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🌱 How are police responding to gang-related shootings at Manning Gardens?
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In today's newsletter:
- How are police responding to gang-related shootings at Manning Gardens?
- Did you buy a ticket at Manning’s Paxville Highway QuikTrip?
Also on today's calendar: NCA Boys Varsity Basketball @ LMA.
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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Tuesday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 53 and low of 29 degrees.
- Wednesday: Sun and some clouds, temps: high: 59, low: 42.
- Thursday: A couple of showers, with a high of 65 and low of 55 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Shootings at Manning apartment complex leave neighbors concerned (wistv.com) — Two recent gang-related shootings at Manning Gardens Apartments have left residents on edge after bullets pierced occupied units, though no one was injured. Manning police are working with complex management to add surveillance cameras and partnering with the Clarendon County Sheriff’s Office to address gang activity in the area, while neighbors say they just want to feel safe sitting outside their homes.
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• $150,000 Powerball ticket sold in Manning as jackpot climbs to $1.1B (manninglive.com) — A Powerball ticket worth $150,000 was sold at the QuikTrip on Paxville Highway in Manning, and the winner has 180 days to claim the prize. The ticket matched four numbers plus the Powerball in the Dec. 10 drawing, as the overall jackpot climbs to an estimated $1.1 billion. Lottery officials urge players to check their tickets and play responsibly.
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📸 Around Manning
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Manning
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★ Featured events ★
- Sprout & Shout Storytime
215 N Brooks St, Manning
3:30 pm
Wednesday December 17
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Other local events
- NCA Boys Varsity Basketball @ LMA
Laurence Manning Academy , 1154 Academy Dr , Manning
7:30 pm - Kingstree Boys Varsity Basketball @ Manning
Manning High School , 2155 Paxville Hwy , Manning
7:45 pm
Thursday December 18
Friday December 19
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Wilson Girls Varsity Basketball @ Lakewood
Lakewood High School , 350 Old Manning Rd , Sumter
6:00 pm - General Meeting- All Welcome
Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce , 32 E Calhoun St , Sumter
6:45 pm - Wilson Boys Varsity Basketball @ Lakewood
Lakewood High School , 350 Old Manning Rd , Sumter
7:30 pm - Cooking Class
2510 Foxcroft Cir , Sumter
1:00 pm - East Clarendon Girls Varsity Basketball @ Scott's Branch
Scotts Branch High School , 9253 Alex Harvin Hwy , Summerton
6:00 pm - Darlington Girls Varsity Basketball @ Lakewood
Lakewood High School , 350 Old Manning Rd , Sumter
6:00 pm - Darlington Boys Varsity Basketball @ Lakewood
Lakewood High School , 350 Old Manning Rd , Sumter
7:30 pm - East Clarendon Boys Varsity Basketball @ Scott's Branch
Scotts Branch High School , 9253 Alex Harvin Hwy , Summerton
7:45 pm - Scott's Branch Girls Varsity Basketball @ Lakewood
Lakewood High School , 350 Old Manning Rd , Sumter
5:00 pm
Tuesday December 16
Wednesday December 17
Friday December 19
Monday December 22
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- HCAOA posted a job opening for Cleaner in Manning. Apply here.
- South Carolina Staffing posted a job opening for Assistant Manager I in Manning. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Manning here.
🗞 Nearby News
Sumter
- Pinewood Wrestling program is building (postandcourier.com)
- SCWA Receives NSSF Grant to Support Outdoor Heritage and Family Programs (theoutdoorwire.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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