Newberry County Sheriff Lee Foster and Deputies will take the Constitutional Oath of Office later today (Tuesday), January 7.

The ceremony will begin at 4 pm this afternoon in the Drill Hall at the Newberry County Sheriff’s Office at 550 Wilson Road.

Having been first elected in 1989, this will be Sheriff Foster’s tenth consecutive four-year term. He is currently the longest-serving Sheriff in South Carolina, and is the current South Carolina Sheriff of the Year.