# The Item

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South Carolina (USA) newspaper

For other uses, see [Item (disambiguation)](/source/Item_(disambiguation)).

The Item Type Daily newspaper Format Broadsheet Online Owner Osteen Publishing Co. Publisher Vince Johnson Editor Vince Johnson (editor) Founded Oct. 15, 1894 Language English Headquarters 36 W Liberty St., Sumter, SC, United States Circulation approximately 20,000[1] Website theitem.com

***The Item***, formerly known as ***The Sumter Daily Item*** and ***The Daily Item***, is an independent morning [newspaper](/source/Newspaper) published in [Sumter, South Carolina](/source/Sumter%2C_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.[1]

## History

The paper, then called *The Sumter Daily Item*, was first published on October 15, 1894, by Hubert Graham Osteen.[2] It previously had been operated as *[The Watchman and Southron](/source/The_Watchman_and_Southron)* (a merger of *Sumter Watchman* and *True Southron*).[3] It was South Carolina's first small-town newspaper.[4] Osteen served as the paper's editor and publisher until his retirement in 1946.[2]

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](/source/Obituaries).

The paper covers Sumter, [Lee](/source/Lee_County%2C_SC) and [Clarendon](/source/Clarendon_County%2C_SC) 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](/source/Sumter_News)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-arizonaretiredamericans.org_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-arizonaretiredamericans.org_1-1) ["South Carolina Daily Newspapers"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140714141424/http://arizonaretiredamericans.org/newsroom/letters-to-the-editor/SC). *Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans*. Archived from [the original](http://arizonaretiredamericans.org/newsroom/letters-to-the-editor/SC) on July 14, 2014. Retrieved March 14, 2024.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-about_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-about_2-1) ["History of The Item and Osteen Publishing Co"](http://www.theitem.com/site/about/). Osteen Publishing Co. Retrieved March 24, 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-loc1_3-0)** [*Library of Congress*](http://lccn.loc.gov/sn93067846). Watchman and Southron Pub. Co. 1881. [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [28452159](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/28452159). Retrieved August 4, 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Reflections with Sammy Way - the Sumter Item: 'The Voice of the Gamecock City'"](https://www.theitem.com/stories/reflections-with-sammy-way-the-sumter-item-the-voice-of-the-gamecock-city,335343).

## External links

- [*The Item* website](http://www.theitem.com)

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