The Missouri House is honoring the Highway Patrol Trooper who died on flood duty at Big Lake last summer. Platte City representative Nick Marshall says the House is proud to express gratitude to the wife and daughter of Trooper Fred Guthrie Junior.

Guthrie’s wife Teresa and daughter Amber received two standing ovations as they were given a copy of the House resolution of gratitude. The House is also considering a bill to rename a section of I-29 in Platte County in Guthrie’s honor. Guthrie and his K-9 partner were swept away by the flooded Missouri River in Holt County last August 1st.