East Clarendon High News

EAST CLARENDON VS. HANNAH-PAMPLICO PLAYOFF BASEBALL | Gallery  SCNow

TURBEVILLE, S.C. -- The East Clarendon High School baseball team scored five runs in its last two turns at bat to earn a 5-2 victory over Hannah-Pamplico on ...

'Surprising' East Clarendon faces Mullins for lower state title  Sumter Item

Even though 20-plus point scorer Talaysia Cooper was returning for East Clarendon High School's girls basketball 1A state championship team, it was going to ...

East Clarendon rolls over Timberland 67-42 in 2A state playoff opener  Sumter Item

TURBEVILLE - Talaysia Cooper and Britni Anderson combined for 45 points and Destiny Dyer drained five three-pointers as the East Clarendon High School ...

East Clarendon softball wins district with 7-2 victory over Bamberg-Ehrhardt, moves to 2A lower state  Sumter Item

TURBEVILLE - East Clarendon softball did something it's never done before on Wednesday - make lower state at the 2A level. The Lady Wolverines (20-7 ...

Lakewood softball falls to Beaufort 4-2 in opener in 4A district playoffs  Sumter Item

Lakewood High School's varsity softball team lost to Beaufort 4-2 on Thursday in the opening game of the District V tournament of the 4A state playoffs at the ...

East Clarendon perseveres in 34-32 win over Andrews  Sumter Item

TURBEVILLE— The East Clarendon High School football team fought tooth and nail to secure a 34-32 victory over Andrews at Shad Hall Field on Senior Night ...

Cook, Singletary help lead East Clarendon baseball to 5-2 playoff win over Hannah-Pamplico  SCNow

TURBEVILLE, S.C. – East Clarendon coach Will McMillan was going over some base stealing signs with Cub Cook prior to Saturday's Class 2A lower state ...

East Clarendon advances to 2A lower state tournament with 16-1 win over Philip Simmons  Sumter Item

The East Clarendon varsity baseball team is in both familiar and unfamiliar territory. Familiar because it has now made the lower state tournament four out of the ...

Mullins girls top ECHS 61-53, advance to 3rd straight state title game  SCNow

FLORENCE, S.C. – Mullins girls' basketball coach Myron Gerald knew that East Clarendon High School standout Talaysia Cooper wasn't going anywhere.

East Clarendon senior girls excited about chance at title  SCNow

TURBEVILLE, S.C. -- It has been quite the journey for the senior girls' basketball players at East Clarendon High School, some of whom came in five years ago ...

Scott's Branch returns 3 picks for TDs in 27-13 win over East Clarendon  Sumter Item

TURBEVILLE -- The old football saying is that defense wins championships, and while that is open to debate there is no doubt defense helped the Scott's Branch ...

Reggie Kennedy moves closer to home as Manning's new football coach, AD  Sumter Item

Reggie Kennedy, the former East Clarendon High School football standout who coached Sumter High School to the 4A Division I state championship game in ...

Clarendon native named Troop 1 Trooper of the Year  Sumter Item

COLUMBIA - A Clarendon County native and graduate of East Clarendon High School has been named South Carolina Highway Patrol's Trooper of the Year for ...

State SAT scores beat national average, Clarendon 3 has highest scores in region  Sumter Item

South Carolina public school students who graduated from high school last spring outperformed the national average on the SAT college entrance exam by 15 ...

Local high school sports returning to regular routine with few exceptions  Sumter Item

After the threat of Hurricane Florence basically shut down sports at the seven local South Carolina High School League schools and the five South Carolina ...

LIST UPDATED FRIDAY: Hurricane Florence shelters in Sumter, Lee, Clarendon for Hurricane Florence  Sumter Item

Following is a list of shelters in the tri-county region of Sumter, Lee and Clarendon open for Hurricane Florence evacuees. CLARENDON COUNTY Three ...

Community says goodbye to 'Mr. East Clarendon'  Manning Live

Former Clarendon County Fire Chief Carter Jones first met Van Green in the early 1970s, when the latter began instructing others in the ways of the fire *service*.

Cooper is the Morning News Girls' Basketball Player of the Year  SCNow

TURBEVILLE, S.C. -- Talaysia Cooper enjoyed everything from a cookout to a trip to the Red Lobster after helping the East Clarendon girls win the Class A girls' ...

