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Thursday, October 11, 2012  Tropical Storm Patty formed Thursday afternoon east of the Bahamas to become the sixteenth named storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season.

Thursday, February 02, 2012  The wife of the head of the Veterans Affairs Administration is meeting with about 100 community leaders from across South Carolina to discuss education and other matters affecting military children.

Thursday, September 29, 2011  James Plymale was getting ready for work about 8 a.m. when a neighbor told him she couldn't find her grandchild and asked Plymale to help look for him. They walked to the pond on Daniel Road in the neighborhood and found the boy. Plymale pulled him out and started CPR. In the meantime, family called 911.

Thursday, June 02, 2011  The former commander of South Carolina's Highway Patrol, who resigned in 2008 amidst questions of trooper behavior and racial insensitivity in the department, is set to become Sumter's next police chief in a city that is 46 percent African-American. What do you think?

Wednesday, June 01, 2011  Sumter Police Chief Patty Patterson says she will be retiring this fall.  Patterson, who has headed up the city's police force for a decade, will take over the the Sumter Public Safety and Welfare department in September.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011  With its picturesque downtown and quiet neighborhoods, it may be hard to understand sumter's reputation as a high crime city.  Is that perception wrong?

Sunday, February 13, 2011  WACH Fox celebrates Black History Month with a look at a local African-American woman, who made double history at the Sumter Police Department.

Sunday, January 23, 2011  The Sumter police chief speaks out about recent police officer death.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010  Democratic Sen. Patty Murray and her Republican challenger dove right into their fall matchup after winning the primary in a high-stakes election that could determine the balance of power in the nation's capital.

Tuesday, April 06, 2010  Washington state man charged with threatening to kill Sen. Murray over health care bill

Wednesday, June 17, 2009  Midway through the year, that city has already had more murders than in any year--dating back more than a decade.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009  Sumter Police say Caldwell Wright was shot in the head inside his home, now police have three in custody.

Thursday, March 26, 2009