Last night's election signaled several changes in government, both nationally and on a local level.Tuesday night, the ...

It was an election result that never seemed to be in doubt, with political unknown James Powers challenging a hugely popular sheriff in Mike Chitwood. The sheriff took about 81 percent of the votes.

James Powers is critical of Sheriff Mike Chitwood's handling of school swatters and other issues. Chitwood calls Powers' campaign "almost lunacy." ...

Thirty-two years after he was first elected, Whitfield County's Democratic sheriff was ousted by a Republican challenger who ...

Florida sheriff's department released bodycam video of deputies rescuing a woman being assaulted by an illegal immigrant.

"Just when you think you've seen it all," said Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood in an alert about a kangaroo on the loose in Pierson after it escaped its enclosure when a bear entered it.

Holding the position of police officer means that the officer is vested ... Do I agree with everything that Sheriff (Mike) Chitwood does? Of course not. This is America and respectful disagreement ...

When a woman held hostage in a field pretended her 9-1-1 call was a pizza order, Volusia County dispatchers triangulated the location, and deputies found her screaming with ...

Chitwood shared a screenshot from the "Pierson ... months that a rogue pet kangaroo has made headlines. In May, police officers in the town of Lufkin, Texas responded to a bewildered call about ...

"We follow the law. Federal law can only be enforced by federal officers. ... You do not have the power to detain someone without federal approval," Chitwood said. Powers said he disagrees with ...

Chitwood, who is running as an Independent ... The arrests include felony battery on a law enforcement officer in 1997, which the state dropped. He was instead sentenced on resisting an officer ...