For Samantha Fairlie, working fairs and carnivals across the country has always been a family business. Starting when she was 4 years old, Fairlie and her family would crisscross the East Coast as her ...

On any given Wednesday during Lent, the 40-day period of prayer and repentance observed by Roman Catholics prior to Easter, the children of St. Malachy's Catholic Church in Geneseo begin their weekly ...

After spending a few decades in the corporate world, Lynn DeBlois is now "The Pretzel Lady." And for good reason. DeBlois, 65, of Strasburg, started Pretzelphoria in 2002. The company's offerings are ...

Gone are the cattle and draft horses. Gone are the blue ribbons, the carnival rides and the cotton candy. Gone too is Tilly, the pretzel lady at the Southeast Missouri District Fair. Our 13-year-old, ...

It all started with a pretzel. Or was it a book? Perhaps the Blessed Mother — under the title of Our Lady, Undoer of Knots — can help me straighten this story out. I first learned about the ...