WREX

Sock Monkey Madness returns to Midway Village Museum

ROCKFORD (WREX) — Sock Monkey Madness, a one-of-a-kind annual event, returns as a celebration of the past by highlighting Rockford’s once thriving knitting industry and the iconic stuffed sock toy ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

(Sock) Monkey Business: A Festival For Iconic Toy

Sock monkeys, the red-mouthed, yarn-topped toys with a wide smile, were born during the Great Depression and handcrafted for the working class.... (Sock) Monkey Business: A Festival For Iconic Toy ...
NOLA.com

Big Idea nominee Sock Spot: tracking lost socks with a book and a toy

New Orleans Entrepreneur Week's Big Idea 2015 nominee Sock Spot is described as "an educational solution to a household problem: A family of four loses over 60 pairs of socks a year! Sock Spot teaches ...
NBC DFW

TSA Confiscates Sock Monkey's 2-Inch Toy Pistol

Published December 11, 2013 • Updated on December 11, 2013 at 4:18 pm The TSA is taking its security mandate seriously — especially at the St. Louis airport, where a woman was shocked that agents ...
UPI

TSA agent takes toy pistol from cowboy sock monkey in St. Louis

Dec. 9 (UPI) --A Transportation Security Administration agent stripped cowboy sock monkey "Rooster Monkburn" of his toy pistol before his owners could take him aboard a flight from St. Louis to ...