The Heartland Diversity Officials Association announced today that it will stage the first annual HDOA Girl’s Basketball Shootout on January 10th at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum.

Grammy award winning artists, Vince Gill and Amy Grant, along with the U.S. Cellular Coliseum presented a check in the amount of $5,000 to the Clare House food pantry.

The U.S. Cellular Coliseum announces The Doobie Brothers will be performing live at the Theater at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum on April 2, 2009 at 7:30p.m. Tickets for this event are $55 and $42.50 and go on-sale Saturday, December 13, 2008 at 10a.m. Tickets are available at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum box office, by phone at 309-454-5500 or online at Ticketmaster.com and all Ticketmaster outlets.

Christmas will never be the same after the November 16th Comedy Central debut of Jeff Dunham’s very first holiday DVD, “A Very Special Christmas Special.”