WHITEHALL, Ohio -- They were playing football in Whitehall Thursday night. But for many in attendance the game was secondary to a special halftime ceremony.
2001 Whitehall Yearling grad Brian Adkins was inducted posthumously into the high school’s hall of fame. Adkins, a 25 year old U.S. foreign service officer, was found dead in his Addis Ababas apartment while serving in Ethiopia this past February. An Ethiopian man later confessed.
Adkins realized a childhood dream as a diplomat and received a rare commendation for his efforts in repatriate 3 Americans back to the U.S.
A tent near the field chronicled his life.
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