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130+ Indictments Disposed Of At Court

The June term of General Sessions (Criminal) Court in Dillon concluded last week with over 130 indictments disposed of and 27 people moved from the county jail.

Library, Auxiliary Working Together On ‘Grow With Books’ Project

In partnership with the Dillon County Library, the McLeod Medical Center Dillon Volunteer Auxiliary’s “Grow with Books” Literacy Project stimulates an interest in reading at an early age.

Letter To The Editor: Americanism and the Elite Few

I think Americanism for regular people is to go to school- get a job. Try to save your money, to get a car. Some try to buy a house. If you work and live our USA will look out for us with social security. These regular citizens make up 98 percent of our population (poor and middle class).

JVM Summer Reading Challenge Underway

All rising seventh- and eighth-grade students at J.V. Martin Junior High School are invited and encouraged to participate in the 2011 “The Heat is On” Summer Reading Challenge.

Stackhouse Home Being Moved

The Stackhouse home is being moved.

Committee Of Concerned Citizens, Inc., No. 1

Our sixth week PTI (Pre Trial Intervention) meeting was held on Monday, June 6, 2011 at the Riverdale Community Center.

Leon P. “Buddy” Williams, Jr.

Leon Power “Buddy” Williams, Jr., 63, died Monday, June 13, 2011 at McLeod Medical Center in Dillon. Cooper Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Robert Russell Rich

Robert Russell Rich, 53, died in his home June 11, 2011. Visitation was from 7:00 to 9:00 P.M. Sunday, June 12, 2011 in the Kannaday Funeral Home in Latta, SC. Funeral services were 6:00 P.M., Monday, June 13, 2011 in the Union Baptist Church, with burial in the church cemetery.

Roy Clayton Grainger

Services for Roy Clayton Grainger were held 12:00 p.m. Saturday in Cooper Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery.

Sam Jackson

Services for Sam Jackson were held 11:00 a.m. Saturday in Pyerian Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery.