South Carolina is one of two states in the country without a hate crimes law. Wyoming is the other state without such a law — ...

Richland County passed a hate crime ordinance on June 3, becoming the first county in South Carolina to do so. The state is ...

Richland County Council voted unanimously to pass the proposed "hate intimidation" ordinance tonight at their regularly ...

A statewide Silver Alert for a former Benton County sheriff was canceled Wednesday ... said a Facebook post by the Richland Police Department. He left his cell phone at home and recently underwent ...

Democratic Sheriff Leon Lott, left, and Republican Jim Walker, right, are candidates for Richland County sheriff. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott was headed to an easy victory Tuesday night over ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Come election day voters in Richland County will choose between Leon Lott or Jim Walker for Richland County Sheriff. The Democratic incumbent candidate, Lott, has been sheriff ...

The Richland County sheriff and two longtime former Richland County Sheriff's Office employees are competing in the March 19 Republican primary for a four-year term in office. There is no Democrat ...

THIS STORY AS IT DEVELOPS. TO RICHLAND COUNTY NOW. THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT HAS ANNOUNCED ONE OF ITS DEPUTIES DIED IN A CRASH. DEPUTY JACOB SOLOMON WAS HIRED IN 2022 AND GRADUATED FROM THE ...

A deputy with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department was killed in a collision on Bluff Road Friday evening. “It is with unimaginable sadness that Sheriff Leon Lott announces the death of ...

Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott told gangsters in the Columbia area on Tuesday to “get ready” for law enforcement’s response to a spree of shootings. Lott said the main point of a Tuesday ...

After pushback against a raise for Richland County Council members and a public request from the county sheriff, Richland County Council this week approved a plan to increase pay for some county ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — For those who were unsure, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott has confirmed that cameras will be back in patrol cars for the REELZ television program On Patrol: Live. The show is ...