Mission accomplished  Sumter Item

COLUMBIA - When Mike Lowder finally got a chance to talk to his East Clarendon High School varsity girls basketball team in the hallway to the locker room ...

Cooper leads ECHS to 56-32 victory over Latta  Sumter Item

TURBEVILLE -- East Clarendon point guard Talaysia Cooper's middle name might as well be 'and she's only a freshman!' because every time she takes the ...

Still in middle school, these players could win state championships  The State

Eighth graders such as East Clarendon's Talaysia Cooper, Keenan's MiLaysia Fulwiley and Irmo's Dylan Williams are playing big minutes in their teams' trips to ...

East Clarendon, Latta softball teams hope for more title runs  SCNow

FLORENCE, S.C. – From 2013-16, the softball teams from Latta and East Clarendon met in the final round of Class A lower state.

Saints still perfect after 103-41 win over Dorchester Academy  Sumter Item

SUMMERTON - Clarendon Hall's varsity boys basketball team remained perfect on the season with a 103-41 win over Dorchester Academy on Tuesday at the ...

Clarendon Hall wins 78-69 over Scott's Branch  Sumter Item

SUMMERTON – Zyan Gilmore scored 25 points, grabbed eight rebounds and had eight steals to lead Clarendon Hall to a 78-69 varsity boys basketball win over ...

Updated feed: The latest as Tropical Storm Florence, now a deadly storm, enters South Carolina  Sumter Item

Stay tuned here for the 11 a.m. Hurricane Florence has made landfall and is just inland near Cape Fear, North Carolina. According to the National Hurricane ...

Clarendon School Districts 1, 3 may consolidate services  Sumter Item

A new state law is requiring 13 small school districts, including two in Clarendon County, to consolidate services in some fashion if they aren't doing so already ...

Lady Wolverines to face Lewisville for 1A crown  Sumter Item

The East Clarendon High School softball team is in a position with which it is very familiar: occupying the lower state's spot in the 1A state championship series.

Midterm Election 2018: List of precincts in Sumter, Lee, Clarendon counties  Sumter Item

SUMTER COUNTY Rembert – Rembert Fire Station, 7045 Post Office St., Rembert, SC 29128 Horatio – Horatio Fire Station, 7720 Sumter Landing Road, ...

Clarendon restaurant news: Food grades for May 27-31  Sumter Item

Following are the food grades for Clarendon County businesses inspected by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control for May ...

Clarendon school leaders preparing to share services  Sumter Item

The two small school districts in Clarendon County that must submit plans for consolidating services to the state superintendent of education by Sept. 21 are ...

Clarendon 3 leads tri-county area on career readiness test  Sumter Item

Clarendon School District 3 students based in Turbeville scored the highest in the tri-county region on a new career readiness assessment that also includes a ...

Rolling on: Lady Wolverines whip H-P 10-0 in lower state  Sumter Item

TURBEVILLE - The East Clarendon High School softball team looked as though it might come to the plate for the first time in its winners bracket game in 1A state ...

Thigpen-Floyd engagement  Manning Live

Mr. and Mrs. William Darry Thigpen Jr. of Turbeville announce the engagement of their daughter, Whitney Renea Thigpen of Turbeville, to Woody Austin Floyd of ...

20-year-old man dies in Clarendon County wreck Sunday night  Sumter Item

TURBEVILLE – A 20-year-old Lake City man died late Sunday night in a single vehicle wreck on Salem Road in Clarendon County. Jackson Floyd died at the ...

Grants will support Bishopville, Turbeville wastewater systems  Sumter Item

Two tri-county municipalities recently received funding from the South Carolina Department of Commerce to further develop or improve wastewater processing ...

Program offers fresh fruits, veggies to seniors in Sumter, Clarendon and Lee  Sumter Item

FROM STAFF REPORTS The Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program returns this summer to 42 counties in South Carolina. The seasonal USDA grant ...

Youngblood-Gibbons Engagement  Manning Live

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence John Youngblood of Turbeville announce the engagement of their daughter, Devyn Wingard Youngblood of Turbeville to Nelson Butler ...

Sumter Boy Scouts meet salvage paper goal; ideas wanted for school names  Sumter Item

75 YEARS AGO - 1944 Aug. 12 - Aug. 18 - The following group of YMCA officials and 'Y' boys will leave for the Southern YMCA Secretary Conference, to be ...

