A blood drive aimed at keeping alive the memory of a Morgan County sheriff who lost his life in the line of duty is coming to the Kankakee Valley. In July 2001, Sgt. Dan Starnes of the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department was shot and killed in a gunfight while on duty, and his surviving spouse Janice organized the Sgt. Dan R. Starnes Memorial Blood Drive in her county later that year – an annual event that has since gone statewide.
