Above, law enforcement officials bow their heads in prayer during Thursday night’s annual Union County Law Enforcement Memorial ceremony on the courthouse lawn. Below, Lt. Kelly Weakley of the Ohio State Highway Patrol stands at attention shortly after playing taps at the ceremony. The event is held during National Police Week every year, and honors local law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty throughout the county’s history. Those honored include sheriff Forest Hages, who died in September, 1927, Sgt. Roger Beekman, who died September of 1979, and Sheriff Harry Wolfe, who died January, 1982.
(Journal-Tribune photos by Will Channell)