Sumter, Clarendon, Lee region's cities, towns flat in Census estimates  Sumter Item

The state's coastal and Upstate cities and towns continue to grow with new residents moving in while many areas of the Midlands to include the tri-county region ...

Veterans Day ceremony in Clarendon to honor 13 killed in Vietnam  Sumter Item

MANNING - Twelve Clarendon County soldiers and one airman who were killed in action during the Vietnam War will be honored for Veterans Day on Monday, ...

More than 100 people rescued from homes in Summerton  Sumter Item

More than 100 residents were rescued from the West Summerton and downtown Summerton area this morning due to heavy flooding, estimated up to four feet, ...

Turbeville man jumps into swamp, saves wreck victim's life  Manning Live

Saturday was just a regular day for Nick Floyd until he set out from a friend's house on Old Manning Road, close to Newman Branch. Flagged down by four men ...

Shelby Lambert and Nicholas Perry wed | Celebrations  South Strand news

South Island Plantation, Georgetown, was the setting for the wedding ceremony of Shelby Nichole Lambert of Georgetown and Nicholas Beal Perry of Turbeville, ...

State, Sumter test scores improve slightly | The Sumter  Sumter Item

Sumter and South Carolina students performed overall slightly better in English and math on standardized testing in 2018 compared to 2017, but most students ...

Florence School District Four remembers sheriff's investigator Farrah Turner  SCNow

TIMMONSVILLE, S.C. – Florence County School District Four administrator Tonya Addison said if she had to use one word to describe Florence County Sheriff's ...

ELECTION 2018: Know your precinct and polling location for Tuesday's primaries in Sumter, Lee, Clarendon counties  Sumter Item

Following are the precincts and polling information for Tuesday's primary elections. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. If you do not know your precinct or ...

Group thanks Clarendon first responders for service  Sumter Item

MANNING - More than 12 dozen cookies were presented to law enforcement and fire departments throughout Clarendon County on Wednesday and Thursday.

Yesteryear by Sammy Way: Possum Trot Festival returns; Teseniar chosen for seminar  Sumter Item

75 YEARS AGO - 1944 Dec. 9 - Dec. 15 - In order to solve the housing problems of military personnel from Shaw Field who live off the post, it is requested by Col ...

Yesteryear by Sammy Way: DAV Sumter chapter organized; Shaw holds mock disaster  Sumter Item

75 YEARS AGO - 1944 Sept. 7 - Oct. 13 - Capt. William A. Berrian Jr., of the Columbia chapter of Disabled American Veterans, will be in Sumter when the local ...

11 Sumter boxers win at show; Canadians leave snow for golf  Sumter Item

75 YEARS AGO -1944 July 22 - July 28 - Completing his AAF basic training this week was Aviation Cadet T. Vandell Young, son of the late S. W. Young of ...

Manning-Santee drops opener; Junior P-15's beat Camden  Sumter Item

ORANGEBURG - The Manning-Santee Post 68 Senior American Legion baseball team opened its League I season with an 8-4 loss to Orangeburg Post 4 on ...

Flood advisory issued in Sumter, Lee, Clarendon counties  Sumter Item

A flood advisory remains under effect in much of Sumter County and portions of Lee and Clarendon counties through 10 p.m. Tuesday as heavy rains, thunder ...

Ship named in honor of Sumter; 'Renaissance' program begins  Sumter Item

75 YEARS AGO - 1944 Sept. 2 - Sept. 8 - School children who wish to help with the harvest of the county cotton crop will be released from their duties for that ...

Turbeville family practice hosts ribbon cutting  Sumter Item

A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place Friday, Feb. 22, for the grand opening of Palmetto Health-USC Family Medicine's newest practice in Turbeville.

Sumter, Lee, Clarendon under severe thunderstorm warning with 70-mph gusts  Sumter Item

A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for central Sumter County, southeastern Lee County and northern Clarendon County until Monday, Sept.

Coker to celebrate 50 years in medicine  Manning Live

When Dr. Clarence E. Coker Jr. began his medical practice in Manning, he told The Manning Times that he planned “to treat the skin and its contents from the ...

2nd Florence cop dies after ambush attack  Sumter Item

COLUMBIA - A wounded police officer died Monday after 19 days in the hospital and multiple surgeries, after she was ambushed while approaching an upscale ...

