''The Item'', formerly known as ''The Sumter Daily Item'' and ''The Daily Item'', is an independent, morning
newspaper
A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.
Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as p ...
published in
Sumter, South Carolina five days a week, Tuesday to Friday with a "Weekend Edition" delivered on Saturday mornings, by Osteen Publishing Company. It has a circulation of approximately 20,000.
[http://arizonaretiredamericans.org/newsroom/letters-to-the-editor/SC]
History
The paper, then called ''The Sumter Daily Item'', was first published on October 15, 1894, by Hubert Graham Osteen.
It previously had been operated as ''
The Watchman and Southron'' (a merger of ''Sumter Watchman'' and ''True Southron'').
It was South Carolina's first small-town newspaper.
Osteen served as the paper's editor and publisher until his retirement in 1946.
In 2008, the paper changed its Monday edition to a tabloid format before abandoning the Monday edition altogether. However, the paper's website is updated each Monday, with news and
obituaries
An obituary (obit for short) is an article about a recently deceased person. Newspapers often publish obituaries as news articles. Although obituaries tend to focus on positive aspects of the subject's life, this is not always the case. Acc ...
.
The paper covers Sumter,
Lee and
Clarendon counties, with a dedicated bureau located in Manning which publishes a weekly section, "The Clarendon Sun," each Tuesday. Lakeside, magazine covering the Sumter, Clarendon, Orangeburg, Berkeley and Calhoun County areas of Lake Marion is also published six times a year.
Staff
Newsroom
CONTENT TEAM:
*News Editor Rhonda Barrick
*Features Editor Ivy Moore
*Sports Editor Dennis Brunson
*Senior Staff Writer Bruce Mills
*Staff Writer Adrienne Sarvis
*Staff Writer Jim Hilley
*Sports Writer Justin Driggers
*Archivist Sammy Way
*Newsclerk/Librarian Sandra Holbert
See also
*
Sumter News
References
External links
''The Item'' website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Item, The
Newspapers published in South Carolina
Sumter, South Carolina
Publications established in 1894