Area Breaking News

A man was shot and later died after a shooting on ACL Avenue at Evergreen Street in Cheraw on Monday evening. Cheraw police are seeking information about the shooting in which Deshawn Brown, 30, died. According to Lt. Nicole Scott of Cheraw Police Department, Brown was outside on his cellphone when a vehicle pulled up…

A person was killed in a single-vehicle crash near Cheraw early Monday morning. According to Master Trooper Brandon Bolt of the S.C. Highway Patrol, the wreck occurred at approximately 12:25 a.m. on Market Street Extension, 3.8 miles west of Cheraw. A 2008 Honda sedan with two occupants was traveling east on Market Street Extension when…

A customer at the Roadside Market at McLeod Farms was airlifted to Charlotte after suffering injuries from being hit by a vehicle on Sunday. Master Trooper Gary Miller of the S.C. Highway Patrol said the accident occurred at 1:17 p.m. March 17 on Highway 151 a few miles south of McBee. He said the incident…

The South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) placed the Chesterfield County School District on its fiscal watch list. An intent to declare fiscal watch letter, dated Jan. 25, was sent to the district due to material weaknesses noted in its 2022-23 audit. The district had 60 days from the date of the declaration to send…

State Law Enforcement Division officials are investigating allegations of misconduct by Chesterfield County Sheriff Cambo Streater after a secretly recorded conversation recently came to light. The conversation allegedly has Streater promising to use his connections to dismiss charges in a 2020 shooting incident involving Devonte Robinson. According to a June 10, 2020, article in The…

According to SLED arrest warrants, Justin Brian McKenzie, 40, committed the crime of extortion/felony sexual extortion between Feb. 2 and 7. McKenzie, of McBee, concealed his identity while using text messages to “maliciously threaten publication of private sexually explicit images of the victim on social media.” The warrants said the victim, in fear of publication…

Cheraw Police are investigating allegations of children receiving melatonin gummies at an area daycare. On Wednesday, Feb. 14, Nayshia Quanteya Gillespie, 23, of Bennettsville, was arrested and charged with unlawful conduct towards a child. According to a report from the Cheraw Police Department, police spoke to unnamed parents about an incident at St. David’s Episcopal…

Three former Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Office deputies were arrested Monday following an investigation conducted by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. SLED agents with arrested and charged First Sgt. Justin Tyler Reichard, 28; Sgt. Darien Myles Roseau, 25, and Deputy Killian Daniel Loflin, 26, with misconduct in office, criminal conspiracy, and aggravated breach of peace.…

This week, Chesterfield County Sheriff Cambo Streater requested the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division to investigate the alleged misconduct of three deputies. “I got information of alleged misconduct by three of my deputies,” he said. “I called SLED to come in and investigate.” Streater said as far as the facts of the case, he would…

No one was hurt during an early morning fire in Pageland. Captain Rob Petrucci, public information officer for Pageland Fire Department, said at approximately 8:56 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 6, that Pageland Fire Department, along with High Point Fire District, Lifeguard EMS, Ruby-Mt. Croghan Volunteer Fire Department, Sandhills Volunteer Fire Department, and Lanes Creek Volunteer Fire…