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Florist creates wreath for Officer Horan’s funeral service [Video]
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Florist creates wreath for Officer Horan’s funeral service [Video]

12 NEWS MOBILE APP. WE ARE EXPECTING A SEA OF BLUE IN THE PIEDMONT TRIAD TOMORROW. AS GREENSBORO AND LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY SAYS GOODBYE TO OFFICER MICHAEL HORAN. TONIGHT, ONE IN STATE BUSINESS IS PREPARING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE FUNERAL. WXII 12 SARAH SOWERS HAS DETAILS ON A SPECIAL TRIBUTE FOR A FALLEN HERO FROM KINSTON TO GREENSBORO. ONE SPECIAL WREATH IS MAKING ITS WAY TO THE TRIAD AS A SYMBOL OF ETERNAL LIFE AND PEACE, HONORING OFFICER HORAN. THERES OFFICERS THERE THAT THANK ME FOR BRINGING IT, BUT YOU KNOW, IM THE ONE THATS THANKING THEM. RYDER MOZINGO HAS BEEN CREATING FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR 16 YEARS, HONORING FALLEN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. HE WAS ASKED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION TO CREATE A WHITE STAR WREATH WITH HUNDREDS OF FLOWERS. AND HE WAS THE SAME FLORIST THAT MADE THE MEMORIAL WREATH FOR SERGEANT NICKS LAST YEAR. ITS HIS WAY, HE SAYS, TO THANK OFFICERS ONE LAST TIME. I HOPE IT LEADS TO FAMILIES REALIZE HOW MUCH THE COMMUNITY REALLY APPRECIATES THEIR SACRIFICE. YOU KNOW, WORRYING ABOUT IF THEIR HUSBANDS OR WIVES ARE COMING HOME THAT NIGHT, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME THEY GO OUT THE DOOR, THERES THAT RISK THAT THEY MIGHT NOT COME BACK. AND I JUST WNT THEM TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DO FOR US. ITS A PERSONAL CAUSE HE TOOK TO AFTER HIS OWN TRAINING, OFFICER, ALLISON PETERSON, DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN APRIL 2009. THE IMPACT OF ALLEN GETTING KILLED WAS REALLY, REALLY POWERFUL. TO ME. AND I DIDNT REALIZE UNTIL THEN HOW MUCH IT REALLY AFFECTED THE FAMILIES. AND TO HONOR RETIRED SHERIFFS THAT HAVE PASSED, AS WELL AS SOME OF HIS OWN FAMILY WHO SERVED. ITS AN HONOR FOR ME. MY MY GRANDFATHER WAS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR 50 YEARS, AND MY MY AUNT WAS TOO. SO I MEAN, IT MEANS A LOT TO ME TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK IN THIS SMALL WAY. MOZINGO WILL BE HAND DELIVERING OFFICER HERRONS WREATH TO WESTOVER CHURCH THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE THE FUNERAL BEGINS. REPORTING IN GREENSBORO SARAH SOWERS, WXII 12 NEWS. AND WE WILL BRING YOU COVERAGE OF TOMORROWS SERVICE. YOULL FIND IT ON OUR WEBSITE, WX

Oak Grove, Missouri neighbor lights up home to uplift friend in need [Video]
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Oak Grove, Missouri neighbor lights up home to uplift friend in need [Video]

BRONCOS. WE COULD USE SOME HOLIDAY CHEER TONIGHT. KMBC NINE ALAN SHOPE EXPLAINS WHY PEOPLE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD IN OAK GROVE ARE SHOWING OFF THAT CHEER. A BIT EARLIER THIS YEAR. DIDNT REALLY HAVE A GAME PLAN, AND FOR OAK GROVES. AMBER SPANN THATS OKAY. AND I JUST KEPT GOING WITH ALL KINDS OF LIGHTS AND SHE LOVED IT. OH, ITS REALLY BEAUTIFUL. ITS SO PRETTY. AMBER SHARES A BACKYARD WITH NEIGHBOR SUE BOYD. BOYD TURNS 92 AT THE END OF THIS MONTH AND HAS BEEN BATTLING SOME REALLY TOUGH HEALTH CHALLENGES. THATS WHY AMBER DECIDED TO DECORATE HER HOUSE WITH HOLIDAY LIGHTS. THAT IS MY BEST FRIEND BEHIND ME, AND THATS EASY TO TELL. AMBER STARTED WITH A SMALL PORCH AREA AND JUST KEPT GOING, EVEN TURNING A BLUE SPRUCE INTO A CHRISTMAS TREE, AND I FOUND OUT THAT ITS VERY POKEY AND I BROKE OUT IN A RASH. BUT SHE KEPT GOING, DIGGING THROUGH EVERY CLOSET, LOOKING FOR MORE AND MORE LIGHTS. I KEEP TELLING HER, COME IN AND REST A WHILE. COME IN AND REST, YOU KNOW, AND SHE SORT OF SAID, IM. IM ON A MISSION. IT MADE HER HAPPY. AND THATS ALL WE CAN DO, RIGHT NOW, IS TRY TO MAKE HER HAPPY. AMBER SAYS IT TOOK SEVERAL HOURS TO COMPLETE AND THOUSANDS OF LIGHTS, BUT SHE SAYS IT WAS WELL WORTH IT. YOU CANT TAKE LIFE FOR GRANTED, AND YOURE NOT PROMISED TOMORROW. ITS ONE NEIGHBOR HELPING ANOTHER NEIGHBOR THATS BATTLING A TOUGH DISEASE BECAUSE SHES NOT JUST A NEIGHBOR IN OAK GROVE, ALAN SHOPE KMBC NINE NEWS. AMBER SAYS SHES NOT DONE YET. SHE SAYS AS THE HOLIDAYS DRAW CLOSER