Springfield’s St. Patrick’s Day parade is a go; honors Wes Barr

Sherry Barr recalled that her late husband, former Sangamon County Sheriff Wes Barr, never walked in a parade in a straight line.”He loved to talk to everybody, going from side to side,” Sherry Barr said recently. “Then he would have to run to catch up because he was talking to everyone.”So given the choice to walk or to ride in Saturday’s 36th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in downtown Springfield, Barr had a ready answer.”Walk. That’s what Wes did,” Barr said. […]