Meeting to focus on underage drinking

The Richland County Sheriff’s Department and the Reconnecting Communities and Schools Coalition will hold a town hall-style meeting this month to discuss underage drinking and other issues affecting teens.

The meeting will be at 7 p.m. May 20 at Ridge View High School, 4801 Hard Scrabble Road. Hundreds of communities around the country will hold similar meetings that day.

The Reconnecting Communities and Schools Coalition was created in 1997 as a project of the S.C. Department of Education and the South Carolina School Boards Association.