Hamburger Benefit Today To Help Family Who Lost Loved One to West Nile

The Hope Arkansas Police Department is holding a special hamburger lunch fundraiser for the family of an officer who died from West Nile Virus.It's happening today at the Hope Police Department from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with deliveries from 11 to 1 p.m. There will be an auction that starts at 12:15 p.m. The cost of the lunch is $5. The department hopes to raise $10,000 dollars to help the family of Sgt. D.J. Johnson pay medical expenses. Johnson, who received a kidney transplant in 2010, contracted West Nile Virus and died on September 15th.