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Multiple law enforcement agencies are once again asking for help finding a missing Sumter mother and her 2-year-old son. Sophia and Matteo Van Dam disappeared from their home in June.
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The annual eSTEAM Sumter festival is a showcase of STEM and STEAM careers. The one-day event allows grade-school students to interact with vendors from Continental, Caterpillar, Eaton and other companies from the area’s industrial portfolio.
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Authorities in South Carolina say a former soldier shot and killed three children as they slept in their home while their mother frantically sought help. The ex-soldier then killed himself. Sumter Police Chief Russell Roark says Charles Slacks Jr. also killed an Army solider who worked with the children's mother and happened to be at the home. Slacks and the woman were divorced, but he still had a key and let himself in around 10 p.m. Tuesday.
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Sweet and confident are two words that best describe Crestwood High School junior Saravia Wright.The 17-year-old is a first-year student in the health science career cluster program at Sumter Career and Technology Center and talked this week about how she recently put into practice her new-found skills to potentially help save a Sumter School District teacher's life.