Richardson honors slain police officer with moment of silence over radio channels
Officer David Sherrard was killed in 2018 while responding to a disturbance call.
A photo of slain Richardson police Officer David Sherrard was on display during a vigil held outside the Richardson Civic Center in Richardson on Feb. 11, 2018.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)
“We will never forget,” the department wrote in a Facebook post.
At 8:03 p.m. Sunday, exactly three years after Sherrard was killed, the department’s dispatch center broadcast a radio message to all police and fire channels to call for a moment of silence.
In September, Richardson announced it was renaming a seven-mile portion of U.S. 75 running from the Bush Turnpike to just south of Spring Valley Road the Officer David Sherrard Memorial Highway. Private donations funded new signs near the northern and southern borders of the highway as it runs through Richardson.
Online concert-something for everyone
The Star Courier
This year, the annual Kewanee Salvation Army Christmas Concert can be viewed online, and the event organizers hope that translates to a higher viewership for the local holiday event.
“I am excited about it being on YouTube,” said Brock Tumbleson, who is one of the concert performers. “For 25 years, it’s been limited. Now my son and grandchildren will be able to watch it.”
The move from a community concert to that of a virtual one was the result of the pandemic, but both Tumbleson and Eddie Toliver Jr., the director of the Kewanee Salvation Army, believe that the end result could be more support for the work of the organization.
Richardson mayor gives emotional send-off to 2020: ‘So many have put their dreams on hold’
Mayor Paul Voelker mourned the lives lost because of the COIVD-19 pandemic and asked residents to support each other in the new year.
Richardson Mayor Paul Voelker is seen in a file photo. At the last city council meeting of the year, Voelker mourned the lives lost during the COVID-19 pandemic and urged residents to support each other in the new year.(Ashley Landis / Staff Photographer)
Richardson Mayor Paul Voelker had some heavy and hopeful words for the community as 2020 comes to a close amid the COVID-19 pandemic.