It's the end of an era.

KASU Radio's Blue Monday concert series in Paragould will end tonight with a performance by rockabilly pianist and vocalist Rockin’ Luke Stroud.

The Blue Monday concerts first began in Jonesboro in 1998.  In 2006 they added a Paragould version.  The Jonesboro version closed two years later, but Paragould kept enjoying the blues.  Tonight, that all ends.

According to KASU Station Manager Mike Doyle, the concerts in the past year or so "haven’t drawn the attendance we wished for, and we weren’t able to make this series continue."

In 2009 former Jonesboro resident SSG. Paul F. Brooks was serving as an Army combat medic in Iraq when he was killed by a suicide bomber.

His sister Nikki Winn’s world changed that day.

A former Red Cross staff member, Nikki and her family created a blood drive in her brother’s honor.

The Annual SSG. Paul F. Brooks/Fallen Soldier Memorial Blood Drive will be held this Saturday, November 17, from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Rock of Northeast Arkansas, 4318 E. Johnson.

The Cash Events Committee hopes this year’s Christmas parade will be the biggest, best and brightest one ever.

But, to do so, they need your help.

The 7th Annual Cash Christmas Parade will be held Friday, December 7, at 6:30 p.m.  Line-up will begin at 5 p.m. on County Road 157 at the first white house on your left.  A table will be set up for participants to sign in.