Courier-News - Sun Dec 20

When Bryan Garfield was a young boy growing up in Lamar, Mo., he portrayed a shepherd, angel and wise man in his church's annual outdoor play centered on Jesus' birth.

Northwest Herald - Sat Dec 19

Two area high school students recently were appointed to military academies. Rachel Doby, 17, of Algonquin plans to attend the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., next summer, and Daniel Jacquier, 17, of Cary has been appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.

Northwest Herald - Fri Dec 18

WOODSTOCK – A few weeks shy of a year after he was accused of brutally murdering a homeless man, Kyle Morgan remains in a Tennessee jail.