Dillon, South Carolina

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Dillon

Fair
Temperature: 36.2 °F

Humidity: 82 %
Wind Speed: 0 mph SW
Pressure: 30.09 "

Dew Point: 31 °F
Gusts: 6 mph SW
Rain Today: 0.00 "

• Suspect gets away with less than a dollar in Dillon florist burglary
  

  Dillon police say someone broke into The Florist in Dillon over the weekend, and got away with less than a dollar in cash.

• Empty Stocking Fund enters its 27th year helping needy
  

  The Empty Stocking Fund enters its 27th year today providing needy people with relief for the holidays.

• New food pantry aims to help Dillon County residents
  

  It's called Helping Hands - and that's exactly what officials hope the new food pantry, located on West Calhoun Street in Dillon, offers local residents.

• Matthews a " Roberts
  

  Jennifer Margaret Matthews of Dillon and Adrian Bennett Roberts of Darlington were married at 6 p.m. Nov.

• Tornado cleanup continues in Dillon
  

  Just one week ago, a tornado caused $300,000 worth of damage in Dillon with most of the damage on Pee Dee Church and Pleasant Hill Roads along with a portion of S.C. 9. The tornado damaged dozens of homes and ...

• Free turkeys given to 100 Dillon families
  

  Hundreds of people lined up Friday afternoon in Dillon to get a free turkey just in time for Thanksgiving.

• Highway Patrol releases photo of hit-and-run vehicle
  

  The S.C. Highway Patrol has released a photograph of the vehicle believed to have been involved in a deadly hit-and-run collision last weekend.

• Insurance scheme uncovered
  

  WALTERBORO a ' At first glance, certain drivers and certain Colleton County roads appeared more prone to car accidents than others.

• 5-year-old treated at burn center; parents face child abuse charges
  

  A 5-year-old boy is being treated at the Joseph M. Still Burn Center at Doctors Hospital and his father and stepmother are in jail on child abuse charges.

• Lawmaker: Lessening S.C. sex offender penalty necessary
  

  In June, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford signed a new sex offender law that makes it illegal for a convicted sex offender to live within 1,000 feet of a school, playground, daycare, or church.

• Highway Patrol searches for hit and run driver
  

  The Highway Patrol is searching for the person responsible for a deadly hit and run accident.

• Tornados, wind damage in Dillon, Robeson, Florence Counties
  

  After a tornado ripped through parts of the Pee Dee, some people are left homeless, while others are trying to clean up a mess left by mother nature.

• Storms do $300,000 damage in Dillon community
  

  More than $300,000 in damage was reported in Dillon County the morning after a line of severe thunderstorms moved through the Pee Dee, Dillon County Emergency Preparedness director Robert Abson said.

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• FMU must reduce budget by nearly 15 percent
  

  Francis Marion University will have to reduce its budget by an estimated 14.8 percent, or about $2.8 million, to absorb the latest round of state budget cuts.

• 'FNL': Connie Britton on taking on the establishment
  

  There's one constant in "Friday Night Lights." And that's the marriage at the center of the show -- the relationship between Kyle Chandler's Eric Taylor and Connie Britton's Tami.

• Hulon wins Dillon County sheriffa s post
  

  Major Hulon became Dillon County's first new sheriff in 21 years after he defeated petition candidate Douglas "Humbunny" Pernell after Tuesday's general election.

• District 28 Senate candidates Q&A
  

  Senate District 28 includes areas with highest unemployment in South Carolina. We have empty industrial sites in Loris, Aynor, Marion, and Dillon that should be thriving.

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City Description

Dillon is a city in Dillon County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 6,316 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Dillon County. The City of Dillon is located at 34°25′4″N, 79°22′5″W (34.417765, -79.367975). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.8 square miles (12.5 km²), of which, 4.8 square miles (12.5 km²) of it is land and 0.21% is water. Dillon lies in the Pee Dee region of South Carolina. The Little Pee Dee River, a tributary of the Pee Dee River, runs through the edge of the city. Dillon gained prosperity when the town's founding fathers allowed the railroad to come through it. Little Rock, (a smaller, neighboring town) was the original choice, but its residents believed the railroad would do more harm than good. Dillon had the good fortune of being located along a frequently-used railway line, and was at one time a prosperous town, as evidenced by its large and ornate courthouse. Its economy was based on the profitable tobacco- and cotton-production and sales industries, a source of income that has slowly shrunk over the years as production and transport systems for these commodities have become more efficient and

City Contained By:

• Dillon County
• South Carolina

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 12.4319429296 km squared

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