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Ribbon cut at new Lawrence County Law Enforcement Center
The new Lawrence County Law Enforcement Center in Mt. Vernon, Missouri, replaces the county’s 52-bed jail built in 1986 with a modern, more efficient 120-bed detention center, and brings sheriff’s office operations together under one roof.