CINCINNATI (FOX19) - Members of the Cincinnati Police Department will be honored by the Rotary Club of Cincinnati at its meeting Thursday April 19 in the Continental Room of the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza Hotel.

Rotary President Carl Kappes III will welcome Police Chief James E. Craig, who will introduce members of the Police Department to be honored for their outstanding efforts in the categories of Valor/Hero, Career Enhancement, Administrative Excellence and Superior Achievement.   Recipients of this year’s honors are Valor/Hero:  Police Officer Charles Knapp and Police Officer John Heine; Career Enhancement:  Sergeant Matthew Hammer; Administrative Excellence:  Sergeant Louise Shields; and Superior Achievement:  Lieutenant Stuart Koeppe.

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CINCINNATI (FOX19) - Lamont Taylor, Human Resources Manager for Frisch’s Restaurants Inc., was named to the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority’s board of trustees on March 20.   

In his role at Frisch’s Restaurants Inc., Taylor is responsible for employee relations and non-exempt recruitment for Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. He had previously worked for Federal Express and the Greater Cincinnati Urban League.

CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - Myrna Ethridge is no stranger to philanthropy. She is a long time board member of the Winton Hills Medical Center Board and the YMCA Black & Latino Achievers Program, a program that honored her with its Lifetime Achievement Award.

Now the retiree of United Parcel Service is raising money for a very personal cause – the Caring Voice Coalition, Inc. In 2000, Ethridge was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension, a life threatening disease that requires expensive medication she wouldn’t be able to afford without a grant from the Coalition.