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2,000 acres of South Carolina forest saved from development, added to national forest

In a quiet but decisive win for conservation, a 1,950-acre tract of South Carolina forest that once faced the threat of development has been permanently protected as part of Sumter National Forest. The Nature Conservancy purchased the land in 2023, held it while paperwork and funding were finalised, and has…

The Times of India · Sep 19

Police investigating claim that missing South Carolina woman was last seen with Gilgo Beach murders suspect

Julia Ann Bean, 36, vanished from Sumter County, South Carolina in May 2017. She hasn’t been seen or heard from since

The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2023

Soldier shoots own children, 5 and 6, dead as they slept before killing himself

Charles Slacks Jr. let himself in the home of his ex-wife in Sumter, South Carolina and killed a man, then three children, two of which were his own, before he killed himself

Daily Mirror · Mar 22, 2023