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Mackenzie Sholtz, owner of Fig Leaf Patterns and a Sumter County Executive 250th Committee Member, has spent much of her life in and out of museums, documenting historic garments and measuring them for collections. When she moved to Sumter, South Carolina,...

February is celebrated as Black History Month in the United States, and Sumter County is proud to have been home to numerous remarkable African Americans over the years. Many African American Sumterites have had distinguished military, musical, political, athletic,...

First opened in 1957 as the Gamecock Raceway, the Sumter Speedway has played host to a variety of racing series and legendary drivers over the years. Though it may look like just a dirt oval off Wedgefield Road today, the track has seen NASCAR Hall of Famers like Ned...