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…
SUMTER, S.C. (WOLO) — A Sumter County Sheriff’s Deputy responded to a fatal accident Wednesday morning, to learn that the victim was his wife. The accident happened on Lewis Road off Highway 15. Authorities say, 45-year-old Teresa Browder was hit head-on when an SUV crossed the center line. Browder was pronounced dead at the scene. Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis…