DORIS HICKSON WILSON  Sumter Item

NEW ZION - Doris Hickson Wilson, 70, died on Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston. She was born on Feb. 10, 1949, in ...

Noted historians preserve Sumter's past  Sumter Item

Reflections looks back at a few of Sumter's historians. This is part two in a two-part series, with the first part published in the Aug. 12 edition of The Sumter Item.

Restaurant inspections for Sumter, Lee, Clarendon: Feb. 26-March 11  Sumter Item

Following are the restaurant inspections performed between Jan. 8 and 14, 2018 in Sumter, Lee and Clarendon on counties by the South Carolina Department ...

Promoting tourism in Clarendon County  Sumter Item

They aren't natives to Clarendon County, but George and Carole Summers have surely adopted the county as their home. Eat at a local restaurant, visit the ...

Child, 2, injured when Sumter city truck rams into house  Sumter Item

A 2-year-old was seriously injured Monday morning when a City of Sumter pickup truck rammed through a house near Sumter High School.The city-marked and ...

P-15's will host Post 1 tonight  Sumter Item

The Sumter P-15's play at Riley Park for the first time in over two weeks today, and it's an important American Legion baseball League II contest. Sumter will play ...

Outcry against Duke Energy rate increase reaches Sumter  Sumter Item

A proposed rate increase for Duke Energy customers was not popular Tuesday night at a public hearing in Sumter. Nearly 20 people spoke out at USC Sumter's ...

Clarendon votes yes to Sunday alcohol sales  Sumter Item

Voters approved beer and wine sales on Sundays in Clarendon and Lee counties as voters approved referendums to allow the sale of alcohol on Tuesday's ...

TV SCHEDULE, STANDINGS & MORE: Sunday, June 16, 2019  Sumter Item

TV, RADIO TODAY 6 a.m. - Professional Tennis: WTA Hertogenbosch Final Match (TENNIS). 7:30 a.m. - Professional Tennis: ATP Stuggart Final Match, ATP ...

EVANGELINE KENNEDY MYERS  Sumter Item

TURBEVILLE - Elder Evangeline 'Coot' Kennedy Myers, 90, widow of Clarence Myers, died on Sunday, June 9, 2019, at MUSC Florence. She was born on June ...

Reflections by Sammy Way: Memorial Day: Remembering fallen heroes  Sumter Item

'THERE IS NO LIFE WITHOUT DEATH, NO DAWN WITHOUT SUNSET, NO VICTORY BUT TO HIM WHO HAS GIVEN ALL' According to a Memorial Day website ...

Scout district sponsors camporee; 'atomic veterans' seek help  Sumter Item

75 YEARS AGO - 1944 Aug. 26 - Sept. 1 - Capt. Charles Vincent (Vince) Greffett, who worked for five years at the Palmetto Pigeon Plant before entering the ...

Sumter P-15's split 2 games in Challenge  Sumter Item

FROM STAFF REPORTS NEWBERRY - The Sumter P-15's American Legion baseball team split its two games in the North Carolina-South Carolina Challenge ...

16 officers, 1 cause: Sumter law enforcement agencies saturate U.S. 378 on Saturday to keep roads safe  Sumter Item

Any seemingly simple traffic stop can escalate in moments. Deputies in Sumter County were reminded of that on Saturday. A man who tried to escape from ...

$20K bond for Lake City teen charged in November wreck that killed Turbeville teen  Manning Live

LAKE CITY – A 17-year-old Lake City man was arrested Monday for his alleged role in the head-on collision that killed two people on Nov. 24, 2014, on Morris ...

JAMES SIMMONS  Sumter Item

James Douglas Simmons, 60, died Friday, May 10, 2019, at Prisma Health Tuomey. Born May 1, 1959, in Hendersonville, North Carolina, he was a son of the ...

Hitting their strides  Sumter Item

The varsity boys basketball teams from Sumter and Lakewood high schools had high expectations entering the 2017-18. Both stumbled a bit coming out of the ...

Turbeville inmate killed, 8 injured in New Year's Eve fight  Sumter Item

An inmate was killed and eight others were injured during a fight in Turbeville Correctional Institution on New Year's Eve, officials said. Allen Jerome Capers, 32, ...

LEON GAMBLE  Sumter Item

SMITHFIELD, Va. - Leon 'Ricky' Gamble, 60, widower of Vivian Driver Gamble, died on Wednesday, April 17, 2019, at Riverside Hospital, Newport News, ...

