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May 20, 2021 11:23 AM EDT
Courtesy: Richland County Sheriff’s Department
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Thursday morning, the The Richland County Sheriff’s Department announced that Sheriff Leon Lott was selected as the 2021 South Carolina Sheriff of the Year by the South Carolina Sheriff’s Association. This is Sheriff Lott’s second time winning the award, having also won in 2004.
Lott was nominated by several sheriff’s including Calhoun County Sheriff Thomas Summers, Jr. Sheriff Summers and others voiced their support for Sheriff Lott, saying “during his 24 years in Office, Sheriff Lott’s extraordinary vision and creativity have enhanced the public trust of citizens and belief in legitimacy for his department.” The sheriffs went on to say, “Sheriff Lott’s life and career have centered on serving others and he is certainly worthy of recognition as Sheriff of the Year.” South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster also wrote, “South Carolina is a safer place
A reluctant hero: The bus driver who stayed calm at gun point Kenneth Corbin receives award. (Source: Adam Mintzer) By Adam Mintzer | May 14, 2021 at 7:10 PM EDT - Updated May 14 at 10:09 PM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - After a school bus was hijacked with 18 kids on board, law enforcement says one man emerged as a hero: the driver.
Despite remaining calm at gunpoint and putting the safety of his students first, Richland School District Two bus driver Kenneth Corbin shrugs off this new title.
âI would and will defer that title to my kids. They are my heroes,â Corbin said to reporters Friday.
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By LAURRYN SALEM | The State | Published: May 13, 2021 COLUMBIA, S.C. (Tribune News Service) Josh Flores, a father of two students who were on a Forest Lake Elementary School bus when it was hijacked by a Fort Jackson trainee, spoke out at a press conference with his lawyers Thursday. At the Strom Law Firm on Trenholm Road in Columbia, Flores, joined with attorneys Bakari Sellers and Jessica Fickling, called on authorities at Fort Jackson and Richland County School District Two to answer to the failures that led to a 23-year-old trainee taking 18 children and a bus driver hostage while they were on their way to school on May 6.