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1 suspect caught, 2 others sought Police: Remaining jewelry store robbers from Dillon BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Sumter Police Department recently arrested one suspect and is searching for two others in connection to an armed robbery at a local jewelry store Monday. Michael D. Knowles, 33, of 8151 St. Charles Road, Mayesville, was arrested Friday in Richland County. He was later booked at Sumter-Lee Regional Detention KNOWLES Center, according to a news release from the department. Knowles was charged with armed robbery and four counts of kidnapping and conspiracy. Detectives are searching MEARITE for Rondrick Shequile Mearite, 22, of 517 Lakeside Court, Dillon, and Bradley Devon Brown, 21, of 1206 W. Main St., Dillon, in connection to the armed robbery at Jewelry Wholesale, 41 E. Wesmark Blvd, on Memorial BROWN Day. Mearite is described as 6 feet tall and weighs about 155 pounds. He faces charges of armed robbery, conspiracy, four
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Sumter High School students toss their hats at the end of the school’s graduation ceremony Saturday morning. See more graduation photos for Sumter High as well as Crestwood High School on page A3.
Commander’s Breakfast set Being thrifty never goes out of style for Wednesday How, when and where to go to ‘pop some tags’
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Some may think staying in style means shelling out hundreds of dollars. That could be the case, unless you regularly stroll into your local thrift stores to find more inexpensive options. Thrift shopping can be time consuming, but once you find the few items you’re looking for, that time spent is worth it, especially when paired with the amount of money you spend.
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As Dori Landers prepares to pay, store associate Elizabeth Black’s T-shirt serves as a SEE GOODWILL HUNTING, PAGE A6 walking billboard for Goodwill Industries.
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DEATHS, A9 Tae S. Graham Billie Lee White Sr. Ernest Nelson Jr. Joshua B. Barkley Lucille M. Battle
George R. Lambert Gerald K. Johnson Jo T. Blackwelder Milton C. McCarty
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 64 Paid for campaign to elect Robert Ridgeway, House of Representatives District 64. 117 North Brooks Street, Manning, SC
he annual Commander’s Breakfast sponsored by Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce will be held at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at Alice Drive Baptist Church, 1305 Loring Mill Road. “Shaw Air Force Base is vital to our community, and this event always gives residents an opportunity to hear about the happenings not only on the local installation, but in the Air Force as a whole as it may relate to the Sumter area,” said Chamber Vice President of Operations Nicole Milligan. In previous years, the breakfast was held in the Carolina Skies Club on Shaw Air Force Base, but changes to base
• Physician/ Only Physician in Legislature • Firefighter • Resides in Manning, SC. • Clarendon Memorial Hospital, 1992- Until • United States Army Reserve, 3270th Army Hospital • 4 years Experience House of Rep. • Service Medical Municipal and Military House Committee • Service on Criminal Domestic Violence Committee • Service on Sickle Cell Study Committee • Service on Legislative Oversight Committee
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