The well-known Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny was posthumously awarded the Dresden International Peace Prize on Sunday. His widow Yulia Navalnaya accepted the award on his behalf, which is endowed with €10,000 ($10,774), at the eastern German city’s Schauspielhaus theatre. Former German president Joachim Gauck honoured the man who died in prison almost three months […]
It’s almost been 54 years since a local man died saving another person’s life in the Vietnam War. Miamisburg native Sergeant Gary Lee McKiddy saved one person and died trying to save another after their helicopter crashed on May 6, 1970. >>PHOTOS: Bill introduced to grant Medal of Honor to Miamisburg soldier killed in Vietnam […]
President Biden announced Friday one of Oklahoma’s most famous athletes is being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously. Jim Thorpe, who was Sac and Fox, was born in Prague, Oklahoma and in 1912 became the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal. He is among 18 others who will receive the Medal […]
LEBANON – The late Olivia Forrester was posthumously recognized by Lebanon’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Coalition as a recipient of the Adult Community Leader Award earlier this year. Forrester was an employee of the Warren County Board of Developmental Disabilities (WCBDD). She passed away last September and was announced as a winner during the […]
Nearly 14 years after an Air Force Osprey crashed near Qalat, Afghanistan, due to a mechanical issue, two airmen who died in the accident will be honored by the service. Maj. Randell Voas and Senior Master Sgt. James Lackey will posthumously be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Force Operations Command announced last week. Investigators […]