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I am sitting here wondering if it is possible to love you, and be utterly ashamed of you at the same time,' Susan Campbell ...

Funeral arrangements have been set for a local college student who died in the Jan. 29 Washington D.C. plane crash. Cedarville University student Grace Maxwell, 20, was one ...

Let’s face it: faith-based dating sites make up a fraction of the online dating industry. And, yeah, it can be challenging ...

I remember falling in love with Beth, who eventually became my wife. I just wanted to be with her and looked for any occasion ...

The far-left Episcopal bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington (D.C.), Mariann Budde, directed predictably misguided ...

The new Happy Our Fitness class, a 10-week stretching and flexing exercise program, starts Feb. 3. Classes will be held from 2:30-3:30 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays. There is a small fee for the ...

Not long ago, I was walking through the condiment section of the grocery store and I heard a little child having a hard time breathing. Since asthma also affects my lungs, I immediately felt tightness ...

Kevin Corbin, a Republican from Macon County and the co-chair of important committees on education in the Senate, is pro ...

Parishioners at the 60-year-old Monroeville Church of the Brethren have a new pastor, Oyango Burney. The Philadelphia native accepted the position starting in January. “I’m simply excited to be the ...

Last week's winner: Who won Jackson Metro Student of the Week Jan. 26- Feb.1? Find out here. You can vote to decide the next ...

I think of Joseph and his coat of many colors. His father, Jacob, loved Joseph and he gave him a very beautiful coat. When his brothers saw that their father ...