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Jan. 7, 2021 Detention Center on lockdown The Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Office has just announced the Chesterfield County Detention Center has been placed on lockdown because of nine confirmed cases of COVID-19 among the inmates. The intent of the lockdown is to slow the spread of the virus among inmates and staff, whose safety and…

Jan. 7, 2021 Shooting in Cheraw Cheraw Police Chief Keith Thomas has confirmed there were no fatalities in last night’s shooting in the Miller Ingram apartment complex. Keith said there was one victim, who is in an area hospital and had surgery early this morning. The investigation is ongoing. More information will be posted to Breaking…

Dec. 31, 2020 Judge reverses McBee MEC eecision Judge Roger Henderson of the Court of Common Pleas in Chesterfield County has overturned the decision of the McBee Municipal Election Commission to order a new election that would have superseded the results of the McBee Town Council election of Sept. 1. Henderson wrote in the court…

Dec. 23, 2020 Short is new Pageland police chief Pageland Police Capt. Dean Short has been hired as the new police chief for the town of Pageland. Town Administrator Cecil Kimrey made the announcement this morning. More information will be posted to Breaking News as details become available. Read the full account in the Dec. 30…

Dec. 18, 2020 Sheriff’s office makes multiple drug arrests The Chesterfield County Sheriff’s County has just announced the arrest of nearly 20 people on drug or drug-related charges in Operation Safe Holidays. More information will be posted to Breaking News as details become available. Read the full account in the Dec. 23 issue of The…

Dec. 17, 2020 Vote for CCSO Deputy Gopaul for Officer of the Year Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Deputy Shawn Gopaul has been nominated for an award from Force for Good for his quick actions in late October that saved the life of an infant that had COVID-19. Without concern for his own health, Gopaul performed CPR…

Dec. 16, 2020 School board approves pandemic employee incentives The Chesterfield County School Board has unanimously approved COVD-19 pandemic incentives, or bonuses, for most of the employees of the Chesterfield County School District. Receiving $500 bonuses are employees who were full-time in FY 2019-20 and remain full-time in FY 2020-21; employees working at least six…

Dec. 9, 2020 Navy flyover at Army-Navy game reassigned The Link has just learned the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels, a high-performance demonstration squadron of strike fighter aircraft, has been assigned by its higher headquarters to perform the flyover before the Army-Navy football game this Saturday. McBee native Navy Lt. j.g. Thomas Watkins Hobgood III, who is…

Dec. 9, 2020 McBee man in Navy flyover at Army-Navy game United States Navy Lt. j.g. Thomas Watkins Hobgood III, a 2012 graduate of McBee High School, who earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Clemson University in 2016, is participating in the Navy flyover at the Army-Navy football game this Saturday, Dec. 12.…

All three of Central’s games at McBee tonight have been postponed because of COVID-19. The games will be rescheduled at a later date if possible. More information will be posted to Breaking News as details become available. Read the full account in the Dec. 9 issue of The Link.