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In Johnson County, traditional Appalachian music stands as one of our strongest cultural assets. This music came here with early Scottish and Irish settlers and it evolved into a unique ...

Unalaska’s Church of the Holy Ascension hasn’t had a resident priest for a few months, but that didn’t stop parishioners from ...

Some words may be mispronounced. IOWA CITY -- First Presbyterian Church of Iowa City this weekend will be celebrating 25 years of support for Christian schools for boys and girls in Pakistan.

The lawsuit, filed in New York Supreme Court in Westchester County on Thursday, Jan. 16, alleges that a child referred to as "Jane A Doe" because of her young age was sexually abused by two people ...

Fox News contributor Joe Concha joined 'Fox & Friends First' to discuss one 'radical' bishop's 'woke' lecture and Politico's editor-in-chief admitting Trump is a great president.

Two Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints attended the second inauguration of President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance on Monday, Jan. 20, in Washington, D.C. “Being ...

Donald Trump began the festivities for his historic second inauguration with a heartfelt church service, joined by his wife Melania Trump, their son Barron Trump, and close family members.

I became an Anabaptist because of George W. Bush. Well, not so much Bush personally—though the former president’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were the context in which I began to grapple with ...

Colleges and high schools around Mississippi have started to cancel classes for Tuesday ahead of projected winter storms that could leave up to four inches of snow in parts of the state.

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