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Reba McEntire is hosting Thursday's Academy of Country Music Awards, promising a night of memorable performances, including a tribute to Toby Keith. When McEntire takes the stage at the Ford Center …
NEW YORK - Tom Selleck starts his memoir in the middle of a car crash. He is 17 and in the passenger seat …
Central Carolina Community Foundation’s Board of Trustees has selected Georgia Mjartan …
Time flies when you're having fun. The bittersweet part about it is at some point, it has to come to an …
The Thursday, May 2, installment of Homegrown, the annual concert series benefitting The Sounds of Grace, …
NEW ZION - Country recording group Sawyer Brown will be the featured entertainment at the 2024 Palmetto …
Zac Efron and Jeremy Allen White starring in the family wrestling dynasty in "The Iron Claw" and …
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With some help from artificial intelligence, country music star Randy Travis, celebrated for his …
NEW YORK - There are two things to keep in mind while being burned alive for a movie scene. The …
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House delivered a rebuke to President Joe Biden Thursday for pausing a shipment of bombs to Israel, passing legislation that seeks to force the weapons transfer as …
PROSPERITY, S.C. — Despite the gloomy weather, Monday brought bright prospects for Patrick Walters , who leveraged the opportunity to inflict a straight-up South Carolina smackdown en …
Jertie McLean Hanna, 91, widow of Paul Ray Hanna Sr., died Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at Lake Marion Nursing Facility in Summerton. Born Sept. 5, 1932, in the Nesmith Community of Williamsburg …
Richard Porcher Jr., AKA “Ricky,” son of the late Richard Porcher Sr. and Rebecca Lonnon Porcher, was born March 29, 1967, in Sumter. He departed this earthly life on Thursday, May …
Louretta Gamble, 86, died Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at her home. Born in St. Charles on April 11, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Isabella Susie Williams. The family will …
Joseph Holmes, 78, son of the late Holland Holmes and Mary Hunter Holmes, was born on April 26, 1946, in Sumter. He departed this life on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at Prisma Health Richland Hospital …
Tom Patrick Lovett, 93, went home to be with his Lord on Monday, May 13, 2024. Tom was born Dec. 19, 1930, to the late Dennis P. and Florence K. Lovett in Denver, Colorado. He met his late wife, …
David Oliver Ducom, age 85, beloved husband of Georgianna Harrell Ducom, died on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, at NHC, Parklane. You may go to www.bullockfuneralhome.com and sign the family’s …
DEAR ABBY: I recently married "John," the love of my life. I have a great relationship with my mother-in-law, "Sarah." She and my father-in-law …
DEAR ABBY: I have read that you have a sweet tooth. I do, too. That's why I'm interested in your recipe booklets, particularly if you have …
DEAR ABBY: Our daughter-in-law is morally corrupt, egotistical and narcissistic. For almost a year she has been blatant about having an affair …
DEAR ABBY: I am a middle-aged gay man who has never had any serious relationships. A few months ago, I met a 22-year-old guy. He seemed really …
Claire is a calm and gentle soul looking for her forever home. This sweet girl is pleasant as can be, always content to lounge quietly and soak up the love from the volunteers. At 43 pounds and 4 to 6 years old, Claire is the perfect size for …
Reflections revisits two pavilions once located at Second Mill (Sunset Lake) and Pocalla Springs. Webster's Dictionary defines a pavilion as a building or part of a building often partly opened and highly ornamented used for entertainment, exhibits …
Reflections revisits Morris College and discusses the opportunities it offered to Black children in the …
Reflections remembers one of the most important aspects of assisting and providing recreational and other …
Reflections remembers one of Sumter's most beautiful and upscale jewelry stores to open in the downtown …
This issue of Reflections takes a look at photos taken across the Sumter area through the decades.
Reflections recalls the movie "A Guy Named Joe" filmed in 1943 with various scenes being shot in …
Reflections celebrates Women's History Month by remembering the women who flew airplanes during …
Today's Reflections addresses the development of Sumter's most significant floral garden. H. C. …
This issue of Reflections recalls the life and work of John Julius Dargan. According to an article …
One day Satan, the old devil, will identify as God. 2 Thessalonians 2:4 (KJV) says concerning Satan (appearing as the antichrist after the …
Back when my son, Jimmy, was about 7 years old, he asked to go to his grandmother's house. We lived on Boulevard Road in Sumter, and Mama, …
Who knew that the party of John Kennedy and Bill Clinton would morph into the party that seems to be taking its lead narrative from a large …
I am amazed how the county's chairman and the city's mayor sleep at night while a large number of Sumter citizens are struggling to survive and …
Many thanks to Kathleen Kreklau for her letter concerning the disruptive protests on college campuses. It could not have been better said. Now, …
What is it that provokes us to action? Recently a horrible attack on police doing their job in Charlotte took the lives of four in the line of …