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Well done, good and faithful servant… Enter into the joy of your Lord.” — Matthew 25:21 Louise Marie Leedy, 88, a lifelong ...

January 21, 2026 Peter Wiebe Sawatzky, 80, of Macgregor passed away Thursday, January 15th in Portage la Prairie. He is ...

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp delivered his final State of the State address, Thursday. Governor Kemp took the chamber floor at ...

The University of Austin was supposed to be a bulwark against cancel culture. But those who dissented from rigid conservative ...

At some point, I began to interpret the rashes as something beyond illness; they resisted every remedy I trusted, Mr. Joshua Nii Tetteh, an Mpox survivor, recalled his confusion.“I wondered if the ...

When it comes to finding our place in this world, let’s consider two categories. The first one, let’s call “floating down the ...

Gov. Brian Kemp will make his eighth — and final — state of the state address when he takes the podium in the state House of ...

When it comes to finding our place in this world, let’s consider two categories. The first one, let’s call “floating down the ...

RCCP outlines four skills that help adults develop productive relationships with kids.

Here are the stories of five people or groups whose environmental actions are driven by their faith. They're connected by a ...

Even if you’re the first generation in your own family, you can still nurture an enduring legacy that can change countless lives. Finding a foundation in today’s culture is becoming ...