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CRIME & SAFETY
End of Watch Ride to honor fallen deputy
PAXTON — The End of Watch Ride to Remember — an annual motorcycle ride held in memory of police officers who died in the line of duty — will make a stop at the Ford County Sheriff’s Office at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, in honor of the late Brian J. Norton, a Ford County sheriff’s deputy who died at age 45 in February 2022 from complications of COVID-19. The ride involves a group of motorcyclists from Washington escorting a 40-foot trailer across the country — from the west to east coast — to honor fallen officers. Starting June 1, bikers began this year’s 22,500-mile, 73- day journey, which will honor 259 officers from 234 police departments killed in the line of duty in both 2022 and 2023, according to a news release from the event’s nonprofit organizer, Beyond the Call of Duty.
Fire destroys Fairbury mobile home
FAIRBURY (25News Now) - A fire scorched a mobile home late Friday night in a remote recreation area in rural Fairbury. Firefighters received the call at about 6:45 p.m. When they arrived, crews saw the home was unoccupied and no one was hurt. Fire crews were on site for about...
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