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Honoring our veterans
By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com
Shown are Gary Cruea (left) and Chuck Cruea helping to install service recognition bricks Tuesday at the Highland County Veterans Memorial. Both are veterans of the Vietnam era, with Gary having served his country from 1968-1972, and Chuck serving in the U.S. Air Force from 1965-1969.
Tim Colliver | The Times-Gazette
Thirty-nine new bricks containing the names of honored veterans were installed Tuesday at the Highland County Veterans Memorial, in preparation for the annual ceremonies scheduled for Memorial Day, which this year is Monday, May 31.
Vietnam veteran and Hillsboro VFW Post 9094 Commander Rick Wilkin told The Times-Gazette that a total of 39 bricks were to be enshrined at the memorial on the courthouse square this spring, with two of the bricks being replacements.
A Buford area man who was a former corrections officer at the Highland County Justice Center was sentenced to 24 months in prison Friday after being convic
Ten days after hearing some of his constituents in Lynchburg express their anger about a trio of solar panel farms proposed near their village, state Rep.