There is a new sheriff in town. As of 3 a.m., when the unofficial results of Tuesday's General Election were tallied, Democratic challenger Richard Coleman secured more than 72,100 votes to be elected ...

Richard Coleman won the May 21 Democratic primary for the Chatham County Sheriff and will face incumbent Sheriff John Wilcher in November. Coleman garnered 8,802 votes, or 53.93% of the vote. He ran ...

Chatham County has sworn in its first African American sheriff. Richard Coleman officially accepted the role as the county's 47th sheriff on Saturday evening at the First African Baptist Church of ...

Richard Coleman, a former officer who has served in multiple departments throughout Georgia, announced his candidacy for Chatham County Sheriff in late August ― a seat that isn't on the ballot until ...