Pee Dee Academy’s annual Alumni Basketball Game will be at the school in the David C. Bult Gym on March 21. Game time is 4 p.m.

Saturday at the Clemson Pee Dee Research and Education Center there will be the 10th annual Home and Garden Workshops ...

Marion County third graders get books on Revolutionary War hero ...

Friends and Alumni Association of Palmetto High School, Mullins, will celebrate its annual “Black Achievement Awards Banquet” at 7 p.m. on Saturday in the Mullins High School cafeteria. Call Mr. Billy Hunter (843) 464-0730 for details.

The Francis Marion University ARCH (Advancing Rural Community Health) Program is sponsoring a series of free health screenings for the public in the following locations:

The Pee Dee Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogical Society will feature Steven D. Tuttle of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History at its Feb. 8 meeting. Tuttle will present a program on “Resources for Genealogy Research at the Archives.”

“Down Country Roads,” an exhibit of 36 black and white photographs by Ann Davis Lane of Centenary is on display at the Marion County Museum through January.

Jan. 11 is the next community crime-watch meeting for those who want to stay informed about crime in Marion.

Good Hope A.M.E. Church will celebrate its anniversary the week of Jan. 26-30 ...

Main Street Marion wants to promote shopping in downtown Marion on Main Street during the Christmas Season. The idea is to “Make a Wish in Marion!”

The Johnakin Middle School Players will present “Out of the Broom Closet.“

If you missed the play last weekend, that was unfortunate. But you are in luck. You still have three more days to catch the show everyone is talking about ...

“Keeping Pee Dee Kids Safe at Home” is a community awareness project sponsored by Prevent Child Abuse Pee Dee, a program of Pee Dee Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Assault.

Celebrating the holidays is easy in Marion County, with its annual open houses and parades. Events begin this coming weekend.

Center Stage Ministries and the Gapway Baptist Church present ...