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Richland County Goes RED

Richland County Goes RED

Richland County Government employees and Council members went RED on Tuesday and gathered for a group picture to support the issue of heart disease in our community.  

Sheriff will swear in three additional reserve deputies

Sheriff will swear in three additional reserve deputies

Lexington County Sheriff James R. Metts will swear in three additional reserve deputies who will volunteer their time to work with full-time deputies who are employed by the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department. Metts will administer the oath of office to the three reserve deputies during a ceremony that will be conducted at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, February 20 at the Lexington County James R. Metts Law Enforcement Complex, 521 Gibson Road, Lexington.

More than 200 inmates complete substance abuse, job skills program

More than 200 inmates complete substance abuse, job skills program

 

In 2012, a total of 231 inmates at the Lexington County Detention Center successfully completed one or more of the six substance abuse, job skills and personal growth programs that the Detention Center offers to inmates while they are housed at the detention facility.

Battle Of The Badges charity game set for March 9

Battle Of The Badges charity game set for March 9

 

The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department in partnership with Lexington County public safety agencies and Lexington County School District One will conduct the fourth annual Battle of the Badges charity basketball game and dinner at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 9 at Gilbert High School, 840 Main Street, Gilbert. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Make A Wish Foundation.

Deputies attend fund raisers for 7-year-old boy battling brain cancer

Deputies attend fund raisers for 7-year-old boy battling brain cancer

 

 

Lexington County Sheriff’s Department deputies will attend two fund raisers that will be conducted on Saturday, February 16 in order to help offset medical expenses that have been incurred by the parents of Richard Culliver, a 7-year-old boy who is in the second grade at White Knoll Elementary School. Culliver, who aspired to eventually become a law enforcement officer, was diagnosed on October 4, 2012 with a type of brain cancer for which there is no cure.