MACOMB, IL – The Spoon River Valley Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Lodge 427 has announced that Lindsey May, the son of Lindsey and Karen May of Macomb, has been named the recipient of the 2023 $500 FOP Scholarship.
Lindsey is a freshman at Western Illinois University majoring in Criminal Justice and has enlisted in the Illinois Air National Guard 182nd Air Life Wing, based in Peoria as a Loadmaster for C-130 cargo planes. He will enter basic training at a later date. His father is a Lodge 427 member who is currently employed by the Knox County Sheriff’s Office.
Every year each FOP district selects an award recipient for a $500 scholarship for a selected FOP member’s family.