Kanawha County Deputy Battling Colon Cancer

• {West Virginia}...In June, Kanawha County Sheriff's Department Cpl. 45 year old Greg Eplin was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer, but he is responding to treatment and is back on the job. Eplin went to the University of Texas' M.D. Anderson Cancer Treatment Center, nationally known for its expertise in cancer treatment. There, doctors recommended an aggressive barrage of chemotherapy. The Kanawha County Deputy Sheriff's Association stepped in to raise money to help pay Eplin's travel expenses and medical bills, and, through donations and fundraisers, deputies raised about $60,000. So far, Eplin has gone through eight sessions of chemotherapy, each lasting three days. Chief Deputy Johnny Rutherford currently has him going through a three-year backlog of evidence files. Eplin  is also working on a policy manual for deputies working at the Courthouse annex. For the past few years, Eplin served as court bailiff for Circuit Judge Charlie King, and before that worked for former Circuit Judge Irene Berger.