A local hero will have a portion of Interstate 24 in Lyon County dedicated in his memory.
Kentucky State Po¬lice Trooper Joseph Cam¬er¬on Ponder, originally of Rineyville, was fatally shot September 13, 2015, on a portion of the highway while conducting a traffic stop.
The dedication ceremony, hosted by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and KSP, will be at 2 p.m. CDT June 22 at the Lyon Convention Center at Lee S. Jones Park in Eddyville.
A sign will designate I-24 from the Caldwell County line to Ky. 293 in Lyon County as the “Trooper Joseph Cameron Ponder Memorial Highway” and it will be unveiled at the ceremony.
The designation was proposed by Senator Stan Humphries and approved by the Kentucky state legislature.
Humphries, representatives from the Kentucky State Police and the Transportation Cabinet will speak at the ceremony.
Upon receiving his commission to Kentucky State Police in January 2015, 31 year-old Ponder was assigned to Post 1 in Mayfield, where his death came only nine months into his career.
Recently, his hometown dedicated the Rineyville Heroes Memorial in the memory of Ponder, KSP Sgt. David Gibbs and U.S. Army 1st Lt. Eric Yates.
The three men memorialized in granite grew up in the Rineyville area, playing sports and attending Rineyville Ele¬mentary School, and died while serving others and the country.
The memorial cost about $27,000 to build and the money was raised by community members.
Ponder was also a U.S. Navy veteran.
Source: NE
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