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Gone but not forgotten: Ceremonies honor Missouri officers who made the ultimate sacrifice
There are now 716 names that can be found along the walls of Missouri’s Law Enforcement Memorial outside the state Capitol in Jefferson City. Those names are sitting on the Wall of Honor to pay tribute to officers who gave their lives to protect and serve others.
Missouri Law Enforcement Memorial (Photo courtesy of Missouri Department of Public Safety’s Flickr page)
Eight names of officers who died in the line of duty in 2020 and seven others killed between 1907 and 1946 were added to the wall as part of annual ceremonies to remember Missouri’s fallen men and women in blue.
Touring exhibit honors fallen military service members
Maysville junior/high School hosted the National Remembering Our Fallen memorial that features 5,280 photos of fallen service members since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 to the present day.
Posted: Apr 18, 2021 12:29 AM
Posted By: Nick Ingram
(MAYSVILLE, Mo.) As the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks approaches, a local community has come together to remember and pay tribute to fallen heroes that served during America’s War on Terror.
Maysville Jr/Sr High School hosted the National Remembering Our Fallen memorial that features 5,280 photos of fallen service members whose lives were lost in the years since the terror attacks of September 11, 2001.
Tunnel to Towers pays mortgage for family of fallen MO sheriff
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and last updated 2020-12-20 23:12:03-05
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â The family of a Missouri sheriff who died in the line of duty earlier this year will no longer have to make mortgage payments.
The Tunnel to Towers Foundation announced on Sunday that it paid the remaining amount in full for DeKalb County Sheriff Andy Clarkâs home.
Clark, a 22-year law enforcement veteran, was
He left behind a wife, Jodi; and four children.
âAndy and I planned to raise our children here, enjoy our grandchildren and spend our golden years right here in this home that he built for us with his own two hands,â Jodi said in a news release. âNow, with the help of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, I donât have to sell it or worry about anyone taking it away from us. I can continue to raise our children here in the only home theyâve ever known.â