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Dillon County Station 4 with mutual aid from Dillon County Station 1 responded to a Structure fire on Pee Dee Church Rd. around 6:00 this morning. Quick response from Station…

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service, working with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, today announced that paper tax refund checks for individual taxpayers will be phased out beginning on…

DILLON– September 23, 2025 – As the leaves change and the air grows crisp, the Cass Elias McCarter Guardian ad Litem Program, a division of the South Carolina Department of…

Fields of Faith community worship will be held on October 5th. The event will be held at the LHS Football Stadium and is sponsored by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

By Denise Attaway September 22, 2025 As fall approaches, leaf-peepers across the South Carolina Upstate eagerly anticipate the annual transformation of forest canopies into brilliant displays of red, orange and…

By Denise Attaway September 8, 2025 A Clemson University scientist is working on a project that could change how we think about agricultural waste—and help the planet in the process….

By Denise Attaway September 17, 2025 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND LIFE SCIENCES South Carolina agricultural experts have confirmed the first detection of a new invasive insect species in the…

By Jonathan Veit September 22, 2025 Clemson animal health experts are educating South Carolina livestock producers, veterinarians, meat processors and pet owners about the New World screwworm (NWS), a parasitic…

COLUMBIA, S.C. – The South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs (SCDCA) intervened to represent the interests of consumers as the Public Service Commission (PSC) evaluates a utility rate increase request…

By Betsy Finklea The Dillon County Farm Bureau held their annual meeting on Monday, September 8, at the Twin Lakes Country Club. Keith Allen, president, led the meeting. After a…

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The 2025-2026 season for recreational harvest of shellfish (clams and oysters) in South Carolina’s coastal waters will open one-half hour before official sunrise on Wednesday, October 1, 2025. The recreational…

COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina ETV and Public Radio (SCETV) will mark the 10-year anniversary of the historic “thousand-year” flood of October 2015 through a special initiative combining community storytelling,…

By Frank Strait Severe Weather Liaison S.C. State Climate Office Finally, the Atlantic tropics have perked up again. The three-week stretch of inactivity we had during the peak of hurricane…

A reported chase ended in a crash and fire on Wix Road on Friday evening, September 19th. The chase involved a deputy who was pursuing a suspect. It has been…

SCDOT is working on this block with repairs on sidewalks and driveways on East Main Street between 6th and 8th Avenue, Dillon, S.C. (Photos by Johnnie Daniels/The Dillon County News,…

CHARLESTON, SC—SEPT. 17, 2025—When a large soybean processing facility in South Carolina suddenly closed last spring, erasing demand for millions of bushels of soybeans from area farmers, SC Ports partnered…

Main Street SC, a program of the Municipal Association of SC, hosted its third quarter training on Wednesday, September 17, at the City of Dillon Visitor Center. The full-day session…