Tickets on sale for King breakfast

Tickets are on sale for the 17th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast, scheduled for 8 a.m. Jan. 21 at the Show Me Center.

Dr. Henry Shannon, chancellor of the St. Louis Community College system, will be the featured speaker.

Tickets must be purchased in advance, Southeast Missouri State University officials said.

The cost is $7 for the general public, $3 for children ages 6-12 and non-meal plan Southeast students, and free for meal-plan students at Southeast and children 5 and younger.

Tickets won't be sold at the door. Prepaid sponsored tickets for elementary and high school students are available upon request, university officials said.