LOCAL: Don’t miss photos of Shaw firefighters training during simulations A3 NATION Could new tech in pillows, mattresses improve your sleep? TUESDAY, JULY 11, 2017 | Serving South Carolina since October 15, 1894 75 cents A7 Public Safety Complex project is on the rise BY ADRIENNE SARVIS since construction started in February.
[email protected] The new police department building is planned to be approximately 36,000 square feet, Construction of the second and third proj- and the fire department building is planned to ects on the 2016 Capital Penny Sales Tax proj- be 21,600 square feet with a four-bay garage. ect list, new headquarters buildings for Sum- Geddings said contractors have completed ter Police Department and Sumter Fire De- masonry work on the back portion of the po- partment, is underway and anticipated to be lice department building and are installing completed by early 2018. steel bar joists inside the structure. RICK CARPENTER / THE SUMTER ITEM City of Sumter Construction Manager Mi- The next step for the police department The Public Safety Complex, financed through the Penny for Progress chael Geddings said the $10.6 million Public sales tax initiative, has now started going vertical. Safety Complex project has been going well SEE COMPLEX, PAGE A5 Summertime blues? BRUCE MILLS / THE SUMTER ITEM Kynlee Ebersole, left, shows off her blue tongue to her grandparents Saturday while eating ice cream at Baskin-Robbins on Broad Street. Her sister, Lily, looks on. Saturday’s tem- perature reached the high 90s in the afternoon. Ministry encourages Man volunteers his you to do something time to clean up city New series recognizes those who out of the ordinary help to make community better BY CAITLAN WALZER BY ADRIENNE SARVIS after losing
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