BY MELISSA ANDREWS A dark shadow was cast on the gloomy afternoon of Sat., Oct. 3, 2015. A dark yet still somehow beautiful shadow created by the blue uniforms of hundreds of police officers solemnly marching down Devine Street on their way to the funeral of a hometown hero. It…
by Jamal Goss Thursday, December 14th 2017 COLUMBIA, SC (WACH)– There’s a legacy that lives through the wife of a fallen hero. She recognizes its importance. In 2015 Kassy Alia’s husband, Gregory was killed in the line of duty. He was an officer with the Forest Acres Police Department. She’s…
BY CLIF LEBLANC cleblanc@thestate.com The man who shot a Forest Acres police officer in the head, killing him, was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without any chance of parole. Jarvis Hall, 36, admitted his guilt in a Richland County courtroom in the slaying of Greg Alia, a new father…
BY GLEN LUKE FLANAGAN gflanagan@thestate.com Friday marks one year since Forest Acres police officer Greg Alia was shot and killed while responding to a suspicious person call at Richland Mall. Then came the deadly flood in October. Amid the chaos, the young officer’s wife, Kassy Alia, worked to honor his memory by…
by Allen Wallace October 1, 2017 Alia and Heroes in Blue, the organization she founded in memory of her husband Greg, a Forest Acres police officer, hosted a day of remembrance and call for compassionate action Saturday, the second anniversary of Greg’s death. “We are coming together to hear different voices…
