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Kewanee honors its fallen with Memorial Day ceremony SUSAN DEVILDER The Star Courier While the country remembered those who had died while serving their country, the Kewanee Veterans Council honored their fellow military members who passed away this year at a Memorial Day ceremony held at Veterans Park on Monday.  Jerry Thompson, finance officer for the American Legion and the Kewanee Veterans Council, alongside American Legion Post 31 Commander Ted Canellos, read the names of 47 area service members who had passed away from June 1, 2020 to May 31 of this year.  The ceremony began with an o...

Events are scheduled for Saturday, Sunday and Monday throughout Peoria and Tazewell counties.

Here's where you can find Memorial Day ceremonies around the Peoria area this weekend Journal Star © MATT DAYHOFF/JOURNAL STAR Bruce Stewart, 86, of Peoria, a veteran of both the U.S. Army and Air Force, flags grave Friday, May 22, 2020 on Soldiers Hill in Springdale Cemetery. A group of volunteers from American Legion Post 2, Team RWB and others gathered to prepare the gravesites for Memorial Day visitors and a ceremony Sunday. The public is invited to a variety of activities for the Memorial Day weekend in the Peoria area.  Saturday events Peoria 10 a.m. American Legion...

Contributed by the city of Opelika, city of Auburn Opelika The city of Opelika will host Memorial Day Services in person on May 31, 2021. The event will remember our military heroes who fought for the freedom of our country and the families who lost loved ones in the line of service. Services will be held at Courthouse Square at 10 a.m.  We have a special lineup this year: Ÿ Welcome by Mayor Gary Fuller Ÿ Prayer by Bishop Kenneth R. Carter, Sr. of Christ Temple Holiness Church Ÿ Special Music by Opelika High School Choir Members – Maddox Wynham and Alexandria Torbert Ÿ Poem by Opelika ...

Court fight continues over demolition of landmark Nicholaus Building | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS FILE PHOTO Shares0 SCHENECTADY — Forty-nine months after the landmark Nicholaus Building was torn down, its owners are still fighting for compensation. Their lawsuit against the city of Schenectady was dismissed in U.S. District Court in Albany on May 4 and their lawyers on May 12 began a new action in state Supreme Court in Schenectady County seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive damages. At the heart of the matter are two fairly simple facts: The historic building at 264-268 State St....