Community Corner
🌱 Business After Hours and 11 more events
Also check out Hartsville Varsity Football @ Lakewood on the Alcolu Patch calendar

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- Tuesday: Sunshine, with a high of 87 and low of 55 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 88, low: 56.
- Thursday: Partly sunny, warm and humid, with a high of 87 and low of 65 degrees.
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Business After Hours →
Clarendon County Chamber of Commerce, 19 N Brooks St, Manning
5:00 pm - Hartsville Varsity Football @ Lakewood →
Lakewood High School, 350 Old Manning Rd, Sumter
7:30 pm - East Clarendon Varsity Football @ Manning →
Manning High School, 2155 Paxville Hwy, Manning
7:30 pm - Monarch Strong's 6th Annual Bike-Run-Walk →
JC Britton Park, 3057 Raccoon Road, Manning
8:00 am - Dillon Girls Varsity Volleyball @ Manning →
Manning High School, 2155 Paxville Hwy, Manning
7:00 pm - Dash on the Dam 5K →
Manning SC - Loris Girls JV Volleyball @ Lakewood →
Lakewood High School, 350 Old Manning Rd, Sumter
5:30 pm - Smokin Fur A Cause (SCBA) →
Manning SC - Francis Marion Symposium 2026 →
3351 Sumter Highway, Manning
2:00 pm - Francis Marion Symposium →
F.E. DuBose, 3351 Sumter Hwy, Manning
2:00 pm - Movies in the Park →
Gibbons Street Park, 240 Gibbons Street, Manning
6:30 pm - Waccamaw at Manning →
2155 Paxville Highway, Manning
7:30 pm
Tuesday September 29
Friday October 2
Saturday October 3
Thursday October 8
Saturday October 10
Tuesday October 13
Wednesday October 14
Friday October 16
Friday October 23
Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.
💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- McLeod Health posted a job opening for Group Fitness Instructor (PRN) - Clarendon in Manning. Apply here.
- Cummins, Inc. posted a job opening for Site Manufacturing/Quality Leader in Manning. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Alcolu here.
🗞 Nearby News
Manning
- SC agriculture will have new leader for first time in two decades. Who's running? (heraldonline.com)
Sumter
- GALLERY: President Trump attends Presidents Cup in Illinois (wach.com)
- Dutch Fork stays perfect with emphatic win over Gray Collegiate (lexingtonchronicle.com)
- Murdaugh defense seeks cell phone data ahead of retrial (counton2.com)
Kingstree
- MUSC Health opens new sickle cell clinic in Kingstree (abcnews4.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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