Bluegrass group coming to MMT Dailey & Vincent, the highly-anticipated and critically-acclaimed new bluegrass duo on Rounder Records, bring their turbo-powered blend of bluegrass, country and gospel music to the Meramec Music Theatre in Steelville on Saturday, May at 7 p.m.

More jobs, conveniences and opportunities are goals of development group Helping to invigorate the local economy by developing the town’s retail base is the goal of the not-for-profit public benefit corporation called the Bourbon Community Development Corp. (BCDC). Organized as a 501©3 charitable, tax-exempt corporation, the group’s goals include efforts to provide additional jobs and conveniences for local residents while also boosting tax revenues that will benefit the community and the local schools.

Rev. Jeremiah Wright: Pariah or Prophet?

The media is once again in a feeding frenzy. Its latest victim is the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, former senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, of which presidential contender Barack Obama is a member.

If you buy into what the media is reporting, much of it culled from old sermons, Wright is an unpatriotic, anti-Semitic, Christian zealot three steps removed from the likes of Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson.