(Sheriff Kitchings with Cpl. Latimer and Sgt. Cole)   On Thursday, June 5, 2025, Sheriff Kitchings promoted two members of the organization in a ceremony held at the CCSO Operations [...]

Pictured From Left: Daniels, Tanksley, Crawford, Sheriff Hunter, Cason, Rooney (Not Pictured: Bunner, and Davis) On Friday, December 20, 2024, the Columbia County Sheriff's Office held its annual Christmas Party [...]

(Pictured From Left: Stubbs, Sheriff Hunter, Cady, and Garland)   On December 3, 2024, Sheriff Hunter held a swearing in ceremony for three new members of the agency. The ceremony [...]

On Friday, November 8, 2024, Sheriff Hunter conducted a swearing in ceremony at the CCSO Operations Center. The ceremony was attended by family and CCSO personnel. Robert Molinski was sworn [...]

On Wednesday, October 30, 2024, Sheriff Hunter conducted a swearing in ceremony for a new employee. The ceremony was attended by family and CCSO personnel. Randall Denmark was sworn in [...]

(From Left: Cpl. Bedenbaugh, Sheriff Hunter, and Sgt. Waddington)   On Friday, September 13, 2024, Sheriff Hunter held a promotion ceremony at the CCSO Operations Center. The ceremony was attended [...]

Approximately ten (10) pounds of Crystal Methamphetamine and two (2) ounces of Fentanyl headed for Columbia County was seized last Friday by members of the Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force (MJDTF). [...]

On Friday, August 23, 2024, Sheriff Hunter conducted as swearing in ceremony at the CCSO Operations Center for three new members. The ceremony was attended by family, friends, and CCSO [...]

On July 18, 2024, at approximately 5:30am, an inmate at the Columbia County Detention Facility died from apparent health complications while housed in the medical observation unit. David Odell (74 [...]

Detectives have arrested a Lake City man after shots were fired into an unoccupied vehicle and an occupied residence early Wednesday morning. Shortly before 6:00am on Wednesday, July 17th, a [...]