Login | Site Map | Archives | Electronic Edition | Mobile Edition | Alerts | RSS | Contact Us | Submit News & Photos | Subscriber Services
Subscribe to RSS   Add to My Yahoo!

HomeBrighter Christmas Fund

Click here to make a donation to the Brighter Christmas Fund

Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008
Open and print donation form for the Brighter Christmas Fund Full story »

Brighter Christmas Fund donations list

Friday, Jan. 2, 2009
Brighter Christmas Fund donations to date Full story »

Brighter Christmas Fund still raising money

Friday, Jan. 2, 2009
Donations are still coming in to help those in need Full story »

Brighter Christmas Fund nears $72,000

Monday, Dec. 29, 2008
Tough economic times have touched everyone, but local residents are still finding it in their hearts to give to those with a greater need through the Brighter Christmas Fund Full story »

A College Christmas Wish

Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008
Mom, girls pack belongings in a car with a dream toward college Full story »

Santa brings Belton woman her No. 1 Christmas wish — a chair

Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008
Taped on the wall next to Marcella Arnold’s bed is a piece of notebook paper. On it, in hand-written letters is this Bible verse, “Make a joyful noise to the Lord…” Full story »

A healthy boy on this mama’s Christmas list

Monday, Dec. 22, 2008
Mother hoping her son can come home for holidays Full story »

Young mother and her children haven’t seen Santa in years

Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008
Woman is thinking this season of her young sons, who, through tremendous change and personal loss, haven’t seen Santa in four years of financial struggles. Full story »

Abuse victim finds courage for tomorrow, needs help for today

Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008
Karrissa’s husband abused her, so she found the courage to divorce him earlier this year. Full story »

Husband and wife team in fight of their lives with little left for the basics

Friday, Dec. 19, 2008
Husband and wife team in fight of their lives with little left for the basics Full story »

Woman, 57, with Alzheimer’s needs help

Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008
For Cynthia, hanging on to her memories, the ones of Christmas’s past, are becoming harder and harder Full story »

Mom wants to give her girls a Christmas they deserve

Monday, Dec. 15, 2008
Lilly lost her job in June 2007. Then she took that bad news and looked at it as a chance to go to college and earn a degree Full story »

Rocky divorce leaves mom with three children, little else

Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008
When Tracy and David split up, he took nearly everything – except the kids Full story »

A Different Kind of Wish List Bibles, beds, and stoves on some lists this Christmas

Friday, Dec. 12, 2008
Some Christmas lists have dolls, toy trucks and video games on them. Then other lists are made up of entirely of different things — refrigerators, beds, a handy electrician, a furnace repairman, a stove, furniture, a tape player and even a Bible on tape. Full story »

Golfers make largest donation to Brigther Christmas Fund for season to date

Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008
Brighter Christmas Fund total passes $30,000


Full story »
« newer stories | older stories »

AP Breaking News Video