LCSD Announces Roadside Safety Checkpoints

The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department has announced they will be conducting roadside sobriety checkpoints in Lawrence County during the Halloween weekend.  On October 31, they will be set up from 6 p.m. until midnight at the Buffalo Road/Ethridge Red Hill Road intersection as well as at 100 Highway 20.   On Saturday, November 1, they will set up from 6 p.m. until midnight at 348 Rabbit Trail Road and at 614 West Point Road.  Deputies will be targeting persons who are operating vehicles while impaired.  Sobriety checkpoints provide a highly visible and effective tool to combat impaired driving.