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With wife Kim at his holding a Bible he was given by a fellow law enforcement officer 19 Christmases ago, Steven Greenwell accepts his oath of office in a ceremony led by Goliad County Sheriff Roy Boyd. Photo by Bobby Horecka

With wife Kim at his holding a Bible he was given by a fellow law enforcement officer 19 Christmases ago, Steven Greenwell accepts his oath of office in a ceremony led by Goliad County Sheriff Roy Boyd. Photo by Bobby Horecka

New sheriff starts year with oath of office

When Steven Greenwell grabbed the Good Book and told the Lavaca County residents and honored guests who gathered that New Year’s Day inside the local courthouse that he wanted to open by reading a few words, several in attendance instinctively bowed their heads.