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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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Columbia, Sumter education groups among Carolinas winners of McDonald’s Golden Grants
Two Midlands education groups are among nine organizations in South Carolina and North Carolina sharing $35,000 in McDonald's Golden Grants this year. STEM U in Columbia received a $5,000 grant, and Liberty STEAM Charter School in Sumter received $2,500, according to Carolinas McDonald's. Liberty STEAM, which opened in 2021, describes itself as Sumter's first public charter school.
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Wilson Hall to face First Baptist for opportunity to reach SCISA AAA title game for 4th straight season
Peyton Gilley, Barons defense toss a shutout in 49-0 first-round win over Spartanburg Christian. Sumter – There was no complacency for the Wilson Hall football team in its first-round game of the SCISA AAA state playoffs against Spartanburg Christian Academy on November 6 at Spencer Field. The Barons, who...
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Early voting begins for Saluda mayor and Sumter school board runoffs
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Early voting begins today for runoff elections in the town of Saluda and Sumter County School Board District 8. In Saluda, mayoral candidates Miliken Matthews and Josh Morton are headed to a runoff after finishing one vote apart, according to SC Votes. Matthews received 354 votes, and Morton received 353. With three write-in votes, neither candidate received a majority.