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Holiday deadlines for 2026: Sumter County Record Journal will be closed for Memorial Day, May 25. We will have a late deadline for Tuesday morning, May 26 for the May 28th edition. Sumter County Record Journal will be closed for Independence Day Friday, July 3. Sumter County Record Journal will be closed for Labor Day, Sept. 8. We will have a late deadline for Tuesday, Sept. 9 for the Sept. 11 edition. Sumter County Record Journal will be closed for Thanksgiving Nov. 23-27. We have to submit the paper early due to the printing company being closed for the holidays. Deadline for the Thanksgiving edition is Friday morning, Nov. 20. Santa Letters are due first Friday in December, Dec. 4. Ads for the Santa Letter edition are due Dec. 11. Both Christmas and New Year’s deadlines are Friday, Dec. 18. We have to submit both papers early due to the printing company being closed for the holidays. Sumter County Record Journal will be closed Dec. 21-Jan. 3 for the holidays.

75% of Hill Hospital patients are from out of the county

First Responders train to save lives

Increased penalties set for eluding law enforcement

Sumter County Voters’ List; Absentee Ballot information in this edition

Gov. Ivey signs tax relief bill for ‘hardworking Alabamians’

Enviva gives trees to Sumter residents

Hazardous Waste Day success in L’ston



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Sucarnochee Folklife Festival photo gallery

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