A man is accused of taking Sumter Deputies on a high speed chase after they say he attempted to avoid a checkpoint.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Troopers are investigating after a pedestrian was hit and killed over the weekend. Officials say it happened in Sumter County. According to Highway Patrol, just after 6 p-m, Saturday, 35-year-old Sandy Johns was hit by a car while walking on US Highway 15 in Sumter. Johns died Sunday at the hospital from her injuries. Troopers say no one…
Two people are behind bars after a drug trafficking case in Sumter.
Thomas Secor SUMTER, S.C. (WOLO) – The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the suspect in a fatal shooting Wednesday night in Sumter County. Authorities say witnesses identified the shooter as 35-year-old Thomas Secor. The shooting occurred around 9:30 p.m. in the 4000 block of Briar Branch Road, when Secor was arguing with the victim when things escalated, authorities say….
Marvin Loomis/Provided SUMTER, S.C. (WOLO) – Authorities say a Sumter County man who was reported missing, has been found safe. Marvin Loomis suffers from dementia, authorities say. Authorities initially said Loomis was supposed to return to his daughter’s home, but did not. Follow the writer on Twitter. Categories: Local News, Sumter Tags: Marvin Loomis, Missing Man, Sumter County
Pilgrim’s Pride (Photo: Mary Ann Chastain) SUMTER, S.C. (WOLO) – Officials with the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office say they are investigating a stabbing that occurred Friday morning at Pilgrim’s Pride. The incident occurred at the chicken processing plant, located on US Highway 15 south of Sumter. Police say that the incident began when two workers were fired for allegedly smelling of alcohol…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office and the Department of Natural Resources continue to search for a missing boater on the Pocotaligo River in Sumter County. Officials say 61-year old Harry Lee Bradley was dropped off at the river by friends around noon on Saturday to go fishing and when they returned Saturday afternoon to pick him up…
SUMTER, S.C. (AP) — A man convicted of setting a fire that killed his grandparents will serve two life sentences plus 30 years. The Sumter Item reports that a Sumter County jury convicted Joseph Manners on Thursday of arson and murder in the 2013 fire. Prosecutors said Manners used gasoline to set the fire that killed 79-year-old Joann Topper and…
Sumter, S.C. (WOLO) — A group of students with disabilities were left on a broken down school bus for hours. According to a spokesperson for the Sumter County School District the bus broke down Monday near the intersection of Highway 378 and St. Paul Church Rd. A district official says the route’s normal drivers were out sick and the substitute…
SUMTER, S.C. (WOLO) — Deputies with The Sumter County Sheriff’s Department arrested a suspect wanted on first degree burglary charges. 32-year-old Jacoby Richardson of Wedgefield was arrested Monday after he allegedly gained entry into a home in the 5700 block of Cane Savannah Road in Sumter by ripping a window screen. Authorities say that once inside, Richardson was forced out of the residence…
