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Nov. 10, 2022 Jail escapees sought Austin Drake and Harold Bryant Jr. escaped from the Chesterfield County Detention Center during the early morning hours of Nov. 10, according to infomation from the Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Office The CCSO is actively searching and working this case with the State Law Enforcement Division and other agencies. Drake,…

Nov. 6 Early voting closes Early voting in the Nov. 8 general election closed as of 6 p.m. yesterday. About 12 percent of the 26,233 registered voters in Chesterfield County, or 3,110 voters, have cast their ballots. That number does not include the 333 absentee ballots that were mailed out by Voter Registration and Elections…

Oct. 28, 2022 Rabid skunk confirmed in Chesterfield County The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control has confirmed a skunk found near Highway 151 and Eubanks Road in Jefferson has tested positive for rabies. Two dogs were exposed and will be quarantined as required in the South Carolina Rabies Control Act. “To reduce the…

Oct. 28, 2022 Search for missing person The Pageland Police Department is asking for the public’s help with locating Daniel Tabor. Tabor is known to frequent the Pageland area. Anyone who has information as to Tabor’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Pageland Police Department at (843) 672-6437.

Oct. 18, 2022 School board solidifies superintendent The Chesterfield County School Board has unanimously approved Dr. Chan Anderson to serve as superintendent. The action was taken during a school board work session last night. Anderson has been the interim superintendent since July 1 when he succeeded Dr. Harrison Goodwin, who accepted the superintendency of Kershaw…

Oct. 13, 2022 Accident victims identified The victims of yesterday’s wreck on Middendorf Road have been identified, according to Chesterfield County Coroner Kip Kiser. They are 28-year-old Calesha Janea Curlee of Hartsville and 18-year-old James Richard Henderson of Patrick. The accident occurred yesterday about 5:56 p.m. about five miles south of Patrick. Master Trooper Brandon…

Oct. 12, 2022 Pageland man sentenced in Myrtle Beach shooting Fifteenth Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson has announced that yesterday a Pageland man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in a May 2020 shooting incident on Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach. Twenty-three-year-old Quandre Tyson of Pageland pleaded guilty on June 6 to…

Oct. 11, 2022 School district addressing school safety The leadership of the Chesterfield County School District, along with the Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Office, is launching a new program to address safety and order in all of the district schools. Disciplinary measures will be taken for fighting, instigating a fight, recording and/or communicating a fight, and…

Oct. 5, 2022 Hoax ‘active shooter’ at schools The Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call about an active shooter at Central High School and at Chesterfield High School about noon today. The call turned out to be a hoax. It was one of several false calls law enforcement across the state has received…