NEOSHO, Mo. — Hundreds of people gathered on the Neosho square Monday night (5/27), for a prayer vigil held in honor of Davy and Natalie Lloyd. Both husband and wife were serving as missionaries in Haiti. On Thursday (5/23), gangs there attacked one of their missions and murdered the couple. The announcement of their death […]
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Friends, family, anti-violence groups hold Memorial Day vigil for teen killed in 2021
Memorial Day is a holiday traditionally to honor the lives of members of the United States Armed Forces who died in service to their country. On Monday, while many families heeded the tradition of honoring fallen servicemen and women, some others came together to remember the lives of loved ones murdered in the metro. The […]
Vigil, butterfly release among events to mark the 2nd anniversary of the Uvalde school shooting
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The 19 fourth-graders and two teachers killed at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, are being remembered as the second anniversary of the one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history is marked. “As we mark this solemn day, may we pray for those we lost, their loved ones, and […]
Vigil held to remember Las Vegas man shot, killed in neighborhood dispute
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – A week after police said a Las Vegas man was shot and killed by his next-door neighbor, friends, and family gathered at the site of his death to remember him. Loved ones came together in a neighborhood near Lake Mead Boulevard and the 215 Wednesday night to honor Joe ‘JR’ Moreno. […]
Morning Bid: Nvidia vigil almost over
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland Two of the biggest events of this week are almost upon us, as Wednesday brings an end to the drawn-out two-day news vacuum that has seen markets drift along with little clear direction. The headliner surely is the long-awaited earnings report […]
New Zealand, Indonesia set rates; Nvidia vigil almost over
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Monetary policy decisions from New Zealand and Indonesia are the main points of focus in Asia on Wednesday, as debate over the timing of the first U.S. rate cut ebbs and flows, and lofty equity markets consider their next step. Asian […]
Disabled advocates held a 44-hour vigil to speak to Gov. Abbott. He wouldn’t meet
The block around the Governor’s Mansion was deserted around 9:30 p.m., apart from the half-dozen protesters who peeled off from the rest of the group at Lavaca Street. A few had flashlights. Three were in wheelchairs. Everyone assumed Gov. Greg Abbott was home for the night, tucked behind the white brick walls and black iron […]
Hundreds turn out Friday at vigil for the 8 farm workers killed Tuesday in Marion County
A bus carrying 53 farmworkers to work Tuesday overturned on the outskirts of a large horse farm less than a mile from Southwest 148th Court in Dunnellon killing eight people. Hearing the news, Roberto Marquez left his Texas home and drove to the crash sight with the intention of making the spot where those who […]
Family, friends hold prayer vigil for missing East Moline man, 92
Family and friends of a missing 92-year-old East Moline man gathered Friday at a prayer vigil. On Saturday, March 30, the East Moline Police Department took a missing person report regarding William Weber, 92, 5’11” and weighing 140 pounds, missing from his apartment at the Fox Pointe Apartments in the 4500 block of 7th Street […]
People will hold vigil tonight for 8 who died in Marion County bus crash
Mike Johnson, Holding Vigil For Police, Hasn’t Bothered With Plaque Honoring Jan. 6 Officers
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will host a vigil Tuesday for police who have died in the line of duty, but a simple plaque honoring officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is apparently too much. Two years ago, Congress passed a law requiring lawmakers to compile a list of names […]
Family, friends hold vigil for Kalamae Hodgkin
JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (WIVB) — A candlelight vigil was held Saturday night for 34-year-old mother of three, Kalamae Hodgkin, who was a victim of a homicide that occurred on May 11 in her Jamestown home last spring. Hodgkin’s family and friends gathered for a memorial service filled with remembrance and a call for justice. “Her memory […]