Mary Banken, COLUMBIA, Mo. –

Aditi Avhad, a University of Missouri graduate student from Mumbai, India, died last night as a result of injuries sustained in a bus accident near Litchfeld, Ill. The bus was en route from Chicago to St. Louis.

Washington, Mo. – Earlier this afternoon the American Flag was raised high above the fair grounds with a cross on top.

It was a beautiful sight watching fair officials attaching the flag, making sure it never touched the ground.

Washington, Mo. – The 2012 Washington Town and Country Fair’s theme, Making Memories, could not be a more fitting theme after Jake Owen’s mind-blowing performance on the newly built Pepsi Main Stage.

Jake Owen performed in front of one of the largest crowds ever seen on a Thursday night.