Although Christmas is more than five months away, it's not too early for Sue Hope to start Christmas shopping. That's how she saves roughly $500 a year on gifts.

Derrick Christmas has been charged with 2 felony drug counts including distribution of cocaine, and distribution of marijuana after his two children tested positive for cocaine in a local hospital.

Ho Ho Ho with no snow! The Shelbyville Festival of Lights Committee is hosting Christmas in July this Friday at Forest Park from 5-9 p.m. Food will include roasted pork chops, barbecue beef tips, hot dogs, and local sweet corn if available.

Kennett's homegrown, Grammy-award winning musician, Sheryl Crow, daughter of Wendell and Bernice Crow, recently announced her plans to release an as-yet-untitled holiday album, inspired by Christmas in the Bootheel with the Crow's, at Hallmark Gold Crown stores in September 2009.

July 8, 2008 — There are 169 shopping days remaining until Christmas, but if you want to get a jump on stocking stuffers, George Strait has you in his sights. George has targetted Oct. 7 as the release date for Classic Christmas, a reissue of a 2006 holiday album he originally recorded for the Hallmark card chain.

The Hinsdale Area Women's connection will be holding its Christmas in July luncheon at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 10, at the Holiday Day Inn Willowbrook, 7800 Kingery Highway, Willowbrook.

DODGEVILLE -- While the heat of July doesn't bring visions of sugar plums to the mind of adults; for children, Santa is never far from their thoughts. Thankfully, July marks the start of the Lands' End Annual Holiday Art Contest; the theme for 2008 is "Holiday Fun." Children can enter artwork of their favorite holiday activities, be it leaving cookies for Santa, singing Christmas carols or ...

The girlfriend of a Fortuna man on trial for a fatal Christmas Eve shooting testified Monday about a chain of events leading up to the confrontation that left one man dead in an apparent dispute over firewood.

Sheryl Crow has recorded some of her favourite Christmas tunes for an upcoming seasonal album, which will be sold exclusively through greetings card chain Hallmark.

Cowboy Christmas gives Trevor Brazile a leg up in his chase for a seventh world all-around title.