Unclaimed veterans honored in a long overdue military burial
VIDEO: Unclaimed veterans honored in long overdue military burial By Vania Patino | May 6, 2021 at 10:23 PM CDT - Updated May 7 at 12:35 AM
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - On Thursday, community members from across the Panhandle came together to honor eight veterans from the Amarillo area whoâs remains were never claimed.
But despite there being no next of kin to notify, the veteran community stepped in to claim them as their family.
Still across the country there are thousands of veterans who every day die alone, whoâs ashes are often forgotten in a hospitalâs basement or nursing homeâs shelf.
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Officials break ground on new home for Potter County District Courts
Officials from Potter County, as well as representatives from Adolfson & Peterson Construction and HOK Group Inc., were on hand to break ground on the county’s new District Courts building in downtown Amarillo Friday afternoon.
The new building, which will be located at the intersection of Sixth Street and Pierce Street, will be located across the street where the current Potter County District Courts building is located. According to a news release, the new building, topping out at five stories, will be 58,250-square-feet and will include courtrooms, jury assembly, county offices, courtroom in-custody holding, as well as records storage.