Over 60 Darlington County Historical Society members and guests gathered at Byrdtown Community’s Bethlehem United Methodist Church for their annual autumn meeting on Oct. 22.

Friends of the Florence County Library will present “True Places: A Lowcountry Preacher, His Church and His People” by Stanley F. Lanzano at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the Drs. Bruce & Lee Foundation Library.

The Darlington County Historical commission unveiled the county’s newest state historical marker Friday, this one at the commission’s office in the old Darlington County jail on Hewitt Street.

A Look Back at The Messenger, Nov. 12, 1959

The Hartsville Museum has compiled a collection of local postcards with a brief history about each one. “Postcards from the Hartsville Museum Collection” will be unveiled at the Hartsville Downtown Development Association sponsored Christmas Open House Thursday.

DARLINGTON - A dedication ceremony for a state historical marker for the old Darlington County jail, now the home of the Darlington County Historical Commission offices, will take place at 1 p.m. Nov. 13 at the commission building at 204 Hewitt St., Darlington.

U.S. Rep. John Spratt, D-S.C., has secured $150,000 for the restoration of the Chesterfield County Courthouse, which will serve as a visitors and performing arts center.

The Hartsville Building Commission is offering a $250 reward for the arrest and conviction of those responsible for destroying the Byerly Baby statue in the Hartsville Museum’s Sculpture Courtyard, Den Latham, building manager for the commission, said.

Noted South Carolina historian and ETV radio personality Walter Edgar will headline Francis Marion University’s first McNair Center Symposium on Thursday and Friday.

Grove Hill Cemetery in Darlington will have an unveiling and dedication of an historical marker at 5 p.m. Monday at the cemetery, at 405 S. Warley St.

Dr. Joseph T. Stukes has received the Governor’s Award in the Humanities for outstanding achievement in research, teaching and scholarship.

The Marion Chamber of Commerce recently erected a S.C. Historical Marker for Marion’s Train Depot

A Coastal Carolina University researcher has discovered compelling evidence of the location of a Revolutionary War homestead in Horry County that has a significant connection to the career of Francis Marion, the legendary general known as the Swamp Fox. 

The Francis Marion Trail Commission is working on the last stages of an American Battlefield Program grant to study the Battle of Black Mingo.

Olanta American Legion Post 85 is ready to begin a new season after major renovations and the addition of a pictorial history that will be complete with the addition of 10 more photographs.