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USDA expanding program to fight rural poverty to SC

...who has operated a small farm in South Carolina's Sumter County for about 15 years. Harris says he used to farm row...to better-quality healthy foods, Vilsack said.In Sumter County, 74 percent of adults are considered overweight or...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-03-26/usda-expanding-program-fight-
Ruby Hagerson

...GA. Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 27, 2012 at 11:00 AM at Concord United Methodist Church in Sumter County, with Rev. Gary Page officiating. Interment will follow at the Hagerson Family Cemetery. A visitation will be held...

http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?I=LS000161981860
Across the region

...Department of Public Safety said Sunday that Trooper B.O. Stokes fatally shot a motorist during a Sumter County traffic stop Saturday evening.Sumter County Coroner Harvin Bullock says motorist Devin Taylor of Dalzell was shot in the chest and abdomen...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-07-15/across-region
Across the region

...totally dependent on his father for care.Freshwater amoeba causes boy's deathCOLUMBIA - Health officials say a Sumter County boy has died from a rare brain infection caused by an organism that lives in warm, fresh water.The Department of...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2012-07-19/across-region
SC newspaper appeals secret autopsy ruling

...the death private, that portion of the report can be kept out while the rest is released.The dispute started when Sumter County Coroner Harvin Bullock refused to release the autopsy report of a man killed by Sumter police officers after the newspaper...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2012-10-13/sc-newspaper-appeals-s
SC Chamber of Commerce refused to endorse Haley, now loves her thanks to business incentives

...Continental Tire led the way with $31 million in state help for the 1,700 jobs it plans to bring to a new tire plant in Sumter County. NK Newlook, a company that makes fixtures and display cases for retailers, got $200,000 in incentives for a...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2012-05-26/sc-chamber-commerce-refu
SC man who cut off hand for money in court

...appear in federal court in Columbia on Tuesday. He faces six charges, including mail fraud for a 2008 incident in Sumter County where a man's hand was cut off with a pole saw.Court records show Hardin has signed a deal to plead guilty to conspiracy...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2012-08-21/sc-man-who-cut-hand-money-co
SC districts applying for slice of $400 million in grants in federal Race to the Top competition

...represent a consortium of rural districts applying together, as the federal guidelines allow. At least one ? Sumter County ? has since decided against applying, citing the massive amount of work needed to meet the Oct. 30 deadline. Lexington...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2012-09-09/sc-districts-applying-sli
Michelin to build $750 million plant in South Carolina

...tire plant and expanding an existing facility.In October, Continental Tire announced a new $500 million plant in Sumter County that would employ 1,700 workers when finished at the end of the decade.The governor said Michelin wasn't bothered...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-04-10/michelin-build-750-million
Bridgestone helps to make S.C. a hub of tire industry

...tag of $1 billion will result in 750 new jobs.Continental Tire recently broke ground on a $500 million plant in Sumter County. It will ramp up to 1,600 jobs by 2021.South Carolina is second in daily production, 84,000 tires, just behind...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/your-business/2012-04-20/making-south