Stafford Township Councilman Robert Henken and his wife, Nicole, have announced their son Evan and his wife, Miranda – 2016 Southern Regional grads and high school sweethearts – graduated April 16 from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Academy in North Carolina and are now patrol officers for the CMPD. Evan also received the Top Gun Award for best shooter in his class.

Evan and Miranda attended Ferrum College together in Ferrum, Va., and were married in October last year.

LOVEBIRDS IN BLUE: Miranda and Evan have been together since high school and married since October.

“I knew I wanted to be a police officer since I was little,” Evan Henken said.