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Sumter County commissioners approve fire assessment fee increase to $355 per year

SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. — The Board of Sumter County Commissioners (BOCC) voted Tuesday night to increase the proposed fire assessment fee for the upcoming fiscal year. Last year in September, the BOCC ...

When Polarizing First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln Came to Washington

Inauguration Day, March 4, 1861. On a brilliantly sunny day in Washington, arguably the biggest moment of Mary Todd Lincoln’s ...
Military.com

Fort Sumter: The First Shots in the War That Killed 620,000 Americans

Fort Sumter sat on an artificial island at the mouth of Charleston Harbor. It was unfinished. Less than half its guns were in ...
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From Panic to Plan: The 1860 Secession Domino Effect Unfolded in Real Time

For community college students navigating U.S. history alongside sociology and economics, the Road to Secession often feels like a static list of dates. But a fresh look at the 1860–1861 timeline, ...
The New York Times

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WESH

A massive landfill in a tiny town: Miami-Dade County to send its trash to Central Florida by train

TRASH ROTTING, REEKING. AND IT’S COMING HERE. THAT’S RIGHT. BIG CITY TRASH FROM MIAMI WILL SOON BE LOADED ONTO TRAINS AND DUMPED IN SMALL TOWNS. SUMTER COUNTY WESH 2’S DAVID JONES UNCOVERED THE PLAN ...
The Daily Reveille

LSU’s bronze cannons aren’t from Fort Sumter. University historians explain the real story

Guarding the entrance to the LSU Military Science Building are two bronze cannons, which, according to their plaques, once saw action in the Civil War. The story goes that these cannons were used to ...
WLTX19

Fire damages vacant Broad Street building under renovation in Sumter

SUMTER, S.C. — Authorities say a vacant former restaurant on Broad Street in Sumter was damaged on Thursday when a fire broke out on the front of the building. The Sumter Fire Department said crews ...
WLTX19

Fight between coworkers leads to stabbing at Sumter business

SUMTER, S.C. — One person has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after a fight between coworkers at a Sumter business escalated to a stabbing incident. Sumter County Sheriff's deputies ...
The State

Fight between co-workers turns into a stabbing, South Carolina sheriff says

One man went to jail while his co-worker at a business in South Carolina was taken to a hospital in Columbia after the two fought and one was stabbed, according to the Sumter County Sheirff’s Office.