Late officer honored with roadway adoption

The widow and a former coworker of a Durham police officer who was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Warren County last year unveiled an “Adopt A Highway” sign in his honor Friday afternoon.

Erica Shoulders, widow of Durham officer Gregory Lamont Shoulders, took the covering off the sign with the help of Durham Police Lt. Leroy Williams. The sign is located near the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Stagecoach Road; the accident occurred on Stagecoach Road a few yards away from the sign's location.

Family friends decorated the sign with blue and white balloons; blue and white are the colors of Gregory's fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma, Inc.  more >>