Deputy Michael Kennedy, 34, arrested for DUI in West Columbia, was fired by Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott. Kennedy joined the department in August 2023.

WLTX-TV, Columbia, S.C. COLUMBIA, S.C. — Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said he could have a decision by the end of Wednesday on whether or not a deputy involved in an incident at Spring ...

Sheriff Leon Lott announces the arrests of Travis Harrison, 33, Emerson Crespo, 36, and Devon Huguenin, 19. all connected to a 2024 double homicide.

Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott will give an update Friday into the investigation into the killing of one of his department's K9s named Bumi.

During the Spring Valley High press conference, Leon Lott had plenty to say about the victim's guilt in the incident.

Richland County’s popular Sheriff Leon Lott says he is staying neutral in a South Carolina House race despite what a mailer sent out by a Republican state representative suggests.

Did Richland County’s Sheriff Leon Lott and a department supervisor ignore red flags of the deputy’s sexual abuse of teenagers?

"We all need to do a better job addressing mental health," said Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott. "But also we need to protect our community." The family of a 34-year-old man shot dead by sheriff ...

Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott announced the arrest of former Gamecock Lance Laury. Laury was a linebacker for Carolina from 2001 to 2005. In 2002, he was selected Freshman All-American by The ...

Leon was born to the late Leon B. Lott Sr. and Willie Lee (Neal) Lott in Gary, IN in 1961. Leon and Marlene Sams married in 1984 on November 3rd then moved to Chicago, Illinois. Leon founded Faith ...

When Texas Rangers called Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott to let him know one of their prisoners had confessed to shooting a woman in the head 40 years ago in his county, Lott knew immediately ...

Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott says a drive-by shooting last month in that claimed the life of a teenager was the result of gang retaliation.