What it is
Sumter.Today is an automated link blog for local news in Sumter County, South Carolina. It checks the outlets listed on the Sources page every 15 minutes, collects their newest headlines, and arranges them on one front page so you can see what is happening in and around Sumter without visiting each website in turn. It does not write news of its own.
How stories are chosen
Every story starts as a headline published by one of the outlets on the Sources page: the local newspaper, county and city government, the National Weather Service, Columbia television stations and a few statewide agencies. From that stream, the site keeps the stories that are about Sumter County, or that carry a clear statewide impact (a new state law, a hurricane warning, a statewide hunting season), and sets the rest aside.
The remaining stories are then filtered for repeats, obituaries and filler such as programming notes or national wire copy. When several outlets cover the same event, the front page shows one card for the story rather than a row of near-identical headlines.
The filters are rules written by the publisher, not editorial judgment story by story. They will sometimes keep something dull or drop something that mattered. If you spot a mistake, the Contact page explains how to report it.
Credit to the outlets
Every story links to, and credits, the outlet that published it. Only the headline and the outlet's own short excerpt appear here; the full article, photographs and reporting stay on the publisher's website, where the link takes you. If you run one of these outlets and would prefer not to be included, see the Terms page and get in touch.
Who runs it
Published by Ryan in Sumter, South Carolina.
Sumter.Today is not affiliated with any of the outlets or agencies it links to. It shows advertising from Google AdSense; the Privacy Policy explains what that means for visitors.
Suggest a source or report a problem
Know a Sumter County outlet, agency or community organization with a news feed that is not listed on the Sources page? Found a headline that is wrong, out of place or should not be here? Use the Contact page. Messages are read by the publisher, and corrections are made by hand.