Tag: mourning

Malawi announces state funeral and 21 days of mourning for vice president

Malawi’s government has said vice president Saulos Chilima will be honoured with a state funeral after his death in a plane crash along with eight other people. President Lazarus Chakwera had already announced 21 days of national mourning on Tuesday, when the wreckage of the small military plane carrying Mr Chilima and a former first […]

Ross Township police mourning death of retired officer

The Ross Township Police Department is mourning the death of a retired police officer. Officer Thomas Koedel served the area for 37 years. The department said Koedel was a Ross Township resident and he remained active in the community after retiring in 2010. “During his time with the police department, Tom was the department’s firearms […]

Pakistan observes a day of mourning over Iranian president’s death

Iran’s neighbour Pakistan is observing an official day of mourning over the death of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi, who was found dead on Monday after his helicopter crashed in foggy weather. Sharif offered “deepest condolences” to the Iranian nation in a post on the X platform. “Pakistan will observe a day of mourning and the […]

Iran’s Khamenei names interim president, declares national mourning

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has named First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber as acting president in the wake of Ebrahim Raisi‘s death in a helicopter crash. Khamenei also ordered five days of national mourning for Raisi, the hardliner who had held the presidency since 2021. Khamenei described Raisi as “tireless” and said the Iranian […]

Palm Beach family mourning loss of son in spearfishing accident

A Palm Beach family is reeling following the disappearance at sea of Virgil Price III, a well-known freediver who went missing on Mother’s Day while exploring a World War II shipwreck off the coast of Jensen Beach. Mr. Price, 39, a former Palm Beach Day Academy student, was spearfishing with friends Sunday near the Halsey […]

Family in mourning after murder-suicide rocks Brockton neighborhood

Family members say Carlos Brown doted over his yard at 524 Ash St. Evidence of that: the perennials along the sidewalk, situated with razor precision. But the landscape apparently gave no hint to the tumult inside the house shared by Brown and his wife, Sheron Trowers. The couple, both around 60, could often be heard […]