Teen raises cash, house (Amarillo Globe-News)

[Businesses across Amarillo have chipped in thousands of dollars in donations, grants, and services to help a 13-year-old complete a project that will benefit single parents in need for years to come.

Newly elected state officials hold 'town meeting' forum (Shirley Oracle)

SHIRLEY -- State representative and senator-elect James Eldridge and Jennifer Benson, the newly-elected state representative who will take his place, held a public forum at the Town Offices.

Battlefield project reaches milestone (New Bern Sun Journal)

Preserving history can take far longer than the noted event. The March 14, 1862, Civil War Battle of New Bern, for instance, lasted a single day, followed by the Union occupation of the city for the remainder of the war.

IN THE ARTS (Winston-Salem Journal)

□ A selection from a CD by organist Scott Carpenter, the coordinator of music programming at Old Salem Museums & Gardens, was featured recently on a nationally broadcast program, Pipedreams.

St. Louis mall hungry for activity turns to arts (The Springfield News-Leader)

St. Louis -- Erin Kelley and John Contini, actors who have performed on stages all over town, pace off a carpet in front of the dressing rooms in an empty Man Alive clothing store in a struggling mall.