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The rise and fall of Jessamine Mall, now Sumter Mall in Sumter, SC, and what is left of its shops.
In May 1979, Jim Wilson & Associates announced a $12.5 million enclosed mall for a Broad Street site west of central Sumter, with Belk and JCPenney lined up as its anchors. The developers named it Jessamine Mall, after the yellow jessamine, the flower South Carolina had picked as its own. Downtown had tried its own kind of mall in the 1970s.
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The Rural South Carolina Restaurant That’s So Good, People Drive For Miles To Eat There
Somewhere between “I’ve never heard of it” and “I can’t believe I waited this long,” there’s a steakhouse on Kelleytown Road that changes how you think about dining in South Carolina. Shug’s Steakhouse in Hartsville is that restaurant, and it has been earning...
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The Peaceful South Carolina Town Where You Can Rent For Under $800 And Live Comfortably
Nobody warns you about Darlington, South Carolina, and that’s honestly part of what makes it so good. You arrive expecting a quick stop and you leave rearranging your assumptions about what a comfortable life actually requires. Darlington is a small city in the Pee Dee region of South Carolina,...
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Maysville Man, 67, With Cancer Vanishes Mid-Trip From South Carolina, Family Pleads
A 67-year-old Maysville man battling prostate cancer has been missing for more than a week after a bus trip meant to bring him home from South Carolina instead left his family searching for answers. Frank Glover was supposed to travel by Greyhound from Camden, South Carolina, back to Kentucky, but he never made his connections.
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Scout Motors Starts Building Vehicles
Scout Motors took the next step toward putting trucks on the road, confirming it has officially started assembling validation vehicles at its new production center in Blythewood, South Carolina. Factory construction has entered its final phase, with the majority of production equipment installed and active. These initial validation builds serve to stress-test tooling, verify assembly line sequencing, and catch manufacturing bottlenecks before series production ramps up. "What we are building in Blythewood is no longer a promise on paper," said Scout Motors President and CEO Scott Keogh. "Our equipment is coming to life, and our teams are building our first validation vehicles right here in the factory." Inside the Blythewood Assembly Line The South Carolina facility relies heavily on automated manufacturing and precision quality checks: Body Shop: More than 750 industrial robots join roughly 160 stamped components per vehicle using approximately 5,000 weld points. Scout utilizes AI-assisted weld monitoring alongside high-precision dimensional scanners, pulling sample bodies off the line for thousands of individual measurements before clearing them for paint. Paint Shop: Completed bodies travel into an electrified paint facility for cleaning, anti-corrosion treatment, primer and color coats, curing, and surface inspection. General Assembly: Technicians install wiring harnesses, glazing, interior seating,
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Blythewood High School names principal-elect
Richland School District Two has named Benjara Elliott principal-elect of Blythewood High School, effective January 1, 2027. Elliott, who currently serves as the school’s assistant principal of instruction, will become principal effective July 1, 2027. Elliott has served on Blythewood High School’s administrative team since 2018, first as an...
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Midlands 'Price Is Right’ fan wins $200,000 on South Carolina scratch-off
RIDGEWAY, SC (WACH) — $200,000 is headed to a “Price Is Right” fan after a $5 ticket he bought in Ridgeway won him the game’s top prize. “Yes, I like to watch the show,” the winner told lottery officials. He said that prompted him to buy two $5 tickets at the K D store on South Palmer Street in Ridgeway. One carried the game’s top prize.