Saturday, May 25 2013 1:25 PM EDT2013-05-25 17:25:23 GMT
A popular Grateful Dead tribute band from Missouri is taking a sabbatical - the result of a 30-month prison sentence for the lead singer.
A popular Grateful Dead tribute band from Missouri is taking a sabbatical - the result of a 30-month prison sentence for the lead singer.
BENTON, IL (KFVS) -
"If you just look at their faces, have you seen a frown here yet? I mean everybody is having fun and that's what it is all about," said Dave Webster, one of the coordinators of the event.
Everyone was in good spirits at the year's Christmas Fun Day in Benton.
An event geared toward those with mental disabilities get out and enjoy the holiday season.
"They enjoy it. They just like to be out and meet other people. They've enjoyed having balloons made, lunch with each other. But the biggest excitement of course is to see Santa," said Mikilyn Schutt, the director at the Adult Day Center in Mt. Vernon.
It took an entire community, from cheerleaders to the local choir to make all of it possible.
"The community in Benton has not only supported this program of Christmas Fun Day, but also our Summer Fun Day have supported us immensely and I just can't thank them enough for all they've done," said Webster.
Nearly 800 guests and over 50 volunteers, and one man in a red suit filled the convention center bringing Christmas to the small town of Benton.
"It's the enjoyment of being able to help people and that they have had a good time and we have the Christmas spirit, that's what I like," said Webster.
Saturday, May 25 2013 10:18 AM EDT2013-05-25 14:18:36 GMT
Jason Ellis (Source: Bardstown Police)
K-9 Officer Jason Ellis, 33, was shot and killed on the ramp of Exit 34 from the Bluegrass Parkway to Highway 55 in Nelson County early Saturday morning.
K-9 Officer Jason Ellis, 33, was shot and killed on the ramp of Exit 34 from the Bluegrass Parkway to Highway 55 in Nelson County early Saturday morning.
Authorities say they have found a child's body believed to be that of an 18-month-old girl as they continue to investigate a series of Kansas farm deaths.
A body recovered amid an intensive search is believed to be that of a missing 18-month-old girl whose mother was found dead along with two men on a Kansas farm days ago, authorities said Sunday.
Saturday, May 25 2013 11:00 AM EDT2013-05-25 15:00:12 GMT
DALLAS (WFSS/CNN) – There's a new trend in the bar scene that involves your favorite hard liquor and dry ice. Breathing in the alcohol vapors gets you buzzed fast and some say you don't ingest any empty
There's a new trend in the bar scene that involves your favorite hard liquor and dry ice. But doctors say it's dangerous.
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