The American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes Inc. have teamed up for the 2010 Holiday Mail for Heroes program to make sure military members, veterans, and their families have a festive holiday season. . .

Thomas Hart Benton (1889 – 1975), famous and sometimes controversial painter and muralist from Missouri, will be featured in this year’s 10th edition of Promenade des Arts. . .

For many families, the fast pace of modern life has relegated the family meal to just a few times a year. This means today’s children too often miss out on all the benefits of important family time, said a state specialist with University of Missouri Extension’s Building Strong Families program.
 

Jefferson County’s Jacqueline (Kohl) Wann is one of ten finalists in WIL’s Cornbread Idol contest, and she hopes to find support from her neighbors between now and Sunday while online voting remains open.  If she wins the competition, she’ll be on her way to Nashville in November to compete there, too.

On Saturday September 4^th, candidates, members and supporters of the Constitution Party stood at the corner of Truman and Hwy A in Festus holding signs and flags and encouraging drivers to honk in support. One in a series of what they’re calling “Freedom Rallies,” the Festus event focused on the theme of international banking, unconstitutional spending, and the 1930’s suspension of the gold standard.