Daily editionFriday, August 14th, 2026
Good morning, Sumter.
The 5AM Sumter Team
Here’s your local news at a glance for Friday, the 14th of August.
Community
Three family members from the Midlands shared a $750,000 lottery win after a $10 scratch-off purchased in Gaston brought them about $175,000 each post-tax; they plan to celebrate with a family vacation in the coming days.
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Business
Dominion Energy finished a multiyear restoration project at the Lake Murray dam intake towers today; the new headgates now operate, and the SC Department of Natural Resources has set a 200+ft exclusion zone around the site.
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