BILOXI, MS (WLOX) - Detective Jeff Courts drove hours from Vidor, Texas to make sure fallen Biloxi police officer, Robert McKeithen, received a proper send off. “It’s always an honor to be there to ...
The instrument Mike Glackin plays at graveside funerals is ideal for social distancing. “When we play at a funeral, we rarely stand next to the grave,” explained the bagpiper, who positions himself ...
A Mariemont officer who plays bagpipes at funerals had his instruments stolen from his car A Mariemont officer who plays bagpipes at funerals had his instruments stolen from his car As he piped notes ...
When mourners gather this summer to lay wreaths at the foot of the 9-foot bronze firefighter statue overlooking the Fireman’s Lot at Forest Hills Cemetery, they will pause to remember Lt. Edward J.
Vidor Police Sgt. Rodney Johnson said he's watched fellow Officer Jeff Courts play his bagpipes at first responders' funerals for two decades. But lately, Johnson said, he noticed Courts' bagpipes and ...
When an exemplary police officer like Cmdr. Paul Bauer is buried, Chicago binds itself in a liturgy of grief. Pageantry comes with it, from the bagpipes echoing in the gangways of the two-flats near ...
ST. LOUIS – It was an emotional scene outside the Cathedral Basilica Monday morning. The funeral for fallen North County Police Cooperative officer Michael Langsdorf began at 10 a.m. There was a ...