Mill Street Grill opens in Manning A7 FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2018 | Serving South Carolina since October 15, 1894 75 cents Sumter tries to Manning beat June’s police chief HEAT fired Retired highway patrol Captain +2.9 Grice is sworn in as interim BY SHARRON HALEY degrees hotter on average Special to The Sumter Item for the in June MANNING — A Manning resident and daily high retired South Carolina Highway Patrol captain, Anthony K. Grice, has been sworn in as Manning’s interim police chief officer after Blair Shaffer, who served as Manning’s police chief for the past eight years, was fired +2.9 earlier in the day. Manning Mayor Julia Nel- son issued a news release degrees hotter on average announcing Shaffer’s termi- nation shortly after 4 p.m. for the daily low in June Thursday. Nelson cited the SHAFFER “safety of our residents, guests and community” when announcing Shaffer’s firing. Nel- son said Manning’s Public Safety Com- mittee voted to terminate Shaffer after a meeting during which the city’s public -0.88 safety programs had been discussed. Cit- ing the firing as a personnel matter, Nel- fewer inches of rain than son said no additional information would be forthcoming. historical average for June SEE CHIEF, PAGE A5 Democratic 100 Party chair Hottest June in 1944 at Average 95.4 90 daily ‘18 running for high Historical was 90.7 average of 87.8 for school board June 80 BY BRUCE MILLS
[email protected] Filing for non-partisan seats on Sum- 70 ter School District Board of Trustees and June ‘18 Sumter City Council begins Monday, and average Sumter County Democratic Party Chair- low is woman Barbara Bowman said she is 68.6 ready to file for the school board race.