CHARLESTON, MO (KFVS) - Warren E. Hearnes Elementary will host a Family Game Night on Tuesday, Nov. 15 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The school says the event is open to all Hearnes students in grades pre-k to fifth including their families.

This free event is the third in a series of family events presented this school year by B.J. Babb, Parent Liaison at Hearnes. Others in the series included "Math Carnival" and "Reading Rocks" events.

Game night will include free refreshments, door prizes, games and activities.

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(KFVS) - The Missouri State Highway Patrol joins the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and other safety advocates for National Child Safety Passenger Week September 18 through 24.

The State Highway Patrol says the primary goal of this program is to remind all parents and other adults responsible for children traveling in cars the importance of child safety seats and seat belts. The patrol says every year children suffer needless injuries. In 2010, eight children under the age of eight were killed in a traffic crash and another 1,630 were injured.

Troopers issued citations to 2,130 drivers who failed to secure children less than eight years old in a child restraint/booster seat in 2010.