Turbeville correctional officer charged with bribery, contraband  Sumter Item

A Turbeville Correctional Institution officer faces three charges, including bribery, for allegedly attempting to deliver a cellphone and cellphone charger to an ...

Turbeville restaurant fails inspection for dead roaches in kitchen  Sumter Item

A Turbeville restaurant failed its most recent food inspection for having dead cockroaches throughout the kitchen. Old Dragon Chinese Restaurant, 1665 Main ...

Turbeville closer to repealing speeding ordinance  Sumter Item

TURBEVILLE - Turbeville's days as an alleged speed trap appear to be coming to an end. Turbeville Town Council voted Tuesday to approve the second ...

Thigpen-Floyd Wedding  Manning Live

Whitney Renea Thigpen and Woody Austin Floyd we3re united in marriage at 5 p.m. Saturday, June 18, 2016, at First Baptist Church in Turbeville The bride is ...

MARVIN GOODMAN  Sumter Item

LYNCHBURG - Marvin Goodman, 55, widower of Jacquetta Rose Goodman, died on Monday, Nov. 12, 2018. He was a son of Ineta Goodman and the late Jerry ...

D-Day veterans choke back tears to ensure war memories live on  Sumter Item

PORTSMOUTH, England - I make old soldiers cry. Old sailors, too. And airmen. Even Marines. Makes no difference. That sounds cruel, I know. There's comfort ...

PAUL L. MOORE  Sumter Item

Paul Leslie Moore, 79, widower of Shirley Matthews Moore, died Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018, at his home. Born May 26, 1939, in Olanta, he was a son of the late ...

Drug costs make cancer battle more than 1 fight for Turbeville couple  Sumter Item

William Driggers' cancer medications are so expensive - and vital to his survival - that he and his wife may have to sell his family farm to keep affording them.

Farmers market vouchers available for low-income seniors in tri-county  Sumter Item

A federal grant program is returning this summer to Sumter, Clarendon and Lee counties to help low-income seniors get access to *fresh*, nutritious produce and, ...

Kick off your shoes, but save the boxes for annual Sumter gift collection  Sumter Item

Nearly 5000 drop-off locations across the nation, including Westside Baptist Church on Pinewood Road, opened Monday to collect millions of shoeboxes filled ...

MARY ANN BURGESS  Sumter Item

TURBEVILLE - Mary Ann Gamble Burgess, 77, widow of Thomas Burgess Jr., died on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, at her residence, 2517 Sandhill Road in ...

Inmate stabbed in Turbeville Correctional Institution  Sumter Item

An inmate was stabbed during a fight in Turbeville Correctional Institution Tuesday afternoon, officials said. The man was stabbed by another inmate during an ...

Compass Restaurant burns  Sumter Item

Investigators are trying to determine the cause of a fire which destroyed the Compass Restaurant, 7885 Myrtle Beach Highway in Gable, on Tuesday night.

Lee Correctional Institution officer arrested for allegedly smuggling marijuana  Sumter Item

A correctional officer has been arrested on accusations of attempting to bring 125 grams of marijuana hidden in her hair into Lee Correctional Institution.

Lee prison nurse arrested after contraband found  Sumter Item

South Carolina Department of Corrections Police Services has charged another corrections facility employee, this time at Lee Correctional Institution, ...

THOMAS DANIEL WELCH  Sumter Item

Funeral services for Thomas Daniel Welch, 84, who entered into rest on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday at Ashwood Nazarene Church ...

BARBARA C. GREEN  Sumter Item

Barbara Copeland Green, 84, wife of Turner Augustus 'Gus' Green, died on Monday, July 16, 2018, at Morningside of Sumter. Born in Lee County, she was a ...

Sumterites played key roles in D-Day invasion  Sumter Item

Reflections remembers two Sumter men, who like thousands of others from across the nation took part in the massive D-Day invasion. Sim T. Wright and ...

Morris College faces class action lawsuit for mold  Sumter Item

A group of five current and former Morris College students filed a lawsuit against the college this week for mold infestation in the student dormitories on campus.

BOBBIE JEAN BURGESS  Sumter Item

MANNING - Bobbie Jean Burgess, 71, died on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. Funeral services for Ms. Burgess will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday at Hayes F. Samuels ...

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