Sheriff brings change, hears criticism

Wednesday, February 2, 2005

BENTON, Mo. -- The office in the Scott County Sheriff's Department looks spacious and oddly different. Until the end of December it had been crammed with mementos of Sheriff Bill Ferrell's 28-year career. Sheriff Rick Walter, who was elected in November after Ferrell announced his plans to retire, hasn't had time to put his personal touches in the office, which now looks bare.

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