The oldest church congregation in Columbia turns 230. The steeple of First Presbyterian Church has been a landmark since 1856 ...

It happens to all of us, now and again, when a song’s melody or lyrics get stuck in one’s head. It is called an earworm, which Wikipedia describes as “that ...

If you’re driving up or down Highway 49 on a Sunday morning this summer, you probably anticipate that the road may contain a ...

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Columnist Norris Burkes recounts a time when his lack of reverence for traffic regulations prompted an enlightening chat with ...

The “Mother Church” of the African Methodist Episcopal denomination in Alabama is celebrating its 135th anniversary this weekend.

The service for the American Pentecostal preacher and gospel music artist will take place at a church in Baton Rouge. He died ...

A string quartet of musicians from the Finger Lakes Chamber Music Festival will return to the old courthouse lawn for a Yates ...

Emergency crews suspended their search for victims of catastrophic flooding in central Texas amid new warnings that more rain ...

Roberts has been a redhead, a brunette, and blonde, with a variety of cuts over the decades—and it appears that her hair in ...

ATF and local authorities are investigating the fire at All Saints’ Lutheran Church in Auburn, which started in a trailer and spread to the church building.