The sheriff's office hosted a series of community forums to address growing concerns about immigration enforcement and local ...

"If you're undocumented in the United States, it's not a criminal offence, it's a civil offence, plain and simple," Sheriff Morgan Ballis said.

Chuck Wright, the longtime sheriff of Spartanburg County, is taking a leave of absence. The announcement was made Tuesday night by Spartanburg County Communications Manager Scottie Kay Blackwell.

A man who was reported as armed and suicidal was fatally shot by a McKenzie County Sheriff's Office deputy at a home early Monday, authorities said.