People & Events Oct. 16

A Chesterfield woman has been arrested on an unlawful conduct toward a child charge, Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Office reports show.

Investigators said the first bank robbery in Chesterfield’s history has proven to be an unusual one, as more details emerged Tuesday about the crime.

Five Pee Dee community projects are slated to receive a portion of more than $10 million in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, according to the S.C. Department of Commerce.

A Chesterfield man has been charged with burglary of a post office, U.S. Attorney W. Walter Wilkins said in a press release.

Chesterfield police have arrested a man accused of scamming an 84-year-old woman out of $65,000 she thought would be used to rebuild her home.

Davis Yarborough has joined the First Citizens community banking team in Chesterfield.

It won’t be long before school’s out for the summer, and this is the time of year many students get their 2008 yearbooks. That was the case this week at Chesterfield High School.

Chesterfield High School students are reaching out to the teen accused of planning to kill them in a suicide bombing at the school.

Chester County deputies say they have found $11 million worth of marijuana. Sheriff Robby Benson tells The (Rock Hill) Herald that someone surveying land for lumber Tuesday found the field of about 11,000 marijuana plants.

LAKE VIEW — As Leigh Ann Shelley reached back to touch the plate, Lake View softball coach Chad Huggins said he could barely believe what he had just seen.
Huggins probably wasn’t the only one, either.
Capped by Avonlea Cooke’s two-run double, the Wild Gators managed three straight two-out hits in the bottom of seventh inning for a come-from-behind 5-4 win Wednesday against Chesterfield to knot the Class A state championship series at 1-1.