🌱 Could a forgotten Manning ticket be worth $50,000 by next week?
Manning, South Carolina Patch AM: a 3 min readHi Manning! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Could a forgotten Manning ticket be worth $50,000 by next week?
- How Manning neighbors rallied after a massive I-95 crash
Also on today's calendar: Francis Marion Symposium 2026 and 7 more events.
Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Humid; a p.m. t-storm or two, with a high of 83 and low of 71 degrees.
- Sunday: Humid with rain and a t-storm, temps: high: 79, low: 68.
- Monday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 77 and low of 61 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Deadline looms: $50,000 Manning Powerball prize must be claimed by Oct. 9 (wach.com) — If you bought a Powerball ticket at Corner Pantry on W. Boyce Street in Manning for the April 13 drawing, you could be sitting on an unclaimed $50,000 prize that expires Oct. 9. The winner must claim it at the Columbia Claims Center or mail it by Oct. 10, or the money goes to South Carolina education programs. 
• Clarendon County Fire Rescue expresses gratitude following massive I-95 collision (manninglive.com) — A major I-95 crash in Clarendon County prompted a massive multi-agency response, with local partners from Manning, including Chick-fil-A of Manning and McLeod Health Clarendon, stepping up to support first responders and victims. Officials emphasize how dispatchers, law enforcement, schools, the Red Cross, and many community members worked together and are grateful the incident ended without loss of life.
📸 Around Manning
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★ Featured events ★
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Dillon Girls Varsity Volleyball @ Manning →
Manning High School, 2155 Paxville Hwy, Manning
7:00 pm
Thursday October 8
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Other local events
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Dash on the Dam 5K →
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Smokin Fur A Cause (SCBA) →
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Francis Marion Symposium →
F.E. DuBose, 3351 Sumter Hwy, Manning
2:00 pm -
Francis Marion Symposium 2026 →
3351 Sumter Highway, Manning
2:00 pm -
Movies in the Park →
Gibbons Street Park, 240 Gibbons Street, Manning
6:30 pm -
Francis Marion Symposium 2026 →
Central Carolina Technical College - F. E. DuBose Campus, 3351 Sumter Hwy, Manning
2:00 pm -
Waccamaw Varsity Football @ Manning →
Manning High School, 2155 Paxville Hwy, Manning
7:30 pm -
Waccamaw at Manning →
Manning High School, 2155 Paxville Highway, Manning
7:30 pm -
Treat Spot →
Manning Fire Department, 38 West Boyce St, Manning
4:00 pm
Saturday October 10
Wednesday October 14
Friday October 16
Saturday October 17
Friday October 23
Saturday October 31
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Cookin’ & Campin’ BBQ Cook-off (SCBA) →
Summerton SC
11:00 am -
Workforce Development Board Meeting →
Calhoun County Museum, 313 Butler St, St Matthews
1:00 pm
Saturday October 3
Tuesday October 6
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC posted a job opening for Machinist III in Manning. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News
Sumter
- Meeting Street Scholarship expansion to help dozens of Sumter County seniors pay for college (wistv.com)
- Lee and Sumter counties under a dense fog advisory until Friday morning (thestate.com)
- Midlands man arrested after allegedly firing gunshots in direction of officer (thestate.com)
Kingstree
- Ingka switches on a 101 MW solar project in South Carolina, putting another large block of clean power into commercial operation (energiesmedia.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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