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BY BRYCE KELLYMt. Pleasant NewsChristmas is just around the corner and that means busy times ahead for the staff and volunteers of the Mt. Pleasant Fellowship Cup, and things won?t slow down until the year-end.?We had great Thanksgiving food distributions,? said Ken Brown, Fellowship Cup director. ?Now, we are gearing up for Christmas distributions and those distributions are always our biggest.?During ...

BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsWINFIELD ? Despite being in the county for nearly a decade, Grasshorse Studio of Winfield probably would not rank as one of the well-known businesses in the area.That doesn?t mean, however, that the studio isn?t familiar to some state agencies and national firms.Recently, Kathy Buxton and Steve Jennings, co-owners of Grasshorse, were notified that their short film ?The ...

The Pekin football team had high hopes coming into the playoffs this year.The Panthers? first round victory over Lone Tree will only raise the expectations.Pekin won 43-0 Wednesday in dominating fashion. The Panthers? defense was outstanding. Lone Tree was not able to complete a single pass and rushed for only 52 yards. Sophomore running back Jared Hudson, who has over 1,000 yards on the season, was only able ...

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Is peewee football too early to wonder about concussions? Maybe not: A major report says far too little is known about the risks in youth sports, especially for athletes who suit up before high school.And it?s not just a question for football. The Institute of Medicine found no one knows how often the youngest athletes suffer concussions or which sports have the highest rates. Nor is it clear ...

IOWA CITY (AP) ? Linebacker James Morris has been a fixture on Iowa?s defense since 2010, emerging as a star freshman on a team that finished well below expectations.Morris is closing out his career with one of the better seasons in recent school history ? and has emerged as a key for a team on a surprising run.Morris on Monday became the first Iowa player in nine years to win multiple Big Ten defensive player ...

Pekin fell to West Branch Tuesday in straight sets by the score of 25-11, 25-7 and 25-8.Pekin made the second round of the playoffs by beating Wapello in a tight match last week.Van Buren fell to West Burlington by the score of 25-18, 25-17, 25-21.Libby King didn?t miss on 12 serves for the Warriors. Nicole Coffin had 12 digs and one ace. Alicia Fitzsimmons ripped eight kills and also had an ace. Shayla Filson ...

BOSTON (AP) ? Ted Williams never did it. Not Carl Yastrzemski. Not Carlton Fisk. Not even Pedro Martinez and Curt Schilling, who ended The Curse nearly a decade ago but did it on the road.Practically no one alive can remember seeing such an event unfold: The Boston Red Sox could win a World Series title on the celebrated green grass at Fenway Park.When the Red Sox last won a World Series at home, Babe Ruth, ...

BOSTON (AP) ? More than an hour after the final out, players lingered on the field and fans stood by their seats, cheering, singing and applauding.A celebration nearly a century in the making was unfolding at the old ballpark, a long-awaited moment generations of New Englanders had never been able to witness.Turmoil to triumph. Worst to first. A clincher at Fenway Park.David Ortiz and the Boston Red Sox, ...