Latta Rotary Club Recognizes 2024 Scholarship Recipients
The Latta Rotary Club recognized its 2024 scholarship recipients at their July 30th meeting. All three of these students graduated from Latta High School in May 2024 and were exemplary…
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Latta Rotary Club Recognizes Latta FFA Business Management Team For Win
The Latta Rotary Club recognized the Latta High School Future Farmers of America (FFA) team that recently won the State Farm Business Management competition. These five students traveled to Greenville,…
WEATHER: Fairly Typical Summertime Pattern Expected
From National Weather Service-Wilmington A fairly typical summertime pattern is expected into early next week with isolated to widely scattered pop-up showers and storms on the western fringes of Bermuda…
McLeod Health Dillon Concludes 37th Year of Teen Volunteer Program
By Jaime Hayes Thirteen Dillon County teens were recognized on July 31 for their participation in the 37th annual Teen Volunteer Program at McLeod Health Dillon. During their summer vacation,…
American Legion Post Holding Annual Member And Family Cookout
On Tuesday, August, 13, the Dillon American Legion Post 0032 will hold its annual member and family cookout. It will be held at the Legion Post on Highway #9 East…
Lake View High School Has New Principal, Returning Assistant Principal
Lake View High School has a new principal this year and a returning assistant principal who is in her second year at the school. Mr. Rodney Cook is the new…
Dillon JV Football Team Is Facing A Challenging Season
The Dillon JV football team is facing a challenging season with a tough schedule, according to Head Coach Kevin Roberts, as Dillon will face two 4A schools and a 5A…
FMU To Offer Free Community Course on America’s Electoral Traditions
Francis Marion will offer a new course, America’s Electoral Traditions, free to the community as part of its Evening College program this fall. This course will be sponsored by Fred…
Gracen Grainger To Compete For Miss USA Title On Sunday, August 4th
Don’t forget to watch Gracen Grainger compete for the Miss USA Title on August 4, 2024 at 8:00 p.m. on The CW. She is the only contestant to ever appear…
Lowcountry Oyster Co. to Expand Production with Colleton County Facility
COLUMBIA – Lowcountry Oyster Company is expanding its operations with the construction of a $6.4 million seafood processing and cross-dock facility in Green Pond, South Carolina. The Colleton County facility…
Death Notices: 7/31/2024
Mr. Larry Wayne Smith will be held on Saturday, August 3, 2024, at the Samuel Bartell Memorial Chapel in the Riverdale Community at 1:00 PM. Burial will follow at Roadside…
‘Canvass of the People 2025’ To Inform Next SCAC Era
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The South Carolina Arts Commission is gathering public input this summer to guide strategic plan updates and inform a service model that will “revolutionize” access to agency…
A ‘New’ Hardee’s Reopens In Dillon On Tuesday, August 6th
DILLON, S.C. (July 31, 2024) – A ‘new’ Hardee’s® in Dillon opens bright and early on Tuesday, Aug. 6, right in the same spot as the ‘old’ Hardee’s. The Hardee’s…
BBB Warns Consumers About Vacation Rental Scams
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (July 31, 2024) – BBB Scam Tracker has gotten numerous reports of a clever travel scam this summer vacation season. Con artists pretend to own a vacation…
Fellowship Of Christian Athletes Presents Goody Bags To Lake View Principal And Assistant Principal
On Tuesday, July 30, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, under the direction of Carol Edwards, presented Goody Bags to Lake View Assistant Principal Angie Gordon and Lake View Principal Rodney…
Lake View Seniors Paint Their Parking Spots
Lake View seniors Zoey Hunt and Jamie Davis prepare the parking spaces to be designed and painted on Tuesday, July 30. PHOTO GALLERY Photos by Johnnie Daniels/The Dillon County News,…
South Carolina’s Tax Free Weekend Is August 2nd-4th
The South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) reminds shoppers that computers, clothes, school supplies, and a variety of other school-year essentials can be purchased without paying Sales Tax during South…
Town of Lake View Budget Includes Tax Increase, But No Fee Increases
The Town of Lake View passed a balanced budget on June 6, 2024 for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2024 and ending on June 30, 2025. The budget…