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News from the local area

Manning Baptist Church And Harvest Hope Hold Food Drive In Memory Of Sheriff Pernell

Harvest Hope partnered with Manning Baptist Church in Dillon on Wednesday, September 6, and donated at least 50 boxes of food. The distribution in memory of Sheriff Douglas Pernell began at 10:00 a.m. and lasted until all of the food was distributed.

CareSouth Carolina To Hold Health Fair On Sept. 30th

CareSouth Carolina is excited to announce its upcoming Community Health Fair, an event aimed at connecting communities with a wide range of healthcare resources and support.

Coffee And Talk Is Sept. 27th

Coffee and Talk, hosted by the City of Dillon Downtown Development Office, will be held on the fourth Wednesday of every month (September 27) at 7:30 a.m. at the Downtown Development Office, 101 West Main Street.

Marion-Dillon County Habitat For Humanity Conducting Prospective Homeowner Informational Meeting

Marion-Dillon County Habitat for Humanity will be conducting a prospective homeowner informational meeting on September 26th at 6:00 p.m.

Descendants Of Emmaline McCoy And Columbus Manning Hold Reunion

The descendants of Emmaline McCoy and Columbus Manning gathered on July 4, 2023 for a family reunion hosted by Dr. Kenneth R. Manning.

Improvements Made At Golf Course (with photo gallery)

The City of Dillon Vivian Johnson Golf Course has reopened after extensive repairs including but not limited to the greens.

D.J. Moore To Take Helm Of SCHOA In October

It has been over 6 years now since D.J. Moore completed an ACUHO-I (Association for College University and Housing Officers International) internship at Harvard University and almost 3 years since his international internship with Maynooth University.

New 4-H Year Begins

September 1st was the first day of our new 4-H year! 4-H is open to youth ages 5-18.

‘Generation Zapped’ Now Available At The Dillon County Library, Lake View, and Latta

The Dillon County Library has recently received by donation the award-winning documentary film “Generation Zapped” for patrons.
Peter Sullivan, Executive Director states, “the film features an impressive array of international scientist and public health policy experts.”

New Latta Recreation Director Making Impact On Program

From growing up in the Latta ballpark where he used to play as a child to now becoming the director—that’s what drives the Town of Latta’s new recreation director’s passion to provide the best possible recreation program that he can to the community.