The first 24-hour Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon aired 60 years ago on Saturday. The staple of Labor Day weekend featured established stars like Dolly Parton and young comics like ...

Muscular Dystrophy Association and AFM-Téléthon announce $510,000 research grant awards advancing treatments for mitochondrial myopathies and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). · GlobeNewswire Inc.

Following a year where ice buckets outshone televised donation campaigns, it appears the telethon’s greatest proponent is seeing that the tides are turning in a new direction. Last week, the Muscular ...

COLUMBIA - From 10:00 p.m. Sunday night, until 6:00 p.m. Monday, KOMU was the home of the Muscular Dystrophy Association's Mid Missouri telethon. The telethon raised $384,580 during this period, with ...

The comedian, filmmaker and philanthropist Jerry Lewis, he of the nasally voice and epic pratfalls, has died. Here he is with his longtime partner and straight-man Dean Martin. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED ...

From the Times-Call photo archive via Longmont Museum: “Colorado National Guardsman Stanley Vigil reaches out Monday afternoon to a cycling couple who stash a cash donation in the collection can for ...

The Muscular Dystrophy Association’s annual Labor Day weekend television appeal, for decades a more than 20-hour marathon that became synonymous with longtime host Jerry Lewis, will air this year as a ...

COLUMBIA - Sept. 5 at 10 p.m. marked the 44th annual Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon. Studio 8C at KOMU was constantly filled with volunteers answering mid-Missourian's phone calls. People ...