Thursday Community Leaders, Media, Law Enforcement and Citizen Volunteers gathered together to celebrate 30 years of Crimestoppers – 30 successful years of community involvement and anonymity.

During the 30 year anniversary celebration, families of crime victim’s, law enforcement and community activists gathered at South Carolina Bank and Trust Headquarters Building in Columbia to honor a program that has done so much for the State and our citizens. 

Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott held a press conference at a local business Thursday in the shadow of a school and neighborhood to announce that he is very concerned about a recent trend of armed robberies that is affecting the Midlands.  The Sheriff wants everyone (citizens and criminals) to be on notice of what is happening and what the Sheriff’s Department is doing and what citizens can do to help prevent it.

Lexington County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating the theft of two cases of steaks from a local store.