Sam's Blog

Y101 will be bringing the holiday fun by playing 24/7 Christmas music from now until Christmas Day.

The big man himself will make his Quincy debut this weekend, and he will be arriving in style.

We here at Y101 have started to play some Christmas music throughout the day, but if you want even more, we can help with that.

The Festival of Trees are up, and for bid now through Saturday. You can still make a bid on some of these beautiful, donated trees, but time is running out.

To say thank you for their service to our nation, companies throughout the United States are offering free meals, services, or discounts to active and retired members of our Armed Services.

Whether it's a pastry or their angle food cupcakes, no matter what you get at Underbrink's Bakery its all delicious. And they bakery is getting recognized in a big way. Tasteofhome.com has named Underbrink's Bakery the best in the state in Illinois...

The Festival of Lights (known in the past as Avenue of Lights) will be back after a five year break to Moorman Park. Volunteers are needed to help get all the light displays up by Thanksgiving.

For the rest of October, Arts Quincy is giving you an opportunity to fill out your calendar for Halloween. Everything from carving pumpkins, music, and an art crawl, Arts Quincy will fill up your calendar for the rest of the month.

No need to go to Disneyland to meet Elsa and Anna from Frozen, they are making their way to Quincy and want to meet all of you. If you have little ones that are obsessed with Elsa and Anna (like my girls are), make plans to see them at Bonkers (229 N. 48th St).

Thanksgiving is a time for family, friends, food, and football. And for some of us, it's also that magical time of year when you can line up in the freezing cold and knock people out of the way in hopes of getting your hands on whatever the hot item toy happens to be that year so that the Big Guy from the North Pole can just take all the credit.