gardener says Sumter needs more community gardens
Some people need a gardening fix. Dirt under your nails, sweat beading on your neck, the edge of the garden bed imprinted on your knees...
Bryn Eddy
Aug 11, 2023
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S.C. House of Representatives Speaker Smith endorses Trump for president
South Carolina House of Representatives Speaker and Sumterite Murrell Smith has endorsed Donald J. Trump for the 2024 presidential...
Bryn Eddy
Aug 9, 2023
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BizTalk: USC Sumter student's creativity kindled through making her own candles
Caitlyn McCoy's first candle she ever made is dusty blue, mahogany scented, seated in thrifted glassware and has a tad bit of unwanted...
Bryn Eddy
Jul 29, 2023
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North Myrtle Beach junior shaggers keep the dance's legacy alive
Lizzie Batten’s friends call her the mayor. Most of the 20-year-old’s best memories dance through the streets of North Myrtle...
Bryn Eddy
Jun 15, 2023
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Longtime Little River business is growing with the community, still family owned
Leaning on the cash register is a picture of an old man with a kind face. He’s smiling, wearing a baseball cap and button down and is...
Bryn Eddy
Jun 2, 2023
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Traveling Vietnam Wall in Myrtle Beach draws loved ones of those who died while serving
There are 58,307 names on the Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall that currently sits on a field in front of Crabtree Memorial Gymnasium near...
Bryn Eddy
May 26, 2023
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'Sharing the stoke.' North Myrtle Beach area nonprofit puts people with disabilities on surfboards
Kasie Watson stood on the shoreline, smiling and crying as she recorded her daughter surfing. “Mom, I didn’t see you crying,” retorted...
Bryn Eddy
May 25, 2023
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98-year-old Loris resident awarded lifetime service award
At 98 years old, Loris resident Jean Powell Dozier still knows how to work a crowd. She’s got wit. “Are you reading the right one?” she...
Bryn Eddy
May 24, 2023
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CCU professor nominated for Grammy connects students to diverse composers
The woodwinds at the start of John Corigliano’s Symphony No. 1 sing a shrill, swarming sound. The composition emanates rage, anger and...
Bryn Eddy
May 17, 2023
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'A sport that spans all ages' Horry County cities making sporty investments in pickleball
Talk of kids, grandkids, work and other parts life fill the pickleball court in North Myrtle Beach. The players, all of various ages, are...
Bryn Eddy
May 12, 2023
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