Growth closes in on UCSO training site
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June 16, 2026

Growth closes in on UCSO training site

By Mike Williamson

Things may soon get a little crowded out by the Union County Sheriff’s Office training facility.

Sheriff Mike Justice told the county commissioners recently that the office may have to put up some fencing to separate the property on U.S. 36 from future development planned to go right next door.

Just...

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