Area News

June 12, 2018 Second Update on Sheriff’s Race With 21 of 25 precincts reporting, James “JD” Dixon has 2,609 votes, and Jay Brooks has 1,581. Results are preliminary and will be certified later in the week. More information will be posted as details become available. Read the complete account in the June 20 issue of…

June 12, 2018 Third Update on Sheriff’s Race With 23 of 25 precincts reporting, James “JD” Dixon has 3,266 votes, and Jay Brooks has 1,810. Incumbents are holding their own in the other races. Results are preliminary and will be certified later in the week. More information will be posted as details become available. Read…

June 12, 2018 FINAL Update on Sheriff’s Race With 25 of 25 precincts reporting, James “JD” Dixon has votes3,559, and Jay Brooks has 1,977. Results are preliminary and will be certified later in the week. More information will be posted as details become available. Read the complete account in the June 20 issue of The…

June 4, 2018 Arrests for drugs in McBee The Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Office executed two search warrants in McBee on May 31, seizing over a pound of marijuana, nine guns and around $3,700 in cash. Officers also arrested two suspects at their residences. Read the June 6 issue of The Link for the full account…

May 30, 2018 Mother Faces More Charges Breanna Lewis, who’s being held at the Chesterfield County Detention Center as the primary suspect in the murder of her 11-month-old daughter, has now been charged with improper disposal of human remains.  An autopsy of the child has been completed, but results are unavailable at this time.

May 29, 2018 Assault and kidnapping The Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information about an assault and kidnapping that occurred around 2 p.m. this afternoon on Jackson Road East outside of Chesterfield. A female reported she was walking to check her mailbox around 2 p.m. when a tan and gold colored SUV stopped in…

May 29, 2018 Kidnapping resulted in death of child The Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Office has just released more information about an assault and kidnapping that occurred around 2 p.m. May 29 on Jackson Road East outside of Chesterfield. We’re sad to report the body of the infant has been found.  Deputies responding to the scene…

May 29, 2018 Mother of child taken into custody The Link has just received word the mother of the 1-year-old child has been taken into custody in connection with the kidnapping reported earlier in Chesterfield County. More details will be posted to Breaking News as more information is available.

May 29, 2018 Infant has been identified The infant has been identified as 11-month-old Harlee Lane Lewis, a white female.  A Chesterfield woman has been taken into custody as the primary suspect in the death of her 1-year-old child. After the body of the infant was found hidden inside a diaper box about 1,000 yards…

May 29, 2018 Chesterfield woman arrested and charged Nineteen-year-old Breanna Lewis of Chesterfield has been arrested and charged with filing a false police report and remains in custody at the Chesterfield County Detention Center as the primary suspect in the death of her 11-month-old child. More details will be posted to Breaking News as information…