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Police Officers Memorial Held in Harrisburg

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Four police officers killed in the line of duty last year in Pennsylvania were remembered at a Fraternal Order of Police Memorial Service Monday at the Forum in Harrisburg.   

Governor Corbett spoke at the Memorial, saying when a law enforcement officer lays down his or her life; it is a sacrifice upon the altar of our liberty.  He says we can only pledge to honor that loss by ensuring that the laws are respected.

Corbett says we must never forget the names of the fallen and carry on the ideals of a humane, just and civilized nation for which those officers fell.

The officers killed in 2011 were Deputy Sheriff Kyle D. Pagerly of Berks County, Officer Robert A. Lasso of Freemansburg Borough, Patrolman Derek Kotecki of Lower Burrell,  and Officer John David Dryer of East Washington Borough.

After the memorial, the state house unanimously passed a bill designating the interchange of Route 136 and Interstate 70 in Washington County in memory of Officer Dryer.  He was shot to death during a traffic stop last December

“A Memorial for Joe”

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    Thousands of mourners and fans will pack into the Bryce Jordan Center at Penn State today to say their final goodbyes to Joe Paterno, who passed away Sunday at age 85.

    “A Memorial for Joe” is scheduled to begin at 2:00pm. More than 10,000 free tickets for the event were snatched up in just minutes Tuesday morning when they were made available online.

Beaver stadium flags

Flags at Beaver Stadium are flying at half-staff this week.

   Paterno spent 61 years at Penn State, the last 46 as Head Coach. For most of the past half-century he embodied the Penn State football program and the university itself. While the word “icon” is often overused, it certainly applies to Joe Paterno.

    His tenure as Head Coach came to an end on November 9th when the Penn State Board of Trustees fired Paterno in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal. Days later, the coach was diagnosed with what was at that time described as a “treatable” form of lung cancer, but complications took his life this past Sunday.

    Tens of thousands of fans paid respects to the closed casket during visitations on Tuesday and Wednesday. Paterno was laid to rest on Wednesday following a private family funeral service.