A 13-year-old student in South Carolina has been charged after making threats toward a school. The Sumter County Sheriff's Office said about 7 p.m. Saturday the student was taken into custody by deputies and an agent with the FBI. They said the student is accused of making threats to a local school through social media.

A South Carolina man has been charged with intentionally setting a former restaurant building and a shed on fire, according to Sumter police. Police said an officer was patrolling the Broad Street area Sunday night and saw a man running through the parking lot of the former Golden Corral building.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash that occurred about two miles north of Sumter in 2017.

Ka’Niyah Baker was found with traumatic injuries across her body on the floor of an empty property after fire crews responded to a blaze in Columbia, South Carolina, late on Wednesday evening.

Ice on roads prompts South Carolina schools to close or switch to eLearning Jan. 23. Check your district's plans for schedule updates.

A customer let the store clerk choose their lottery ticket at a convenience store in Manning, South Carolina -- and won $500,000.

A Sumter, S.C. man who was already charged with abduction of a child in Lee County now faces two federal charges. Soleil Moone Strong, 25, was arrested Sept. 30, 2024 on the felony charge in Lee County and held on a $1 million secured bond for allegedly abducting a minor from Sean Long.

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