(LAWRENCE, Ind.) – The Lawrence Police Department has unveiled a monument at its new
headequarters, honoring the department’s only line-of-duty death.
Craig Herbert died 16 years ago when a 15-year-old boy stole a van and led police on a 100-mile-
an-hour chase before crashing into Herbert’s squad car. Lawrence Police included the memorial in
plans for their new headquarters which opened last year. Chief David Hofmann says with the
black granite monument’s dedication, the new building finally feels complete.
A small marker at the Lawrence Government Center has honored Herbert since shortly after his
death, but Hofmann says that memorial is at ground level and hard to see, and in an area where
Donald “Duane” Ellison Written by Los Altos Town Crier Report
Donald “Duane” Ellison, 90, passed away on April 27, 2021 at Sunrise Senior Living in Burlingame, a Loving & Caring community. Born in San Francisco, beloved son of Earl Ellison Sr. (deceased) & Maxine Ellison (deceased), brother of Earl Ellison Jr. (deceased) & Pauline Peck (deceased). Duane lived most of his life in Palo Alto where his father Earl Ellison Sr. had opened a family business in 1929 that later came to be known as Ellison s Body Shop. Duane worked as a car detailer at the family business before becoming a full time Artist. He also worked briefly for the City of Palo Alto as a commercial artist.
Grief and grace.
Those two seemingly opposing forces co-existed inside Southport Presbyterian church Thursday as police officers and family members honored their fallen heroes.
There were tears, yes. But there was also hope and compassion. There was family.
The annual Peace Officers Memorial Service is hosted by the local Fraternal Order of Police, the union that represents officers across Marion County. It invites family of slain officers to come together and remember their loved ones.
For some, the grief was perhaps more raw than others. Tom and Jennifer Leath sat near the front of the room just over a year after their daughter, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Officer Breann Leath, was killed in the line of duty.
The result wasnât what either of the siblings expected.
âI was arrested for conspiracy to commit assault and harassment,â she recalled. âI was fingerprinted. They took my mug shot. I was 13.â
Frustrated by his teacherâs lack of support, Brian Lee Jr. had ended up punching the classmate. Brian was arrested, too.
âI was fortunate,â Gabrielle said. âI have parents who were able to scrape money together and hire a very good attorney for me.â
Her school district eventually dropped the charges. But the whole experience, as demeaning as it was, laid the groundwork for her deciding to study law and help others by becoming an attorney, herself.
Massachusetts restaurants can now apply for up to $10M in rescue funds to cover COVID losses
Updated May 03, 2021;
Posted May 03, 2021
A waitress seats customers at a restaurant with outdoor dining on a section of street closed to traffic to promote social distancing, Friday, July 17, 2020, in Somerville, Massachusetts. (Michael Dwyer/AP)
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A host of Massachusetts restaurants and service businesses can now apply for up to $10 million in COVID-19 relief to help cover losses brought on by the pandemic, Rep. Ayanna Pressley’s office announced Monday.
The $28.6 billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund is part of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. Pressley and the Massachusetts delegation had pressed for substantial relief to restaurants hit hard by the pandemic; lawmakers previously sought about $120 billion through the RESTAURANTS Act last year. But the funding in the latest COVID-19 relief package will still bolster impacted businesses just