Local Entertainment

Spot Light Stars presents: The Elves and the Shoemaker

Posted on May 13, 2013 at 9:24 am

The Spot Light Stars team is at it again and they bring you the only summer performing arts camp this summer: The Elves and the Shoemaker. Join Courtni Aries, Brandon Banks, Ellen Richards, and Sandy Turpin once again as they brighten the Bonfils Auditorium stage with lights and the smiles of children alike. Spot Light Stars’ summer camp of The Elves and the Shoemaker will run June 17-21, with performances

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  • Crider Center, Ruby Tuesday partner to provide hope for community

    Posted on May 6, 2013 at 10:58 am

     Crider Health Center and Ruby Tuesday are partnering to provide hope for healthier lives to those in our community who need it most.  On May 9th and 10th, diners who visit Ruby Tuesday in Wentzville will have 20 percent of their purchase donated to Crider Health Center simply by presenting a flyer to their server.  Flyers can be found on the event page of Crider’s website at www.cridercenter.org.  All donations will fund

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  • Mississippi River states to host celebrations through 2013

    Posted on May 6, 2013 at 10:55 am

     The Mississippi River Parkway Commission is excited to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Great River Road National Scenic Byway. In 1938, the governors of the 10 river states developed the concept of a transcontinental Great River Parkway along the Mississippi River. Choosing to conserve precious resources, among them land, time and dollars, they decided rather than building a new continuous road, the existing network of rural roads and then-fledgling highways

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National Entertainment

Events

Memorial Day services

Posted on May 20, 2013 at 9:25 am

Elsberry American Legion Post 226 Elsberry VFW Post 9064 Sons of American Legion & Auxiliary Unit 226 Members will Will perform the Memorial Day Services to honor all the veterans who have served their country at the following cemeteries: ***** Millwood Cemetery – 10 a.m. Millcreek Cemetery – 10:30 a.m. Auburn Cemetery – 10:50 a.m. New Hope Cemetery – 11:05 a.m. ***** Elsberry Health Care Center – 11:25 a.m. *****

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  • Mud volleyball tournament provide healthy outlet in fight against substance abuse

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 9:17 am

    Providing young people with fun, healthy alternatives to substance abuse has been the goal of the Drug Alcohol Reduction Team (D.A.R.T.) in Lincoln County and this week, the first of what is expected to be an annual event will be held. There are 34 teams comprised of students from the four public school districts who have registered to play in the Mud Volleyball Tournament May 23 at the Lincoln County

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  • Honor Korean War era veterans with a brick

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 9:16 am

    Pictured is the Korean War Memorial bench located on the lawn at the Lincoln County Courthouse on Main St. in Troy. The bench was placed in 2012.

    Last fall saw a successful effort in the placement of a memorial for Korean War veterans in Lincoln County. This year, there is an effort to help recognize individual veterans who served their country during Korean War years (1950-1954). The Korean War Memorial Bench is located on the lawn of the Lincoln County Courthouse on Main Street in Troy. Troy VFW members at the time Irvin Bueneman, Ron Smith and

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