The annual event helps local veterans organizations and charities. This year, they’ve chosen two.

Dolly Parton wrote music and lyrics for “Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol.”

Don’t wait until temperatures get consistently colder!

Ryan McCrady, CEO of the Springfield Sangamon Growth Alliance was a guest on the WTAX Morning Newswatch

He faces a sentence of up to life in prison after his open plea that also included attempted murder.

Shavon Gayden, 48, was charged with one felony count of first-degree murder in connection with the death, Chicago police said in a statement Sunday.

Jordan played for the Tar Heels from 1981-84, making the game winning shot in the 1982 NCAA Championship game as a freshman.

“We are playing pretty good complementary football, something that we got to do each and every week to be at our best,” coach Ben Johnson said.